2000 in chess

Events in chess during the year 2000:

Top players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - July 2000;


 * 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

Births

 * Zhansaya Abdumalik, Kazakhstani chess player - 12 January
 * Alexey Sarana - 26 January
 * Max Warmerdam - 30 March
 * Gunay Mammadzada - 19 June
 * Haik M. Martirosyan - 14 July
 * Temur Kuybokarov - 22 July
 * Parham Maghsoodloo - 11 August
 * Jeffery Xiong - 30 October
 * Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera - 26 December
 * Samuel Sevian - 26 December

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