2013 in chess
Appearance
This article features a list of events in chess during the year 2013, as well as the FIDE top ten ranked players in September of that year.
2013 tournaments
[edit]This is a list of significant 2013 chess tournaments:
Key dates
[edit]- 1 April – Magnus Carlsen wins the right to challenge Viswanathan Anand for the 2013 World Chess Championship after winning the Candidates Tournament on tiebreaks.
FIDE World Rankings
[edit]The FIDE World Rankings as of September 2013 were:[1]
Rank | Player | Rating |
---|---|---|
1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2862 |
2 | Levon Aronian | 2813 |
3 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2794 |
4 | Alexander Grischuk | 2785 |
5 | Fabiano Caruana | 2779 |
6 | Viswanathan Anand | 2775 |
7 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2775 |
8 | Sergey Karjakin | 2772 |
9 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2772 |
10 | Veselin Topalov | 2769 |
11 | Boris Gelfand | 2764 |
12 | Michael Adams | 2761 |
13 | Leinier Domínguez | 2757 |
14 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 2756 |
15 | Peter Svidler | 2746 |
16 | Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
17 | Peter Leko | 2740 |
18 | Alexander Morozevich | 2739 |
19 | Anish Giri | 2737 |
20 | Wang Hao | 2736 |