| 2000.01.01 |
FIDE: Kasparov-2851, Anand-2771, Kramnik-2758, Shirov-2751 |
| 2000.01.12 |
Sutovsky won the Hastings Congress |
| 2000.01.30 |
Kasparov won Corus Wijk aan Zee |
| 2000.02.05 |
Koltanowski died in San Francisco |
| 2000.03.05 |
Daniel Yanofsky died at the age of 74. |
| 2000.03.10 |
Kramnik and Kasparov won Linares |
| 2000.03.28 |
Shirov won the 9th Amber Tournament |
| 2000.04.13 |
Aivars Gipslis died at the age of 63 in Berlin |
| 2000.05.11 |
Smirin won the New York Open |
| 2000.06.27 |
Volkov won the 53rd Russian Ch |
| 2000.07.22 |
Vladimir Bagirov died in Finland |
| 2000.10.02 |
Lazaro won the World Junior Ch in Armenia |
| 2000.10.07 |
Benjamin, Shabalov, Seirawan won the US Ch, Seattle |
| 2000.11.04 |
Kramnik beat Kasparov in the Braingames World Ch. |
| 2000.11.12 |
34th Chess Olympiad, Istanbul. 1st-Russia; 2nd-Gemany; 3rd-Ukraine |
| 2000.12.27 |
Anand won the FIDE world ch in Tehran |
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| 2001.01.01 |
FIDE: Kasparov-2849, Anand-2790, Kramnik-2772, Adams-2746 |
| 2001.01.07 |
Conquest and Sasikirin won 76th Hastings Congress |
| 2001.01.28 |
Kasparov won Corus Wijk aan Zee |
| 2001.02.28 |
Anna-Maria Botsari played 1102 boards simulteneously in Greece. |
| 2001.03.04 |
Gerardo Barbero died. Argentina GM. Born Aug 21, 1961. |
| 2001.03.07 |
Kasparov won Linares |
| 2001.03.11 |
Akopian and Zhang won the National Open |
| 2001.03.21 |
Topalov and Kramnik won 10th Amber Championship |
| 2001.04.01 |
Eugenio German died, age 70. First Brazilian IM. |
| 2001.07.08 |
Smirin, Onischuk, Yudasin, Goldin, Shulman, Benjamin, A Ivanov won World Open |
| 2001.08.04 |
Claude Bloodgood died. Born July 14, 1924. |
| 2001.08.10 |
Joseph Gallagher won the British Ch |
| 2001.08.12 |
Wojtkiewicz, Benjamin, Doettling, Stripunsky won US Open, Framington, MA |
| 2001.08.16 |
Carmine Nigro died at the age of 91. |
| 2001.08.23 |
DEEP JUNIOR 7 won the 18th World Microcomputer Ch |
| 2001.08.29 |
Peter Acs won the World Junior Ch in Athens, Greece |
| 2001.09.03 |
Ibragimov won the 123rd NY State Championship |
| 2001.09.10 |
Alexei Suetin died in Moscow. Born Nov 16, 1926. |
| 2001.10.28 |
Klovans won the World Senior Ch in Italy |
| 2001.11.12 |
Tony Miles died. |
| 2001.11.25 |
Khachian won the 37th American Open |
| 2001.12.01 |
PCA: Kasparov-2798; Kramnik-2794; Anand-2733; Topolov-2706 |
| 2001.12.02 |
John Collins died at the age of 89. Born in 1912 |
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| 2002.01.01 |
FIDE: Kasparov-2838; Kramnik-2809; Anand-2757; Adams-2742 |
| 2002.01.06 |
Harikrishna and Barsov won 77th Hasting Congress |
| 2002.01.13 |
De Firmian and Christiansen won the US Ch, Seattle |
| 2002.01.26 |
Ruslan Ponomariov beat Ivanchuk for FIDE world champion, Moscow |
| 2002.01.27 |
Bareev won Corus, Wijk aan Zee |
| 2002.02.13 |
Edmar Mednis died. Born Mar 22, 1937. |
| 2002.03.11 |
Yermolinsky and Browne won the National Open, Las Vegas |
| 2002.03.28 |
Morozevich won the Amber Tournament in Monaco |
| 2002.06.19 |
David Garcia Ilundain, Spanish GM, died at the age of 31. |
| 2002.07.07 |
Milton won the 30th World Open |
| 2002.08.04 |
Zaitshik and Najer won the US Open in Cherry Hill, NJ. |
| 2002.08.10 |
Ramesh won the British Championship. |
| 2002.08.15 |
Sergej Karjakin is GM at 12 years, 7 months, days. Youngest GM ever |
| 2002.09.02 |
Benjamin, Stripunsky, Rohde, and Pixton won the 124th NY Ch. |
| 2002.09.04 |
Lastin won the 55th Russian championship. |
| 2002.09.08 |
Michel Roos, former French champ, died in Strasbourg. Born Aug 27, 1932 |
| 2002.09.08 |
Humy Koneru becomes a GM at 15 years, 1 month, 27 days. Youngest female GM |
| 2002.09.11 |
Rest of the World beat Russia in the Match of the New Century, Moscow |
| 2002.09.23 |
Eduard Gufeld died in Los Angeles. Born on Mar 19, 1936. |
| 2002.09.26 |
Ricardo Calvo died in Madrid. Born Oct 22, 1943. |
| 2002.10.22 |
Kramnik draws with DEEP FRITZ in Bahrain. 2 wins, 2 losses, 4 draws |
| 2002.11.02 |
Petkevich won the 12th World Senior Open. |
| 2002.11.11 |
35th Chess Olympiad in Bled. 1st-Russia; 2nd-Hungary; 3rd-Armenia |
| 2002.12.01 |
Blatny and Shulam won the 38th American Open. |
| 2002.12.20 |
Karpov beat Kasparov in a Rapid Match in New York. 2 wins, 1 loss, 1 draw |
| 2002.12.21 |
Aronian won 41st World Junior Championship |
| 2002.12.22 |
Victor Batirnsky, head of Karpov's team, died. Born June 27, 1914. |
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| 2003.01.01 |
PCA: Kasparov-2805; Kramnik-2789; Topalov-2712; Anand-2698 |
| 2003.01.01 |
FIDE: Kasparov-2847; Kramnik-2807; Anand-2753; Topalov-2743. |
| 2003.01.05 |
Peter Nielsen won 78th Hastings Congress. |
| 2003.01.18 |
Shabalov won the 2003 US Chess Championship, in Seattle. |
| 2003.01.26 |
Anand won 65th Corus Wijk aan Zee. |
| 2003.02.07 |
Kasparov drew with DEEP JUNIOR in New York. 1 win, 1 loss, 4 draws. |
| 2003.03.06 |
Ludek Pachman died in Passau, Germany. Bornb May 11, 1924. |
| 2003.03.08 |
Lim Kok Ann, former FIDE general secretary, died. Bon Jan 27, 1920. |
| 2003.03.09 |
Leko and Kramnik win Linares. |
| 2003.03.15 |
Cambridge beat Oxford in the 121st varisty match. |
| 2003.03.27 |
Anand wins 12th Amber tournament |
| 2003.05.10 |
Milan Vukcevich died in Cleveland. Born March 11, 1937. |
| 2003.05.19 |
Orlov won 28th Paul Keres Memorial, Vancouver, Canada. |
| 2003.06.21 |
Alvise Zichichi, former Italian champion, died in Rome. Born in 1938 |
| 2003.07.03 |
Mamedyarov won the 42nd World Junior Ch. |
| 2003.07.06 |
Ehlvest won the 31st World Open |
| 2003.07.08 |
Attila Schneider, International Master, died. |
| 2003.07.11 |
Ken Whyld died. Age 77. |
| 2003.07.24 |
Gulko won the US Senior Open, Wilmington, Delaware |
| 2003.07.26 |
Harold Schonberg died in New York, age 87. |
| 2003.08.02 |
Kunte won the British Ch |
| 2003.08.15 |
Shabalov won the US Open, Los Angeles |
| 2003.09.01 |
Donaldson and Langer won the 22nd North American Open |
| 2003.09.01 |
Ehlvest and Ibragimov won the 125th New York State Championship |
| 2003.09.12 |
Svidler won the 56th Russian Championship |
| 2003.11.18 |
Kasparov draws with Fritz X3D in New York; 1 win, 1 loss, 2 draws |
| 2003.11.29 |
Shabanov won the 13th world championship for seniors |
| 2003.11.30 |
Shredder won the 19th world computer chess championship, Graz |
| 2003.11.30 |
Akobian, Atilik, Blatny won the 39th American Open |
| 2003.12.15 |
Ehlvest won the 87th Marshall Chess Club Championship |
| 2003.12.29 |
Shabalov won the North American Open in Las Vegas |
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| 2004.01.01 |
PCA: Kasparov-2786; Kramnik-2730; Anand-2713; Svidler-2701 |
| 2004.01.01 |
FIDE: Kasparov-2831; Kramnik-2777; Anand-2766; Svidler-2747 |
| 2004.01.05 |
Rowson and Kotronius won 79th Hastings 2003/04 |
| 2004.01.15 |
Tunc Hamarat of Austria won the 16th world correspondence ch |
| 2004.01.24 |
Anand wins 66th Corus Wijk aan Zee. |
| 2004.10.14 |
Chess Olympiad 2004 to take place on Mallorca Island |
| 2004.10.31 |
Ends Olympiad 2004 in Mallorca Island. Ukraine won in men and China in women |
| 2005.01.01 |
Magnus Carlsen, a 14 years old GM, beat GM Alexei Shirov, top ten on the world. |
| 2005.01.02 |
Arnold Sheldon Denker (1914-2005), the "Dean of American Chess", dies |
