2001 in chess

Events in chess during the year 2001:

Top players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating – October 2001;


 * 1) Garry Kasparov 🇷🇺 2838
 * 2) Vladimir Kramnik 🇷🇺 2809
 * 3) Viswanathan Anand 🇮🇳 2770
 * 4) Alexander Morozevich 🇷🇺 2742
 * 5) Peter Leko 🇭🇺 2739
 * 6) Veselin Topalov 🇧🇬 2733
 * 7) Michael Adams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 2731
 * 8) Vassily Ivanchuk 🇺🇦 2731
 * 9) Evgeny Bareev 🇷🇺 2719
 * 10) Loek van Wely 2714

Deaths

 * Alexei Suetin, Russian chess grandmaster and chess author – September 10
 * Claude Bloodgood, controversial American chess player, died in prison – August 4
 * Tony Miles, English chess Grandmaster – 12 November