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2011 in chess, the Glossary

Below is a list of events in chess during the year 2011.^[1]

78 relations: Aeroflot Open, Alexander Areshchenko, Alexander Grischuk, Alexander Morozevich, Alexei Fedorov, Alexei Shirov, Amber chess tournament, Anna Sharevich, Anna Zatonskih, Ante Brkić, Atanas Kolev, Chess, Chess engine, Chess World Cup 2011, Constantin Lupulescu, Cristina Adela Foișor, Daniël Noteboom, Deep Sengupta, Elo rating system, Emre Can (chess player), FIDE rankings, FIDE Women's Grand Prix, Gata Kamsky, Gawain Jones, Gibraltar Chess Festival, Grandmaster (chess), Gregory Kaidanov, Hastings International Chess Congress, Hikaru Nakamura, Hou Yifan, Houdini (chess), Interzonal chess tournaments, Iran, Irina Chelushkina, Ivan Ivanišević, James Madison, Jan Smeets, Koneru Humpy, Lê Quang Liêm, Levon Aronian, Loek van Wely, Magnus Carlsen, Maia Lomineishvili, Martyn Kravtsiv, Mateusz Bartel, Mato Damjanović, Montpelier (Orange, Virginia), Nidjat Mamedov, Paul Keres Memorial Tournament, Rafael Leitão, ... Expand index (28 more) »
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Aeroflot Open

The Aeroflot Open is an annual open chess tournament played in Moscow and sponsored by the airline Aeroflot.

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Alexander Areshchenko

Alexander Areshchenko (Oleksandr Areshchenko; born June 15, 1986) is a Ukrainian chess player.

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Alexander Grischuk

Alexander Igorevich Grischuk (born October 31, 1983) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Alexander Morozevich

Alexander Sergeyevich Morozevich (translit; born July 18, 1977) is a Russian chess player.

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Alexei Fedorov

Alexei Fedorov (Алексей Дмитриевич Фёдоров, Aleksey Dimitriyevich Fyodorov, Аляксей Фёдараў, Aliaksey Fyodarau; born 27 September 1972) is a Belarusian chess player.

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Alexei Shirov

Alexei Shirov (Aleksejs Širovs; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and Spanish chess player.

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The Amber chess tournament (officially the Amber Rapid and Blindfold Chess Tournament, previously Melody Amber) was an annual invitation-only event for some of the world's best players, from 1992 to 2011.

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Anna Sharevich (born December 18, 1985) is a Belarusian-American Woman Grandmaster (WGM) in chess.

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Anna Zatonskih

Anna Zatonskih (Ганна Затонських; July 17, 1978) is a Ukrainian American chess player who holds the titles International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM).

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Ante Brkić

Ante Brkić (born 31 March 1988) is a Croatian chess grandmaster.

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Atanas Kolev

Atanas Kolev (Атанас Колев; born July 15, 1967) is a Bulgarian Grandmaster of chess.

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Chess

Chess is a board game for two players.

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Chess engine

In computer chess, a chess engine is a computer program that analyzes chess or chess variant positions, and generates a move or list of moves that it regards as strongest.

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Chess World Cup 2011

The Chess World Cup 2011 was a chess World Cup tournament.

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Constantin Lupulescu

Constantin Lupulescu (born 25 March 1984) is a Romanian chess grandmaster and a five-time Romanian Chess Champion.

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Cristina Adela Foișor

Cristina Adela Foișor (Bădulescu; 7 June 1967 – 22 January 2017).

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Daniël Noteboom

Daniël Noteboom (26 February 1910 – 12 January 1932) was a Dutch chess player.

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Deep Sengupta

Deep Sengupta (born 30 June 1988) is an Indian chess player.

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Elo rating system

The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in zero-sum games such as chess or esports.

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Emre Can (chess player)

Emre Can (born January 21, 1990) is a Turkish chess grandmaster.

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FIDE rankings

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition.

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FIDE Women's Grand Prix

The FIDE Grand Prix is a biennial series of chess tournaments, organized by FIDE.

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Gata Kamsky

Gata Kamsky (italics; Гата Камский; born June 2, 1974) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster, and a five-time U.S. champion.

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Gawain Jones

Gawain Christopher Bernard Jones (born 11 December 1987) is an English chess player.

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Gibraltar Chess Festival

The Gibraltar International Chess Festival was a chess tournament held annually at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar.

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Grandmaster (chess)

Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.

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Gregory Kaidanov

Gregory Kaidanov (Григорий Зиновьевич Кайда́нов, Grigoriy Zinovyevich Kaydanov; born 11 October 1959) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster.

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Hastings International Chess Congress

The Hastings International Chess Congress is an annual chess tournament which takes place in Hastings, England, around the turn of the year.

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Hikaru Nakamura

Christopher Hikaru Nakamura, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, December 7, 2022 (born December 9, 1987) is an American chess grandmaster, streamer, YouTuber, five-time U.S. Chess Champion, and the reigning World Fischer Random Chess Champion.

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Hou Yifan

Hou Yifan (born 27 February 1994) is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Shenzhen University.

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Houdini (chess)

Houdini is a UCI chess engine developed by Belgian programmer Robert Houdart.

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Interzonal chess tournaments

Interzonal chess tournaments were tournaments organized by the World Chess Federation FIDE from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Irina Chelushkina

Irina Cheluskina (Irina Čoluškina; born 1 February 1961 in Kherson) is a Ukrainian and Serbian chess player and a Woman Grandmaster.

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Ivan Ivanišević

Ivan Ivanišević (Иван Иванишевић; born 23 November 1977) is a Serbian chess player who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster in 2000.

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James Madison

James Madison (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817.

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Jan Smeets

Jan Smeets (born 5 April 1985) is a Dutch chess grandmaster.

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Koneru Humpy

Koneru Humpy (born 31 March 1987) is an Indian chess player best known for winning the FIDE Women's rapid chess championship in 2019.

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Lê Quang Liêm

Lê Quang Liêm (born 13 March 1991) is a Vietnamese chess grandmaster, the top-ranked of his country.

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Levon Aronian

Levon Grigori Aronian (Levon Grigori Aronyan; born 6 October 1982) is an Armenian-American chess grandmaster.

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Loek van Wely

Loek van Wely (born 7 October 1972) is a Dutch chess player and politician.

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Magnus Carlsen

Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster.

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Maia Lomineishvili

Maia Lomineishvili (born 1977) is a Georgian chess player, and an international master.

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Martyn Kravtsiv

Martyn Kravtsiv (Мартин Кравців; born 26 November 1990) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Mateusz Bartel

Mateusz Bartel (born 3 January 1985) is a Polish chess Grandmaster.

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Mato Damjanović

Mato Damjanović (23 March 192712 February 2011) was a Croatian chess grandmaster who represented Yugoslavia in international team events.

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Montpelier (Orange, Virginia)

James Madison's Montpelier, located in Orange County, Virginia, was the plantation house of the Madison family, including Founding Father and fourth president of the United States James Madison and his wife, Dolley.

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Nidjat Mamedov

Nidjat Mamedov (Nicat Məmmədov; born 2 April 1985) is an Azerbaijani chess player.

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Paul Keres Memorial Tournament

The Paul Keres Memorial Tournament is a chess tournament played in honour of chess grandmaster Paul Keres (1916–1975).

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Rafael Leitão

Rafael Duailibe Leitão (born 28 December 1979) is a Brazilian chess grandmaster.

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Ray Robson

Ray Robson (born October 25, 1994) is an American chess player.

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Reggio Emilia chess tournament

The Reggio Emilia chess tournament was an annual chess tournament held in Reggio Emilia, Italy.

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Reykjavik Open

The Reykjavik Open is an annual chess tournament that takes place in the capital city of Iceland.

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Robert Hovhannisyan

Robert Ararati Hovhannisyan (Ռոբերտ Արարատի Հովհաննիսյան; born 23 March 1991) is an Armenian chess player.

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Ruslan Ponomariov

Ruslan Olehovych Ponomariov (Русла́н Оле́гович Пономарьо́в; born 11 October 1983) is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Rybka

Rybka is a computer chess engine designed by International Master Vasik Rajlich.

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Sergei Tiviakov

Sergei Tiviakov (Серге́й Тивяков; born 14 February 1973) is a Russian–Dutch chess grandmaster.

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Sergey Karjakin

Sergey Alexandrovich Karjakin (born 12 January 1990) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

Shahriyar Hamid oghlu Mammadyarov (Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985), known internationally as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

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Siranush Andriasian

Siranush Andriasian (Սիրանուշ Անդրիասյան, born 4 January 1986) is an Armenian chess International Master.

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Soumya Swaminathan (chess player)

Soumya Swaminathan (born 1989) is a chess player holding the title of International Master (IM) and Woman Grandmaster (WGM) from India.

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Stewart Haslinger

Stewart Gavin Haslinger (born 25 November 1981 in Ainsdale, Merseyside) is an English chess Grandmaster and former British Junior champion.

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Tata Steel Chess Tournament

The Tata Steel Chess Tournament is an annual chess tournament held in January in Wijk aan Zee, the Netherlands.

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Teimour Radjabov

Teimour Boris oghlu Radjabov (also spelled Teymur Rajabov; Teymur Boris oğlu Rəcəbov,; born 12 March 1987) is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

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Tigran L. Petrosian

Tigran Levoni Petrosian (Տիգրան Լևոնի Պետրոսյան; born 17 September 1984) is an Armenian chess player who holds the title of grandmaster, which FIDE awarded him in 2004.

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Top Chess Engine Championship

Top Chess Engine Championship, formerly known as Thoresen Chess Engines Competition (TCEC or nTCEC), is a computer chess tournament that has been run since 2010.

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US Chess Championship

The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament organized by the United States Chess Federation to determine the country's chess champion.

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Vasyl Ivanchuk

Vasyl Mykhailovych Ivanchuk (Василь Михайлович Іванчук; born March 18, 1969), is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster.

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Veselin Topalov

Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov (pronounced; Весели́н Алексáндров Топа́лов; born 15 March 1975) is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster and former FIDE World Chess Champion.

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Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan "Vishy" Anand (born 11 December 1969) is an Indian chess grandmaster, a former five-time World Chess Champion and a record two-time Chess World Cup Champion.

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Vladimir Kramnik

Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik (Влади́мир Бори́сович Кра́мник; born 25 June 1975) is a Russian chess grandmaster.

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Vugar Gashimov

Vugar Gasim oghlu Hashimov (Vüqar Qasım oğlu Həşimov; 24 July 1986 – 11 January 2014), known internationally as Vugar Gashimov, was an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster.

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Wang Yue (chess player)

Wang Yue (born 31 March 1987) is a Chinese chess player.

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Women's World Chess Championship

The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion.

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World Computer Chess Championship

World Computer Chess Championship (WCCC) is an event held periodically since 1974 where computer chess engines compete against each other.

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Yannick Pelletier

Yannick Pelletier (born September 22, 1976, in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland) is a Swiss chess Grandmaster and a six-time Swiss Champion currently living in Luxembourg.

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Yuriy Kuzubov

Yuriy Kuzubov (Юрій Кузубов; his first name is sometimes spelled "Yuri" or "Yury"; born 26 January 1990 in Sychyovka, Smolensk Oblast) chesspage.kiev.ua is a Ukrainian chess grandmaster and Ukrainian champion of 2014.

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Zhao Zong-Yuan

Zhao Zong-Yuan (born 26 June 1986) is an Australian chess Grandmaster.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_in_chess

, Ray Robson, Reggio Emilia chess tournament, Reykjavik Open, Robert Hovhannisyan, Ruslan Ponomariov, Rybka, Sergei Tiviakov, Sergey Karjakin, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Siranush Andriasian, Soumya Swaminathan (chess player), Stewart Haslinger, Tata Steel Chess Tournament, Teimour Radjabov, Tigran L. Petrosian, Top Chess Engine Championship, US Chess Championship, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Veselin Topalov, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Vugar Gashimov, Wang Yue (chess player), Women's World Chess Championship, World Computer Chess Championship, Yannick Pelletier, Yuriy Kuzubov, Zhao Zong-Yuan.

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