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2013 in chess

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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.

2013 tournaments

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This is a list of significant 2013 chess tournaments:

Tournament Dates Players Winner Runner-up Third
2013 Tata Steel Chess Tournament 12–27 January 14 Norway Magnus Carlsen Armenia Levon Aronian India Viswanathan Anand
2013 Zurich Chess Challenge 23 February – 1 March 4 Italy Fabiano Caruana India Viswanathan Anand Russia Vladimir Kramnik
2013 Candidates Tournament 15 March – 1 April 8 Norway Magnus Carlsen Russia Vladimir Kramnik Russia Peter Svidler
2013 Zurich Grand Prix 17 April – 1 May 12 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov United States Hikaru Nakamura Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov
2013 Alekhine Memorial 20 April – 1 May 10 Armenia Levon Aronian Israel Boris Gelfand India Viswanathan Anand
2013 Norway Chess 7–18 May 10 Russia Sergey Karjakin Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura
2013 Thessaloniki Grand Prix 21 May – 4 June 12 Cuba Leinier Domínguez Italy Fabiano Caruana United States Gata Kamsky
2013 Tal Memorial 12–23 June 10 Israel Boris Gelfand Norway Magnus Carlsen Italy Fabiano Caruana
2013 Beijing Grand Prix 3–17 July 12 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Russia Alexander Grischuk Bulgaria Veselin Topalov
2013 Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting 26 July – 4 August 10 England Michael Adams Russia Vladimir Kramnik Germany Arkadij Naiditsch
2013 Chess World Cup 10 August – 4 September 128 Russia Vladimir Kramnik Russia Dmitry Andreikin Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky
France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2013 Sinquefield Cup 9–15 September 4 Norway Magnus Carlsen United States Hikaru Nakamura Armenia Levon Aronian
2013 Women's World Chess Championship 10–27 September 2 China Hou Yifan Ukraine Anna Ushenina
2013 Paris Grand Prix 21 September – 5 October 12 Italy Fabiano Caruana Israel Boris Gelfand United States Hikaru Nakamura
2013 Bilbao Chess Masters Final 7–12 October 4 Armenia Levon Aronian England Michael Adams France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2013 World Chess Championship 6–26 November 2 Norway Magnus Carlsen India Viswanathan Anand
2013 London Chess Classic 7–15 December 16 United States Hikaru Nakamura Israel Boris Gelfand England Michael Adams
Russia Vladimir Kramnik

Key dates

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FIDE World Rankings

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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

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