2013 in chess
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Events in chess during the year 2013:
2013 tournaments
This is a list of significant 2013 chess tournaments:
Key dates
- 1 April – Magnus Carlsen wins the right to challenge Viswanathan Anand for the 2013 World Chess Championship after winning the Candidates Tournament on tiebreaks.
FIDE World Rankings
The FIDE World Rankings as of September 2013 are:[1]
Rank | Player | Rating |
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1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2862 |
2 | Levon Aronian | 2813 |
3 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2794 |
4 | Alexander Grischuk | 2785 |
5 | Fabiano Caruana | 2779 |
6 | Viswanathan Anand | 2775 |
7 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2775 |
8 | Sergey Karjakin | 2772 |
9 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2772 |
10 | Veselin Topalov | 2769 |
11 | Boris Gelfand | 2764 |
12 | Michael Adams | 2761 |
13 | Leinier Domínguez | 2757 |
14 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 2756 |
15 | Peter Svidler | 2746 |
16 | Gata Kamsky | 2741 |
17 | Peter Leko | 2740 |
18 | Alexander Morozevich | 2739 |
19 | Anish Giri | 2737 |
20 | Wang Hao | 2736 |