List of the most important chess tournaments (2000–2009)

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This is a partial list of the list of the most important chess tournaments , which covers the period 2000 to 2009.

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year place winner 2nd place 3rd place
1999 / 2000 Pamplona Nigel Short ( England ) Boris Gelfand ( Israel ), Zoltán Almási ( Hungary )
Hastings Emil Sutovsky ( Israel ) Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Jonathan Speelman ( England )
2000 Wijk aan Zee Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary )
Linares Garri Kasparov ( Russia ), Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain )
Bali Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Anatoli Karpov ( Russia )
eat Wadim Svjaginzew ( Russia ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Klaus Bischoff ( Germany )
Lviv Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Michał Krasenkow ( Poland ) Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia )
Sarajevo Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Michael Adams ( England ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain )
Malmo Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands ) Ulf Andersson ( Sweden )
Mérida (Mexico) Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Gilberto Hernández ( Mexico )
Saint-Vincent (European Championship) Pawel Tregubow ( Russia ), Alexei Alexandrow ( Belarus ), Tomasz Markowski ( Poland ), Andrei Charlow ( Russia ),
Dortmund Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Michael Adams ( England ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Wladimir Akopjan ( Armenia )
Biel Peter Swidler ( Russia ) Loek van Wely ( Netherlands ), Ruslan Ponomarjow ( Ukraine )
Montecatini Terme Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia ) Zurab Asmaiparashvili ( Georgia )
Shenyang Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia ) Boris Gelfand ( Israel ), Gilberto Milos ( Brazil )
Polanica-Zdrój Boris Gelfand ( Israel ) Alexei Schirow ( Spain ), Loek van Wely ( Netherlands )
Buenos Aires Judit Polgár ( Hungary ), Viktor Bologan ( Moldova ) Nigel Short ( England )
New Delhi / Tehran (FIDE World Cup) (knockout system) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Michael Adams ( England ), Alexander Grishchuk ( Russia )
Hoogeveen Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ) Jan Timman ( Netherlands ) Alexander Galkin ( Russia )
2001 Wijk aan Zee Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine )
Linares Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain ), Anatoli Karpow ( Russia ), Alexander Grishchuk ( Russia )
St. Petersburg Konstantin Sakajew ( Russia ) Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ), Sergei Rublewski ( Russia )
Enghien-les-Bains Vladimir Akopjan ( Armenia ) Joël Lautier ( France ) Evgeni Barejew ( Russia ), Étienne Bacrot ( France ), Loek van Wely The Netherlands
Dos Hermanas Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Ilia Smirin ( Israel ) Zoltán Almási ( Hungary ), Francisco Vallejo Pons ( Spain ), Miguel Illescas Córdoba ( Spain ), Surab Asmaiparaschwili ( Georgia )
Poikowski Viorel Bologan ( Moldova ) Smbat Lputjan ( Armenia ), Sergei Rublewski ( Russia )
eat Rustam Kasimjanov ( Uzbekistan ) Christopher Lutz ( Germany ), Emil Sutovsky ( Israel )
Sarajevo Kiril Georgiev ( Bulgaria ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Ilia Smirin ( Israel ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia )
Mérida (Mexico) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Nigel Short England Alexander Chalifman ( Russia )
Astana Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Boris Gelfand ( Israel )
Ohrid (European Championship) Emil Sutovsky ( Israel ) Ruslan Ponomarev ( Ukraine ) Zurab Asmaiparashvili ( Georgia )
Portorož Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ) Boris Gelfand ( Israel ) Andrij Wolokitin ( Ukraine )
Shanghai Michał Krasenkow ( Poland ), Viktor Bologan ( Moldova ), Ye Jiangchuan ( People's Republic of China )
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary )
Biel Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Peter Swidler ( Russia ) Boris Gelfand ( Israel )
Buenos Aires Anatoly Karpov ( Russia ) Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ), Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan )
Kramatorsk Ruslan Ponomarev ( Ukraine ) Alexei Alexandrov ( Belarus ) Wolodymyr Baklan ( Ukraine ), Jaan Ehlvest ( Estonia )
Hoogeveen Judit Polgár ( Hungary ), Loek van Wely ( Netherlands ) Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland )
Moscow (FIDE World Cup) (KO system) Ruslan Ponomarev ( Ukraine ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Peter Swidler ( Russia )
2001 / 2002 Pamplona Viktor Bologan ( Moldova ) Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan ), Zoltán Almási ( Hungary ), Ulf Andersson ( Sweden )
2002 Wijk aan Zee Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia ) Alexander Grishchuk ( Russia ) Michael Adams ( England ), Alexander Morosewitsch ( Russia )
Cannes Boris Gelfand ( Israel ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Evgeni Barejew ( Russia ), Étienne Bacrot ( France ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Anatoli Karpow ( Russia ), Peter Swidler ( Russia )
Linares Garry Kasparov ( Russia ) Ruslan Ponomarev ( Ukraine ) Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine ), Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Michael Adams ( England )
eat Vadim Svyagintsev ( Russia ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ) Christopher Lutz ( Germany ), Michał Krasenkow ( Poland )
Sarajevo Sergej Movsesjan ( Slovakia ) Ivan Sokolov ( Netherlands ) Alexei Schirow ( Spain ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Ilia Smirin ( Israel ), Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan )
Batumi (European Championship) Bartłomiej Macieja ( Poland ) Michail Gurewitsch ( Belgium ) Sergei Volkov ( Russia )
Dortmund (Braingames Candidates Tournament ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Alexei Schirow ( Spain ), Jewgeni Barejew ( Russia )
Biel Ilia Smirin ( Israel ) Vladislav Tkachiev ( France ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia )
Hyderabad (India) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Rustam Kasimjanov ( Uzbekistan ) Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia )
Hoogeveen Péter Ács ( Hungary ) Alexander Chalifman ( Russia ), Judit Polgár ( Hungary )
Pamplona Rustam Kasimjanov ( Uzbekistan ), Viktor Bologan ( Moldova ) Francisco Vallejo Pons ( Spain )
2003 Wijk aan Zee Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia )
Bermuda Giovanni Vescovi ( Brazil ) Peter Swidler ( Russia ) Tomasz Markowski ( Poland )
Reykjavík Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Bartłomiej Macieja ( Poland ), Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland )
Linares Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary ) Garri Kasparov ( Russia ), Viswanathan Anand ( India )
Moscow Viktor Bologan ( Moldova ), Alexei Alexandrow ( Belarus ), Aljaksej Fjodarau ( Belarus ), Peter Swidler ( Russia )
Dos Hermanas Alexander Rustemow ( Russia ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia ) Francisco Vallejo Pons ( Spain ), Alexander Chalifman ( Russia )
Istanbul (European Championship) Zurab Asmaiparashvili ( Georgia ) Vladimir Malachow ( Russia ) Alexander Graf ( Germany )
Budapest Nigel Short ( England ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary )
Poikowski Peter Swidler ( Russia ), Joël Lautier ( France ) Sergei Rublewski ( Russia ), Vadim Svjaginzew ( Russia )
Sarajevo Ivan Sokolov ( Netherlands ) Sergej Movsesjan ( Slovakia ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain ), Rustam Kasimjanov ( Uzbekistan )
Esbjerg Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Luke McShane ( England ), Krishnan Sasikiran ( India )
Enghien-les-Bains Yevgeny Bareev ( Russia ) Michael Adams ( England ) Boris Gelfand ( Israel )
Biel Alexander Morozevich ( Russia ) Joël Lautier ( France ), Ilia Smirin ( Israel )
Dortmund Viktor Bologan ( Moldova ) Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia ), Viswanathan Anand ( India )
Skanderborg Peter Heine Nielsen ( Denmark ), Darmen Sadwakasow ( Kazakhstan ), Nigel Short ( England ), Curt Hansen ( Denmark )
Hoogeveen Judit Polgár ( Hungary ) Ivan Sokolov ( Netherlands ), Levon Aronjan ( Armenia )
Selfoss Ivan Sokolov ( Netherlands ), Predrag Nikolić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Vladimir Malachow ( Russia )
Belfort Michail Gurewitsch ( Belgium ) Laurent Fressinet ( France ) Christian Bauer ( France )
Pamplona Miguel Illescas Córdoba ( Spain ), Luke McShane ( England ), Emil Sutovsky ( Israel )
2004 Wijk aan Zee Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Michael Adams ( England )
Bermuda Giovanni Vescovi ( Brazil ) Boris Gelfand ( Israel ) Sergej Movsesjan ( Slovakia )
Moscow Sergei Rublewski ( Russia ), Rafael Vaganian ( Armenia ), Valeri Filippow ( Russia )
Linares Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Garri Kasparow ( Russia ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary )
Poikowski Peter Swidler ( Russia ), Sergei Rublewski ( Russia ) Viktor Bologan ( Moldova ), Ivan Sokolov ( Netherlands )
Paks Viktor Kortschnoi ( Switzerland ) Ferenc Berkes ( Hungary ) Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia )
Antalya (European Championship) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Predrag Nikolić ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Levon Aronjan ( Armenia )
Sarajevo Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Sergej Movsesjan ( Slovakia ) Ivan Sokolov ( Netherlands ), Viktor Bologan ( Moldova )
Taiyuan Nigel Short ( England ) Ni Hua ( People's Republic of China ) Joël Lautier ( France ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia )
Tripoli (FIDE World Cup) (KO system) Rustam Kasimjanov ( Uzbekistan ) Michael Adams ( England ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan )
Biel Alexander Morozevich ( Russia ) Krishnan Sasikiran ( India ) Ruslan Ponomarjow ( Ukraine ), Yannick Pelletier ( Switzerland ), Étienne Bacrot ( France )
Dortmund Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Peter Swidler ( Russia )
Pune Rustam Kasimjanov ( Uzbekistan ), Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ( Romania ) P. Harikrishna ( India )
Hoogeveen Ivan Sokolov ( Netherlands ) Nigel Short ( England ) Daniël Stellwagen ( Netherlands )
Ashdod Ilia Smirin ( Israel ), Eduardas Rozentalis ( Lithuania ), Boris Awruch ( Israel ), Boris Gelfand ( Israel )
Yucatán (KO system) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Alexander Graf ( Germany ) Neuris Delgado Ramírez ( Cuba ), Yuniesky Quesada Pérez ( Cuba )
Pamplona Boris Gelfand ( Israel ) Serhij Karjakin ( Ukraine ) Lázaro Bruzón ( Cuba )
2004 / 2005 Drammen Alexei Schirow ( Spain ), Peter Heine Nielsen ( Denmark ) Luke McShane ( England )
2005 Wijk aan Zee Péter Lékó ( Hungary ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
Bermuda Boris Gelfand ( Israel ), P. Harikrishna ( India ) Leinier Domínguez ( Cuba ), Andrei Wolokitin ( Ukraine )
Moscow Emil Sutovsky ( Israel ), Andrei Charlow ( Russia ), Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine ), Vladimir Akopjan ( Armenia ), Alexander Motyljow ( Russia )
Linares Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Garry Kasparow ( Russia ) Viswanathan Anand ( India )
Poikowski Étienne Bacrot ( France ), Viktor Bologan ( Moldova ) Alexander Grishchuk ( Russia ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia )
Dos Hermanas Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan ) Zurab Asmaiparaschwili ( Georgia ), Rubén Felgaer ( Argentina ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Alexander Rustemow ( Russia )
Havana Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Lázaro Bruzón ( Cuba ) Neuris Delgado Ramírez ( Cuba ), Leinier Domínguez ( Cuba )
Sofia Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Judit Polgár ( Hungary ), Ruslan Ponomarjow ( Ukraine )
Minneapolis Swiad Isoria ( Georgia ) Ilia Smirin ( Israel ), Gata Kamsky ( USA ), Alexander Beliavsky ( Slovenia ), P. Harikrishna ( India ), Jaan Ehlvest ( Estonia ), Evgeni Najer ( Russia ), Ildar Ibragimov ( USA ), Artur Jussupow ( Germany ), Leonid Judassin ( Israel ), Daniel Fridman ( Latvia ),
Sarajevo Viktor Bologan ( Moldova ), Ivan Sokolov ( Netherlands ) Artjom Timofejew ( Russia )
Warsaw (European Championship) Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ( Romania ) Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan ) Levon Aronjan ( Armenia )
Dortmund Arkadij Naiditsch ( Germany ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Étienne Bacrot ( France ), Loek van Wely ( Netherlands ), Pjotr ​​Swidler ( Russia )
Stepanakert Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ) Ashot Anastasyan ( Armenia ) Hikaru Nakamura ( USA )
San Luis (Argentina) (FIDE World Championship) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Pjotr ​​Swidler ( Russia )
Khanty-Mansiysk (FIDE World Cup) (KO system) Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ) Ruslan Ponomarev ( Ukraine ) Étienne Bacrot ( France )
Mérida (Mexico) Lázaro Bruzón ( Cuba ) Michał Krasenkow ( Poland ) Nikola Mitkov ( Macedonia ), Frank de la Paz ( Cuba )
2005 / 2006 Pamplona Ruslan Ponomarev ( Ukraine ) P. Harikrishna ( India ), Iwan Tscheparinow ( Bulgaria )
2006 Wijk aan Zee Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Michael Adams ( England ), Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine )
Gibraltar Kiril Georgiev ( Macedonia ) Nigel Short ( England ) Emil Sutovsky ( Israel )
Cuernavaca Ruslan Ponomarjow ( Ukraine ), Francisco Vallejo Pons ( Spain ) Hikaru Nakamura ( USA )
Morelia / Linares Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan )
Poikowski Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Ruslan Ponomarjow ( Ukraine ), Vadim Svjaginzew ( Russia ), Alexei Drejew ( Russia ), Evgeni Barejew ( Russia )
Kuşadası (European Championship) Zdenko Kožul ( Croatia ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Kiril Georgiev ( Bulgaria )
Sofia Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Gata Kamsky ( USA ) Viswanathan Anand ( India )
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Pyotr Swidler ( Russia ) Michael Adams ( England )
Moscow ( Tal Memorial ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ) Ruslan Ponomarjow ( Ukraine ), Levon Aronjan ( Armenia )
2007 Wijk aan Zee Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan )
Morelia / Linares Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Alexander Morosewitsch ( Russia ), Magnus Carlsen ( Norway )
M-Tel Masters , Sofia Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Krishnan Sasikiran ( India ) Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov ( Azerbaijan )
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Yevgeny Alexejew ( Russia ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary )
Sarajevo Sergej Movsesjan ( Slovakia ) Borki Predojević ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) Ivan Sokolov ( Netherlands ), Alexander Morozevich ( Russia )
Poikowski Dmitri Jakowenko ( Russia ) Alexander Onischuk ( USA ), Evgeni Alexejew ( Russia ), Viktor Bologan ( Moldova )
Foros Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Serhij Karjakin ( Ukraine ) Alexander Onischuk ( USA ), Pjotr ​​Swidler ( Russia ), Loek van Wely ( Netherlands ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain )
Dresden (European Championship) Vladislav Tkachiev ( France ) Emil Sutovsky ( Israel ) Dmitri Jakowenko ( Russia )
Vitoria-Gasteiz Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Ruslan Ponomarev ( Ukraine ) Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu ( Romania ), Judit Polgár ( Hungary )
Carlsbad Ruslan Ponomarjow ( Ukraine ), Sergej Movsesjan ( Slovakia ) Vladimir Akopjan ( Armenia ), David Navara ( Czech Republic )
Biel Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ) Alexander Onischuk ( USA ) Yannick Pelletier ( Switzerland ), Judit Polgár ( Hungary ), Alexander Grishchuk ( Russia ), Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan )
Mexico City (World Cup) Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Boris Gelfand ( Israel )
Moscow ( Tal Memorial ) Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Boris Gelfand ( Israel ), Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ), Dmitri Jakowenko ( Russia ), Péter Lékó ( Hungary )
Khanty-Mansiysk (FIDE World Cup) (KO system) Gata Kamsky ( USA ) Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ), Serhij Karjakin ( Ukraine )
2007 / 2008 Pamplona Francisco Vallejo Pons ( Spain ) Wang Yue ( China ), Baadur Jobawa ( Georgia )
Reggio nell'Emilia Zoltán Almási ( Hungary ) Vüqar Həşimov ( Azerbaijan ), Ni Hua ( China ), P. Harikrishna ( India )
2008 Wijk aan Zee Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ), Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ) Viswanathan Anand ( India ), Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan )
Morelia / Linares Viswanathan Anand ( India ) Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ) Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ), Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria )
Plovdiv (European Championship) Sergey Tiviakov ( Netherlands ) Sergej Movsesjan ( Slovakia ) Sergei Volkov ( Russia )
Baku (FIDE Grand Prix) Vüqar Həşimov ( Azerbaijan ), Wang Yue ( China ), Magnus Carlsen ( Norway )
Sarajevo Alexander Morozevich ( Russia ) Leinier Domínguez ( Cuba ) Sergej Movsesjan ( Slovakia )
Foros Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Serhij Karjakin ( Ukraine ), Pawel Eljanow ( Ukraine )
Dortmund Péter Lékó ( Hungary ) Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine ), Şəhriyar Məmmədyarov ( Azerbaijan ), Jan Nepomnjaschtschi ( Russia ), Jan Gustafsson ( Germany )
Sochi (FIDE Grand Prix) Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ) Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan ) Wang Yue ( China )
M-Tel Masters , Sofia Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan )
Biel Yevgeny Alexejew ( Russia ) Leinier Domínguez ( Cuba ) Magnus Carlsen ( Norway )
Poikowski Sergei Rublewski ( Russia ), Dmitri Jakowenko ( Russia ), Vüqar Həşimov ( Azerbaijan ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain )
Moscow ( Tal Memorial ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Alexander Morosewitsch ( Russia ), Boris Gelfand ( Israel ), Ruslan Ponomarjow ( Ukraine ), Wladimir Kramnik ( Russia )
Bilbao Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ), Wassyl Iwantschuk ( Ukraine ), Magnus Carlsen ( Norway )
Elista (FIDE Grand Prix) Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan ), Dmitri Jakowenko ( Russia ), Alexander Grishchuk ( Russia )
Nanjing Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ) Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ) Bu Xiangzhi ( China )
2008 / 2009 Pamplona Krishnan Sasikiran ( India ) Vladimir Malachow ( Russia ), Francisco Vallejo Pons ( Spain )
2009 Wijk aan Zee Serhij Karjakin ( Ukraine ) Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ), Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan ), Sergej Movsesjan ( Slovakia )
Linares Alexander Grishchuk ( Russia ) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Magnus Carlsen ( Norway )
Budva (European Championship) Yevgeny Tomaschewski ( Russia ) Vladimir Malachow ( Russia ) Baadur Jobava ( Georgia )
Nalchik (FIDE Grand Prix) Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Vladimir Akopjan ( Armenia )
Sarajevo Pavel Eljanow ( Ukraine ) Wang Hao ( China ), Borki Predojević ( Bosnia and Herzegovina )
M-Tel Masters , Sofia Alexei Shirov ( Spain ) Wesselin Topalow ( Bulgaria ), Magnus Carlsen ( Norway )
Poikowski Alexander Motyljow ( Russia ) Vüqar Həşimov ( Azerbaijan ) Ernesto Inarkiew ( Russia ), Emil Sutovsky ( Israel )
Bazna Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Boris Gelfand ( Israel ) Teymur Rəcəbov ( Azerbaijan ), Alexei Schirow ( Spain )
Dortmund Vladimir Kramnik ( Russia ) Péter Lékó ( Hungary ), Magnus Carlsen ( Norway ), Dmitri Jakowenko ( Russia )
San Sebastian Hikaru Nakamura ( USA ) Ruslan Ponomarev ( Ukraine ) Pyotr Swidler ( Russia )
Biel Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ( France ) Alexander Morozewitsch ( Russia ), Wassyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine )
Jermuk (FIDE Grand Prix) Vasyl Ivanchuk ( Ukraine ) Levon Aronjan ( Armenia ), Boris Gelfand ( Israel )