2002 in chess

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Events in chess during the year 2002:

Top players

FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - October 2002; [1]

Contents

  1. Garry Kasparov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2836
  2. Vladimir Kramnik Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2809
  3. Viswanathan Anand Flag of India.svg  India 2755
  4. Michael Adams Flag of England.svg  England 2745
  5. Veselin Topalov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2743
  6. Peter Leko Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2743
  7. Ruslan Ponomariov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2743
  8. Evgeny Bareev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2737
  9. Alexander Morozevich Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2742
  10. Vassily Ivanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2709

Tournaments

TournamentCitySystemDatesPlayers (2700+)WinnerRunner-up
Corus Chess Tournament Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wijk aan Zee Round robin11–27 Jan14 (5) Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Bareev Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Grischuk
Corus Chess Tournament Group B Flag of the Netherlands.svg Wijk aan Zee Round robin11–27 Jan14 (0) Flag of Poland.svg Michał Krasenkow Flag of the Netherlands.svg Friso Nijboer
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Ivan Sokolov
FIDE World Cup Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Knockout9 – 22 Oct24 (3) Flag of India.svg Viswanathan Anand Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Rustam Kasimdzhanov
FIDE World Chess Championship Flag of Russia.svg Moscow Knockout27 Nov 2001
– 23 Jan
128 (11) Flag of Ukraine.svg Ruslan Ponomariov Flag of Ukraine.svg Vasyl Ivanchuk

Deaths

References

  1. Top 100 FIDE players 2002