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2009 in chess
Events in
chess
during the year 2009:
Events
January 1
–
Veselin Topalov
gains 5
rating points
to remain at the head the
FIDE
top 100
players
list
at 2796.
Viswanathan Anand
is second at 2791.
December
8–15 – The inaugural
London Chess Classic
is played in
London
.
Magnus Carlsen
wins ahead of
Vladimir Kramnik
and
David Howell
.
Titles
awarded
Grandmaster
In 2009 FIDE awarded the
title
Grandmaster to the following players:
Woman
Grandmaster
Deaths
22 January
:
Héctor Rossetto
27 April
:
Miroslav Filip