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Month
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Best player
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Tournament
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September 2000
|
Judit Polgar
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Miguel Najdorf Chess Festival
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October 2000
|
Vladimir Kramnik
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Braingames World Championship, London 2000
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November 2000
|
Artur Jussupow
|
34th Olympiad, Istanbul 2000
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December 2000
|
Viswanathan Anand
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World Championship, New Delhi/Tehran 2000
|
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January 2001
|
Garry Kasparov
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Corus A, Wijk aan Zee 2001
|
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February 2001
|
Joseph Gallagher
|
Goodricke Open, Calcutta 2001
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March 2001
|
Garry Kasparov
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Linares 2001
|
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April 2001
|
Vladimir Kramnik
|
Korchnoi Anniversary, Zurich 2001
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May 2001
|
Viswanathan Anand
|
II Merida 2001
|
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June 2001
|
Garry Kasparov
|
Astana 2001
|
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July 2001
|
Vladimir Kramnik
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Dortmund 2001
|
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August 2001
|
Viktor Korchnoi
|
Biel 2001
|
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September 2001
|
Garry Kasparov
|
EUR-ASIA Rapid Match, Batumi 2001
|
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October 2001
|
Ruslan Ponomariov
|
Governor's Cup, Kramatorsk 2001
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November 2001
|
Joel Lautier
|
European Team Championship, Leon 2001
|
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December 2001
|
Alexandra Kosteniuk
|
Women's World Championship, Moscow 2001
|
|
January 2002
|
Evgeny Bareev
|
Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2002
|
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February 2002
|
Alexander Grischuk
|
Aeroflot Open, Moscow 2002
|
|
March 2002
|
Garry Kasparov
|
Linares 2002
|
|
April 2002
|
Peter Leko
|
UAE Grand Prix 2002
|
|
May 2002
|
Viswanathan Anand
|
Eurotel Trophy, Prague 2002
|
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June 2002
|
Garry Kasparov
|
Moscow Grand Prix 2002
|
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July 2002
|
Peter Leko
|
Sparkassen CM, Dortmund 2002
|
|
August 2002
|
Viswanathan Anand
|
Duel of the World Champions, Mainz 2002
|
|
September 2002
|
Alexei Shirov
|
Russia vs World, Moscow 2002
|
|
October 2002
|
Peter Acs
|
Essent, Hoogeveen 2002
|
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November 2002
|
Garry Kasparov
|
Olympiad, Bled 2002
|
|
December 2002
|
Anatoly Karpov
|
Karpov-Kasparov match, New York 2002
|
|
January 2003
|
Viswanathan Anand
|
Corus A, Wijk aan Zee 2003
|
|
February 2003
|
Alexei Shirov
|
Hrokurinn, Reykjavik 2003
|
|
March 2003
|
Peter Leko
|
Linares 2003
|
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April 2003
|
Nigel Short
|
Budapest 2003
|
|
May 2003
|
Ivan Sokolov
|
Bosna 2003
|
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June 2003
|
Evgeny Bareev
|
Enghien-les-Bains 2003
|
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July 2003
|
Alexander Morozevich
|
Biel 2003
|
|
August 2003
|
Viorel Bologan
|
Dortmund Sparkassen 2003
|
|
September 2003
|
Darcy Lima
|
Sao Paulo 2003
|
|
October 2003
|
Viswanathan Anand
|
World Rapid CC, Cap d'Agde 2003
|
|
November 2003
|
Viswanathan Anand
|
Corsica Open 2003
|
|
December 2003
|
Mikhail Gurevich
|
Belfort 2003
|
|
January 2004
|
Viswanathan Anand
|
Corus A, Wijk aan Zee 2004
|
|
February 2004
|
Sergei Rublevsky
|
Aeroflot Open 2004
|
|
March 2004
|
Vladimir Kramnik
|
Linares 2004
|
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April 2004
|
Alexander Morozevich
|
Amber 2004
|
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May 2004
|
Alexei Shirov
|
Bosna 2004
|
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June 2004
|
Viktor Korchnoi
|
Gyorgy Marx Memorial 2004
|
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July 2004
|
Alexander Morozevich
|
Biel GM 2004
|
|
August 2004
|
Viswanathan Anand
|
Sao Paulo Rapid 2004
|
|
September 2004
|
Andrei Volokitin
|
Ukrainian Championship 2004
|
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October 2004
|
Vladimir Kramnik
|
Classical World Championship 2004
|
|
November 2004
|
Garry Kasparov
|
Russian Championship 2004
|