Events in chess during the year 2000:
Top players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - July 2000;
Garry Kasparov 2849
Vladimir Kramnik 2770
Viswanathan Anand 2762
Alexander Morozevich 2756
Michael Adams 2755
Alexei Shirov 2746
Peter Leko 2743
Vassily Ivanchuk 2719
Veselin Topalov 2707
Michał Krasenkow 2702
Tournaments
Births
Zhansaya Abdumalik, Kazakhstani chess player - 12 January
Alexey Sarana - 26 January
Max Warmerdam - 30 March
Gunay Mammadzada - 19 June
Haik M. Martirosyan - 14 July
Temur Kuybokarov - 22 July
Parham Maghsoodloo - 11 August
Jeffery Xiong - 30 October
Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera - 26 December
Samuel Sevian - 26 December
Deaths
Daniel Yanofsky, Canada's first chess Grandmaster - March 5
Aivars Gipslis, Latvian Grandmaster and chess writer - April 13
Arthur Dake, American chess master - April 28
Vladimir Bagirov, Grandmaster, chess author, and chess trainer - died of a heart attack while playing chess in Finland - July 21 George Koltanowski, record holder for most games won blindfolded simultaneously - September 17 Karl Robatsch, Australian chess player and botanist - September 19