Timeline of Chess - 21st Century

21st Century

• 2000 - Garry Kasparov loses his title to Vladimir Kramnik 8.5 - 6.5. Kramnik became the fourteenth World Chess Champion.
• 2001 -
• 2002 - Sergey Karjakin becomes the youngest ever Grandmaster at age 12 years and 7 months.
• 2003 -
• 2004 - Rustam Kasimdzhanov wins the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004 by beating Michael Adams in the final.
• 2004 - Vladimir Kramnik successfully defends his title in the Classical World Chess Championship 2004 against Peter Leko.
• 2005 - Veselin Topalov wins the FIDE World Chess Championship 2005 with 10/14 (+6=8-0).
• 2006 - World Chess Championship reunited when Vladimir Kramnik defeats Veselin Topalov in the FIDE World Chess Championship 2006.
• 2007 - Viswanathan Anand becomes the fifteenth World Chess Champion after winning the World Chess Championship 2007 tournament held in Mexico City. Anand finished the tournament with a score of 9/14 (+4=10-0).
• 2008 - Former World Champion Bobby Fischer dies in Iceland at age 64.
• 2008 - Viswanathan Anand successfully defends his title against Vladimir Kramnik in the World Chess Championship 2008.
• 2009 - Eighteen-year-old Magnus Carlsen wins the super-grandmaster (Category 21) Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament, scoring an undefeated 8-2 in the double round robin event. Carlsen's performance rating for the tournament is 3002, one of the highest in history, and his rating goes over 2800, making him the fifth player (and by far the youngest) to attain that rating level.
• 2009 - Kasparov and Karpov play each other once more, as a commemoration of their World Championship Match 25 years ago.
• 2010 - Chess therapy was explored by Alexian Center For Mental Health at the South Elgin Rehabilitation Center in Elgin, Illinois.