title: 2009 in chess
text: # 2009 in chess
  
  Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2009, as well as the men's and women's FIDE rankings of that year:
  
  ## Events
  
  * January 1 – Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) gains 5 rating points to remain at the head the FIDE top 100 players list at 2796. Viswanathan Anand (India) is second at 2791.
  
  | Elo | FIDE Top Ten Men | FIDE Top Ten Women | Elo |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2796 | Veselin Topalov (BGR) | Judit Polgár (HUN) | 2693 |
  | 2791 | Viswanathan Anand (IND) | Humpy Koneru (IND) | 2621 |
  | 2779 | Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR) | Hou Yifan (CHN) | 2571 |
  | 2776 | Magnus Carlsen (NOR) | Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) | 2557 |
  | 2771 | Alexander Morozevich (RUS) | Pia Cramling (SWE) | 2548 |
  | 2761 | Teimour Radjabov (AZE) | Anna Muzychuk (SLO) | 2540 |
  | 2760 | Dmitry Jakovenko (RUS) | Marie Sebag (FRA) | 2529 |
  | 2759 | Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) | Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) | 2518 |
  | 2751 | Peter Leko (HUN) | Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO) | 2516 |
  | 2751 | Sergei Movsesian (SVK) | Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) | 2516 |
  
  * December 8–15 – The inaugural London Chess Classic is played in London. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) wins ahead of Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and David Howell (England).
  
  ## Titles awarded
  
  ### Grandmaster
  
  In 2009 FIDE awarded the title Grandmaster to the following players:
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 22 January : Héctor Rossetto
  * 27 April : Miroslav Filip
  