2013 in chess

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.

Years in chess
2013 in sports

2013 tournaments

This is a list of significant 2013 chess tournaments:

TournamentDatesPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament12–27 January14Norway Magnus CarlsenArmenia Levon AronianIndia Viswanathan Anand
2013 Zurich Chess Challenge23 February – 1 March4Italy Fabiano CaruanaIndia Viswanathan AnandRussia Vladimir Kramnik
2013 Candidates Tournament15 March – 1 April8Norway Magnus CarlsenRussia Vladimir KramnikRussia Peter Svidler
2013 Zurich Grand Prix17 April – 1 May12Bulgaria Veselin TopalovUnited States Hikaru NakamuraUkraine Ruslan Ponomariov
2013 Alekhine Memorial20 April – 1 May10Armenia Levon AronianIsrael Boris GelfandIndia Viswanathan Anand
2013 Norway Chess7–18 May10Russia Sergey KarjakinNorway Magnus CarlsenUnited States Hikaru Nakamura
2013 Thessaloniki Grand Prix21 May – 4 June12Cuba Leinier DomínguezItaly Fabiano CaruanaUnited States Gata Kamsky
2013 Tal Memorial12–23 June10Israel Boris GelfandNorway Magnus CarlsenItaly Fabiano Caruana
2013 Beijing Grand Prix3–17 July12Azerbaijan Shakhriyar MamedyarovRussia Alexander GrischukBulgaria Veselin Topalov
2013 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting26 July – 4 August10England Michael AdamsRussia Vladimir KramnikGermany Arkadij Naiditsch
2013 Chess World Cup10 August – 4 September128Russia Vladimir KramnikRussia Dmitry AndreikinRussia Evgeny Tomashevsky
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2013 Sinquefield Cup9–15 September4Norway Magnus CarlsenUnited States Hikaru NakamuraArmenia Levon Aronian
2013 Women's World Chess Championship10–27 September2China Hou YifanUkraine Anna Ushenina–
2013 Paris Grand Prix21 September – 5 October12Italy Fabiano CaruanaIsrael Boris GelfandUnited States Hikaru Nakamura
2013 Bilbao Chess Masters Final7–12 October4Armenia Levon AronianEngland Michael AdamsFrance Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2013 World Chess Championship6–26 November2Norway Magnus CarlsenIndia Viswanathan Anand–
2013 London Chess Classic7–15 December16United States Hikaru NakamuraIsrael Boris GelfandEngland Michael Adams
Russia Vladimir Kramnik

Key dates

FIDE World Rankings

The FIDE World Rankings as of September 2013 were:[1]

Rank Player Rating
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2862
2 Armenia Levon Aronian 2813
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2794
4 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2785
5 Italy Fabiano Caruana 2779
6 India Viswanathan Anand 2775
7 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2775
8 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2772
9 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2772
10 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2769
11 Israel Boris Gelfand 2764
12 England Michael Adams 2761
13 Cuba Leinier Domínguez 2757
14 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 2756
15 Russia Peter Svidler 2746
16 United States Gata Kamsky 2741
17 Hungary Peter Leko 2740
18 Russia Alexander Morozevich 2739
19 Netherlands Anish Giri 2737
20 China Wang Hao 2736

References
  1. FIDE: Top 100 Players
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