2001 in chess

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Events in chess during the year 2001:

Top players

FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - October 2001;^[1]

Deaths

Alexei Suetin, a Russian International Grandmaster and chess author - September 10
Claude Bloodgood, a conterversial American chess player, died in prison - August 4
Tony Miles, an English Grandmaster - 12 November

References

^ Top 100 FIDE players 2001

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