2009 in chess
# 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
