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Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2009, as well as the men's and women's FIDE rankings of that year:
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Amazing Chess Game by Brilliant Young Carlsen | Carlsen vs Grischuk | Linares, 2009
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Events
- January 1 – Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) gains 5 rating points to remain at the head the FIDE top 100 players list at 2796. Viswanathan Anand (India) is second at 2791.[1]
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- December 8–15 – The inaugural London Chess Classic is played in London. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) wins ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and David Howell (England).
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
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This page was last edited on 13 July 2022, at 21:43