2013 in chess
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
[edit]This is a list of significant 2013 chess tournaments:
Key dates
[edit]- 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
[edit]The FIDE World Rankings as of September 2013 were:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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