2011 in chess

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Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2011:

Events[]

January[]

FIDE January 2011 Top Ten
Rank Prev Player Rating Chng
1 2  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2814 +12
2 1  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2810 +6
3 3  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2805 +4
4 4  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2784 -7
5 9  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2776 +16
6 5  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2775 -11
7 6  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2773 +2
8 8  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2772 +9
9 7  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2764 0
10 15  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2751 +10

February[]

March[]

FIDE March 2011 Top Ten
Rank Prev Player Rating Chng
1 2  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2817 +7
2 1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2815 +1
3 3  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2808 +3
4 4  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2785 +1
5 9  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2779 +15
6 5  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2776 0
7 6  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2775 0
8 10  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2774 +23
9 8  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2772 0
10 7  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2747 -26

April[]

May[]

FIDE May 2011 Top Ten
Rank Prev Player Rating Chng
1 1  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2817 0
2 2  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2815 0
3 3  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2808 0
4 4  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2785 0
5 5  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2776 -3
6 6  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2776 0
7 7  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2775 0
8 8  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2774 0
9 9  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2772 0
10 11  Vugar Gashimov (AZE) 2760 +14

June[]

July[]

FIDE July 2011 Top Ten
Rank Prev Player Rating Chng
1 2  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2821 +6
2 1  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2817 0
3 3  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2805 -3
4 6  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2788 +12
5 4  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2781 -4
6 8  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2770 -4
7 5  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2768 -8
8 7  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2768 -7
9 9  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) 2765 -7
10 11  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2764 +10

August[]

September[]

FIDE September 2011 Top Ten
Rank Prev Player Rating Chng
1 1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2823 +2
2 2  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2817 0
3 3  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2807 +2
4 5  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2791 +10
5 4  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2772 -16
6 8  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2768 0
7 7  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2765 -3
8 10  Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR) 2758 -6
9 13  Alexander Grischuk (RUS) 2757 +9
10 15  Gata Kamsky (USA) 2756 +15

October[]

November[]

FIDE November 2011 Top Ten
Rank Prev Player Rating Chng
1 1  Magnus Carlsen (NOR) 2826 +3
2 2  Viswanathan Anand (IND) 2811 -6
3 3  Levon Aronian (ARM) 2802 -5
4 4  Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) 2800 +9
5 13  Teimour Radjabov (AZE) 2781 +29
6 7  Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) 2775 +10
7 6  Veselin Topalov (BUL) 2768 0
8 5  Sergey Karjakin (RUS) 2763 -9
9 17  Alexander Morozevich (RUS) 2762 +25
10 12  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2758 +5

December[]

National champions[]

Armenia[]

Azerbaijan[]

Belarus[]

Bulgaria[]

  • Women's - Darena Sikova[10]

Chile[]

  • Men's - Alvaro Valdes Escobar[11]

Croatia[]

  • Men's - Ante Brkic[5]
  • Women's - Borka Franciskovic[8]

Georgia[]

Poland[]

Romania[]

Serbia[]

  • Men's - Ivan Ivanisevic[14]

Turkey[]

United States[]

Deaths[]

  • February 12 - Mato Damjanovic, Croatian and Yugoslav Grandmaster, dies at the age of 83.[22][25]

References[]

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  6. ^ "Corus Chess Tournament is Tata Steel Chess Tournament". tatasteelchess.com. Corus Chess Press. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  7. ^ "Oceania Zonal, Rotorua 2011". Newzealandchess.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2016-01-29. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
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  9. ^ "James Madison chess pieces unearthed at US estate". The Telegraph. February 3, 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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  11. ^ a b c d "The Week in Chess 851". Theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  12. ^ a b c "Top 100 Players March 2011 FIDE Top players archive". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  13. ^ a b c "The Week in Chess 852". Theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  14. ^ a b c d "The Week in Chess 853". Theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  15. ^ a b "The Week in Chess 855". Theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  16. ^ a b c "The Week in Chess 854". Theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
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  18. ^ a b "Top 100 Players July 2011 FIDE Top players archive". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  19. ^ a b "Top 100 Players September 2011 FIDE Top players archive". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  20. ^ a b c d e "Top 100 Players November 2011 FIDE Top players archive". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
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  22. ^ a b c "The Week in Chess 849". Theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
  23. ^ Klein, Mike (April 28, 2011). "Kamsky Reigns Supreme, Women Head to Tiebreak". St. Louis Chess Club & Scholastic Center. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  24. ^ Ungar-Sargon, Batya (October 30, 2013). "A Passionate Rivalry Between Two Women - On the Chess Board and Everywhere Else". Tablet Magazine. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  25. ^ "Grandmaster Mato Damjanovic dies at 83". Chess Vibes. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
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