2011 in chess

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

Events

January

FIDE January 2011 Top Ten
RankPrevPlayerRatingChng
12 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2814+12
21 Viswanathan Anand (IND)2810+6
33 Levon Aronian (ARM)2805+4
44 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)2784-7
59 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)2776+16
65 Veselin Topalov (BUL)2775-11
76 Alexander Grischuk (RUS)2773+2
88 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)2772+9
97 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)27640
1015 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)2751+10

February

March

FIDE March 2011 Top Ten
RankPrevPlayerRatingChng
12 Viswanathan Anand (IND)2817+7
21 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2815+1
33 Levon Aronian (ARM)2808+3
44 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)2785+1
59 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)2779+15
65 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)27760
76 Veselin Topalov (BUL)27750
810 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)2774+23
98 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)27720
107 Alexander Grischuk (RUS)2747-26

May

FIDE May 2011 Top Ten
RankPrevPlayerRatingChng
11 Viswanathan Anand (IND)28170
22 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)28150
33 Levon Aronian (ARM)28080
44 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)27850
55 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)2776-3
66 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)27760
77 Veselin Topalov (BUL)27750
88 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)27740
99 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)27720
1011 Vugar Gashimov (AZE)2760+14

June

July

FIDE July 2011 Top Ten
RankPrevPlayerRatingChng
12 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2821+6
21 Viswanathan Anand (IND)28170
33 Levon Aronian (ARM)2805-3
46 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)2788+12
54 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)2781-4
68 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)2770-4
75 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)2768-8
87 Veselin Topalov (BUL)2768-7
99 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE)2765-7
1011 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)2764+10

August

September

FIDE September 2011 Top Ten
RankPrevPlayerRatingChng
11 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2823+2
22 Viswanathan Anand (IND)28170
33 Levon Aronian (ARM)2807+2
45 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)2791+10
54 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)2772-16
68 Veselin Topalov (BUL)27680
77 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)2765-3
810 Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR)2758-6
913 Alexander Grischuk (RUS)2757+9
1015 Gata Kamsky (USA)2756+15

October

November

FIDE November 2011 Top Ten
RankPrevPlayerRatingChng
11 Magnus Carlsen (NOR)2826+3
22 Viswanathan Anand (IND)2811-6
33 Levon Aronian (ARM)2802-5
44 Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)2800+9
513 Teimour Radjabov (AZE)2781+29
67 Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR)2775+10
76 Veselin Topalov (BUL)27680
85 Sergey Karjakin (RUS)2763-9
917 Alexander Morozevich (RUS)2762+25
1012 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

Georgia

Poland

Romania

Serbia

Turkey

United States

Deaths

References

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