2000 in chess

Top players

1. Garry Kasparov 2849
2. Vladimir Kramnik 2770
3. Viswanathan Anand 2762
4. Alexander Morozevich 2756
5. Michael Adams 2755
6. Alexei Shirov 2746
7. Peter Leko 2743
8. Vassily Ivanchuk 2719
9. Veselin Topalov 2707
10. Michał Krasenkow 2702

    Deaths

• Daniel Yanofsky, Canada's first chess Grandmaster - March 5
• Aivars Gipslis, Latvian Grandmaster and chess writer - April 13
• Arthur Dake, American chess master - April 28
• Vladimir Bagirov, Grandmaster, chess author, and chess trainer - died of a heart attack while playing chess in Finland - July 21
• George Koltanowski, record holder for most games won blindfolded simultaneously - September 17
• Karl Robatsch, Australian chess player and botanist - September 19