Summary: 2000 - 2001 How to use this page
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Most Dominant Player between 2000 and 2001 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 1.0 years as #1 (between January 2000 and December 2000)
The only player to be ranked #1 between 2000 and 2001 was Garry Kasparov, with 12 different months as the top-ranked player.

Highest-Rated Player between 2000 and 2001 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 2876 (March 2000)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 2000 and 2001 was Garry Kasparov, with a rating of 2876 on the March 2000 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 2000 and 2001 were achieved by Vladimir Kramnik (2815 on the November 2000 list) and Viswanathan Anand (2810 on the January 2000 list).

Strongest Tournament between 2000 and 2001 See more details
   Linares, 2000: Class 16 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5)
The strongest tournament held between 2000 and 2001 was Linares 2000. This was a Class 16 tournament, including five of the top ten players in the world (from the February 2000 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Wijk aan Zee (Corus) 2000 (Class 15) and Sarajevo 2000 (Class 11).

Strongest Match between 2000 and 2001 See more details
   Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000: #1 vs #3
The strongest match held between 2000 and 2001 was Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000. This was a matchup of #1 vs #3, including #1 Garry Kasparov (2871) and #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2802) from the October 2000 rating list. Next on the list were Khalifman-Leko Match (Budapest), 2000 (#7 vs #25) and Adams-Seirawan II (Bermuda), 2000 (#8 vs #41).

Best Individual Event Performance between 2000 and 2001 See more details
   Vladimir Kramnik: 2874 in Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000
The best individual event performance between 2000 and 2001 was achieved by Vladimir Kramnik with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2874 in Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Garry Kasparov (2825 performance) in Sarajevo, 2000, and by Garry Kasparov (2820 performance) in Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2000.