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Former world chess champion (FIDE 2004–2005), formerly highest-ranked Uzbekistani player (2000–2023) Russia Austria: Kirill Alekseenko: 2715 2019-11 1997 Highest-ranked Austrian player (since 2023) Netherlands: Jorden van Foreest: 2715 2022-05 1999 93 Netherlands: Loek van Wely: 2714 2001-10 1972 Formerly highest-ranked Dutch player (2001 ...
For most of the period April 2007 to November 2009, the top ranking was held by either Anand or Topalov. The seventh and current world number one is Magnus Carlsen, who first achieved this ranking in the January 2010 list, and has been world number one since July 2011 after having lost and reclaimed the position from Anand during 2010 and 2011.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.
Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for decades, with several events considered by some to have established the world's foremost ...
The World Chess Championship 2006 reunification match between Topalov and Kramnik was held in late 2006. After much controversy, it was won by Kramnik. Kramnik thus became the first unified and undisputed World Chess Champion since Kasparov split from FIDE to form the PCA in 1993.
While the world championship is still considered chess' marquee event, the absence of Norway’s Magnus Carlsen, the five-time champion who declined to defend his title in 2022, looms large.
The 2020–2021 Candidates Tournament was an eight-player chess double-round-robin tournament to decide the challenger for the World Chess Championship 2021, played in Yekaterinburg, Russia. [1] Ian Nepomniachtchi won the tournament with a round to spare and earned the right to challenge the defending world champion, Magnus Carlsen .
44th Chess Olympiad : Chennai: Swiss: 26 Jul – 9 Aug: 188 Uzbekistan Armenia: India-2: 44th Chess Olympiad (women event) Swiss: 26 Jul – 9 Aug: 162 Ukraine Georgia India: 2022 FIDE World Team Championship: Jerusalem: Groups and play-offs: 20–25 Nov: 12 China Uzbekistan Spain