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Most Dominant Player between 2000 and 2005 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 4.8 years as #1 (between January 2000 and October 2004)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 2000 and 2005 was Garry Kasparov, with 58 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 4.8 years). Next on the list was Viswanathan Anand (0.2 years), the only other player to be ranked #1 between 2000 and 2005.

Highest-Rated Player between 2000 and 2005 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 2876 (March 2000)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 2000 and 2005 was Garry Kasparov, with a rating of 2876 on the March 2000 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 2000 and 2005 were achieved by Vladimir Kramnik (2826 on the August 2001 list) and Viswanathan Anand (2824 on the March 2001 list).

Strongest Tournament between 2000 and 2005 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2001: Class 20 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)
The strongest tournament held between 2000 and 2005 was Wijk aan Zee (Corus) 2001. This was a Class 20 tournament, including eight of the top ten players in the world (from the January 2001 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Linares 2000 (Class 16) and Linares 2003 (Class 15).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list
 #1    Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2001      20      #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8    #1 Garry Kasparov (2850), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2820), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2815), #4 Peter Leko (2768), #5 Alexander Morozevich (2757), #6 Alexei Shirov (2750), #7 Vassily Ivanchuk (2749), #8 Michael Adams (2743) from January 2001 rating list

 #2    Linares, 2000      16      #1, #2, #3, #4, #5    #1 Garry Kasparov (2875), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2810), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2797), #4 Peter Leko (2755), #5 Alexei Shirov (2754) from February 2000 rating list

 #3    Linares, 2003      15      #1, #2, #3, #4, #7    #1 Garry Kasparov (2847), #2 Vladimir Kramnik (2800), #3 Viswanathan Anand (2793), #4 Peter Leko (2753), #7 Ruslan Ponomariov (2744) from February 2003 rating list

 #4    Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2000      15      #1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #9    #1 Garry Kasparov (2868), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2810), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2796), #5 Alexander Morozevich (2748), #7 Peter Leko (2739), #9 Michael Adams (2736) from January 2000 rating list

 #5    Dortmund, 2001      13      #2, #3, #4, #5, #7    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2823), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2821), #4 Alexander Morozevich (2760), #5 Peter Leko (2759), #7 Michael Adams (2751) from July 2001 rating list

 #6    Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2003      13      #2, #3, #4, #7, #8, #9    #2 Vladimir Kramnik (2816), #3 Viswanathan Anand (2787), #4 Veselin Topalov (2756), #7 Ruslan Ponomariov (2750), #8 Alexei Shirov (2739), #9 Evgeny Bareev (2735) from January 2003 rating list

 #7    Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2004      12      #2, #3, #4, #8, #10    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2776), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2765), #4 Peter Svidler (2754), #8 Alexei Shirov (2743), #10 Michael Adams (2730) from January 2004 rating list

 #8    Moscow (FIDE World Championshi, 2001      12      #3, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10    #3 Viswanathan Anand (2802), #4 Alexander Morozevich (2758), #5 Peter Leko (2753), #6 Vassily Ivanchuk (2751), #7 Michael Adams (2746), #8 Alexei Shirov (2744), #9 Veselin Topalov (2737), #10 Evgeny Bareev (2729) from November 2001 rating list

 #9    Astana, 2001      11      #1, #3, #5, #8, #10    #1 Garry Kasparov (2859), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2817), #5 Alexander Morozevich (2759), #8 Alexei Shirov (2749), #10 Boris Gelfand (2733) from May 2001 rating list

 #10    Linares, 2002      11      #1, #3, #5, #8, #10    #1 Garry Kasparov (2853), #3 Viswanathan Anand (2790), #5 Michael Adams (2753), #8 Ruslan Ponomariov (2741), #10 Vassily Ivanchuk (2738) from February 2002 rating list

 #11    Sarajevo, 2000      11      #1, #4, #6, #7, #10    #1 Garry Kasparov (2872), #4 Alexander Morozevich (2762), #6 Alexei Shirov (2750), #7 Michael Adams (2742), #10 Evgeny Bareev (2732) from May 2000 rating list

 #12    Rethymnon (EU Cup), 2003      11      #1, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9    #1 Garry Kasparov (2818), #5 Alexander Grischuk (2748), #6 Evgeny Bareev (2747), #7 Michael Adams (2742), #8 Alexei Shirov (2741), #9 Peter Svidler (2739) from September 2003 rating list

 #13    Dortmund, 2000      11      #2, #3, #6, #7, #10    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2804), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2801), #6 Peter Leko (2763), #7 Michael Adams (2751), #10 Evgeny Bareev (2729) from July 2000 rating list

 #14    Dortmund, 2004      10      #2, #3, #6, #9    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2789), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2759), #6 Peter Leko (2745), #9 Peter Svidler (2742) from July 2004 rating list

 #15    Linares, 2004      9      #1, #3, #7, #10    #1 Garry Kasparov (2811), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2755), #7 Alexei Shirov (2743), #10 Peter Leko (2735) from February 2004 rating list

 #16    Dortmund, 2003      9      #2, #3, #5    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2788), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2786), #5 Peter Leko (2748) from July 2003 rating list

 #17    RUS-ch 57th Moscow, 2004      9      #2, #4, #5    #2 Garry Kasparov (2771), #4 Peter Svidler (2751), #5 Alexander Morozevich (2750) from November 2004 rating list

 #18    New Delhi/Tehran (FIDE World C, 2000      9      #3, #5, #7, #8, #9, #10    #3 Viswanathan Anand (2806), #4 Peter Leko (2767), #5 Alexei Shirov (2756), #6 Vassily Ivanchuk (2747), #7 Alexander Morozevich (2747), #8 Michael Adams (2744), #9 Peter Svidler (2743), #10 Evgeny Bareev (2737) from November 2000 rating list

 #19    Linares, 2001      8      #1, #4, #7    #1 Garry Kasparov (2854), #4 Peter Leko (2764), #7 Alexei Shirov (2753) from February 2001 rating list

 #20    Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2002      8      #4, #5, #6, #10    #4 Alexander Morozevich (2759), #5 Michael Adams (2750), #6 Peter Leko (2747), #10 Evgeny Bareev (2736) from January 2002 rating list

 #21    Dortmund (Candidates Final), 2002      8      #4, #5, #7, #8, #9    #4 Veselin Topalov (2758), #5 Michael Adams (2757), #7 Peter Leko (2749), #8 Evgeny Bareev (2743), #9 Alexander Morozevich (2737) from July 2002 rating list

 #22    Germany (Bundesliga), 2000      7      #4, #6, #7, #9    #4 Alexander Morozevich (2758), #6 Alexei Shirov (2754), #7 Michael Adams (2743), #9 Evgeny Bareev (2740) from March 2000 rating list

 #23    Cannes (NAO Masters), 2002      7      #4, #6, #7, #9    #4 Alexander Morozevich (2764), #6 Evgeny Bareev (2750), #7 Peter Leko (2747), #9 Veselin Topalov (2739) from February 2002 rating list

 #24    Germany (Bundesliga), 2002      6      #3, #6, #10    #3 Viswanathan Anand (2776), #6 Michael Adams (2752), #10 Peter Svidler (2732) from October 2002 rating list

 #25    Shenyang (FIDE World Cup), 2000      5      #2, #10    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2804), #7 Vassily Ivanchuk (2752), #10 Evgeny Bareev (2729) from September 2000 rating list

 #26    Leon, 2004      5      #4, #6    #4 Peter Svidler (2745), #6 Alexei Shirov (2744) from June 2004 rating list

 #27    Halkidiki (EU Cup), 2002      5      #6, #8, #9, #10    #6 Michael Adams (2756), #8 Evgeny Bareev (2745), #9 Vassily Ivanchuk (2733), #10 Peter Svidler (2732) from September 2002 rating list

 #28    Shenyang (FIDE World Cup-D), 2000      4      #2    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2804) from September 2000 rating list

 #29    Merida, 2001      4      #2    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2822) from May 2001 rating list

 #30    Germany (Bundesliga), 2003      4      #2    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2777), #4 Peter Svidler (2753), #7 Alexei Shirov (2743) from November 2003 rating list

 #31    Montecatini Terme, 2000      4      #5, #8, #10    #5 Alexei Shirov (2763), #8 Vassily Ivanchuk (2750), #10 Evgeny Bareev (2729) from July 2000 rating list

 #32    Germany (Bundesliga), 2000      4      #5, #8, #9    #5 Alexei Shirov (2754), #8 Michael Adams (2739), #9 Evgeny Bareev (2737) from February 2000 rating list

 #33    Polanica Zdroj (Rubinstein Mem, 2000      4      #6, #7, #9    #6 Alexei Shirov (2759), #7 Vassily Ivanchuk (2753), #9 Peter Svidler (2745) from August 2000 rating list

 #34    Bastia (Corsica Masters), 2000      3      #3    #3 Viswanathan Anand (2806) from November 2000 rating list

 #35    Bastia (Open), 2000      3      #3    #3 Viswanathan Anand (2806) from November 2000 rating list

 #36    Hyderabad (FIDE World Cup-C), 2002      3      #3    #3 Viswanathan Anand (2776) from October 2002 rating list

 #37    Hyderabad (FIDE World Cup), 2002      3      #3    #3 Viswanathan Anand (2776) from October 2002 rating list

 #38    Dresden (Porzellan Cup), 2000      3      #4    #4 Alexei Shirov (2761) from January 2000 rating list

 #39    Budapest, 2003      3      #4    #4 Peter Leko (2758) from April 2003 rating list

 #40    Krasnoyarsk (RUS Championship), 2003      3      #5, #9    #5 Alexander Grischuk (2748), #9 Peter Svidler (2739) from September 2003 rating list

 #41    Leon, 2003      3      #6, #8    #6 Veselin Topalov (2749), #8 Ruslan Ponomariov (2742) from June 2003 rating list

 #42    Panormo (EU Cup), 2001      3      #6, #9    #6 Vassily Ivanchuk (2752), #9 Evgeny Bareev (2740) from September 2001 rating list

 #43    Benidorm Hotel Bali, 2002      3      #6, #9    #6 Ruslan Ponomariov (2753), #9 Alexei Shirov (2740) from November 2002 rating list

 #44    Reykjavik, 2003      3      #6, #9    #6 Michael Adams (2748), #9 Alexei Shirov (2738) from February 2003 rating list

 #45    Merida, 2000      2      #5    #5 Alexei Shirov (2763) from June 2000 rating list

 #46    Shenyang (FIDE World Cup-A), 2000      2      #5    #5 Alexander Morozevich (2763) from August 2000 rating list

 #47    Poikovsky, 2004      2      #5    #5 Alexander Grischuk (2747) from March 2004 rating list

 #48    Dos Hermanas, 2003      2      #6    #6 Alexei Shirov (2744) from March 2003 rating list

 #49    Istanbul (EU Championship), 2003      2      #6    #6 Alexander Grischuk (2746) from May 2003 rating list

 #50    Beijing, 2003      2      #6    #6 Evgeny Bareev (2747) from September 2003 rating list

 #51    Tripoli (FIDE World Championsh, 2004      2      #8, #10    #8 Alexander Grischuk (2739), #10 Michael Adams (2737) from June 2004 rating list

 #52    Shenyang (FIDE World Cup-C), 2000      2      #9, #10    #9 Peter Svidler (2738), #10 Evgeny Bareev (2729) from September 2000 rating list

 #53    Smolensk, 2000      1      #10    #10 Peter Svidler (2729) from April 2000 rating list

 #54    Villarrobledo (Open), 2000      1      #10    #10 Veselin Topalov (2726) from August 2000 rating list

 #55    Brussels, 2000      1      #10    #10 Peter Svidler (2737) from October 2000 rating list

 #56    Portoroz (Vidmar Memorial), 2001      1      #10    #10 Boris Gelfand (2738) from July 2001 rating list

 #57    Biel, 2001      1      #10    #10 Boris Gelfand (2738) from July 2001 rating list

 #58    Bermuda, 2003      1      #10    #10 Peter Svidler (2730) from January 2003 rating list

 #59    Moscow (Aeroflot Open), 2003      1      #10    #10 Peter Svidler (2733) from February 2003 rating list

 #60    Sarajevo, 2003      1      #10    #10 Evgeny Bareev (2740) from May 2003 rating list

 #61    Enghien les Bains, 2003      1      #10    #10 Michael Adams (2738) from June 2003 rating list

 #62    Sarajevo, 2004      1      #10    #10 Alexei Shirov (2735) from May 2004 rating list

 #63    London, 2000      1      #7    #7 Michael Adams (2744) from April 2000 rating list

 #64    Shenyang (FIDE World Cup-B), 2000      1      #7    #7 Vassily Ivanchuk (2753) from August 2000 rating list

 #65    Redbus KO Southend, 2001      1      #7    #7 Michael Adams (2749) from April 2001 rating list

 #66    Biel, 2004      1      #7    #7 Ruslan Ponomariov (2744) from July 2004 rating list

 #67    Lvov (Stein Memorial), 2000      1      #8    #8 Vassily Ivanchuk (2740) from May 2000 rating list

 #68    Essen, 2002      1      #8    #8 Peter Leko (2740) from May 2002 rating list

 #69    Biel, 2000      1      #9    #9 Peter Svidler (2738) from July 2000 rating list

 #70    Esbjerg, 2000      1      #9    #9 Peter Svidler (2738) from July 2000 rating list

 #71    Enghien les Bains, 2001      1      #9    #9 Evgeny Bareev (2739) from April 2001 rating list

 #72    Hyderabad (FIDE World Cup-A), 2002      1      #9    #9 Vassily Ivanchuk (2737) from October 2002 rating list

 #73    Poikovsky, 2003      1      #9    #9 Peter Svidler (2741) from April 2003 rating list

 #74    Essent Crown Hoogeveen, 2003      1      #9    #9 Judit Polgar (2738) from October 2003 rating list

 #75    Oberliga Bayern 0001 Bayern, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #76    Asia-ch Udaipur, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #77    Bad Zwesten op 4th, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #78    Basel Hilton op, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #79    Bjeljina Renome Bijeljina-Dvor, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #80    Corus Reserve Group Wijk aan Z, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #81    Rovno, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #82    Staufer op 12th Schwaebisch Gm, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #83    Troll Masters Gausdal, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #84    Ubeda op 5th, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #85    Corus-B Wijk aan Zee, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #86    CRO-ch Pula, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #87    Excelsior Cup Gothenburg, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #88    Fraenkische GM 1st Pulvermuehl, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #89    Hastings Premier, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #90    Linares Anibal op 7th, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #91    Montecatini Terme 5th, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #92    Perenyi mem Gyula, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #93    Salsomaggiore op, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #94    Schneider Bohemia op-A Plzen, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #95    Sevilla op, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #96    St Veit op, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #97    Swidnica op-A, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #98    Tampere op2, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #99    Tula, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

 #100    Tula Club-ch op, 2000      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 2000 rating list

NOTE: "Class" is a Chessmetrics formula used to rank the strength of a tournament, by using the participation of top-10 players from the rating list (rather than just using the average rating of all participants). For more details, go here.

Strongest Match between 2000 and 2005 See more details
   Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000: #1 vs #3
The strongest match held between 2000 and 2005 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 Kramnik-Leko Match (Classical World Championship, Brissago), 2004 (#3 vs #7) and Khalifman-Leko Match (Budapest), 2000 (#7 vs #25).

Best Individual Event Performance between 2000 and 2005 See more details
   Vladimir Kramnik: 2874 in Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000
The best individual event performance between 2000 and 2005 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.