2009 in chess explained

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:

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]

Elo	FIDE Top Ten Men	FIDE Top Ten Women	Elo
2796			2693
2791			2621
2779			2571
2776			2557
2771			2548
2761			2540
2760			2529
2759			2518
2751			2516
2751			2516

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

Notes and References

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/3667-january-2009-fide-rating-list January 2009 FIDE Rating list