Corus Chess Tournament 2002

Corus Chess Tournament 2002
Venue	Wijk aan Zee
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Last updated May 27, 2021

The Corus Chess Tournament 2002 was the 64th edition of the Corus Chess Tournament. It was held in Wijk aan Zee in January 2002 and was won by Evgeny Bareev.^[1]

2002

64th Corus Chess Tournament, group A, 11–27 January 2002, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XVIII (2688) ^[1]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total	TPR	Place
1	Evgeny Bareev (Russia)	2707		½	½	½	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	9	2827	1
2	Alexander Grischuk (Russia)	2671	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	0	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	8½	2799	2
3	Michael Adams (England)	2742	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	8	2770	3–4
4	Alexander Morozevich (Russia)	2742	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	8	2770	3–4
5	Alexander Khalifman (Russia)	2688	1	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	7½	2745	5
6	Peter Leko (Hungary)	2713	0	1	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	7	2715	6
7	Alexey Dreev (Russia)	2683	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	0	½	6	2659	7–11
8	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2703	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	0	1	½	½	6	2657	7–11
9	Jeroen Piket (Netherlands)	2659	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	6	2661	7–11
10	Joël Lautier (France)	2687	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	1	½	6	2659	7–11
11	Jan Timman (Netherlands)	2605	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	6	2665	7–11
12	Mikhail Gurevich (Belgium)	2641	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	5½	2634	12
13	Rustam Kasimdzhanov (Uzbekistan)	2695	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	½	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	4½	2577	13
14	Loek van Wely (Netherlands)	2697	0	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	3	2476	14

64th Corus Chess Tournament, group B, January 2002, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. XII (2530) ^[2]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total	TPR	Place
1	GM Michał Krasenkow (Poland)	2632	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	8	2695	1
2	GM Friso Nijboer (Netherlands)	2574	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	½	0	1	1	7	2628	2–3
3	GM Ivan Sokolov (Bosnia and Herzegovina)	2659	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7	2620	2–3
4	GM Pavel Tregubov (Russia)	2626	½	½	1	Does not appear	1	0	0	0	1	1	½	1	6½	2586	4
5	GM John van der Wiel (Netherlands)	2501	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	6	2568	5–6
6	IM Harmen Jonkman (Netherlands)	2498	½	0	½	1	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	1	6	2568	5–6
7	IM Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria)	2451	0	½	½	1	½	½	Does not appear	1	0	½	½	½	5½	2537	7–8
8	IM Yu Shaoteng (China)	2522	½	0	½	1	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	5½	2530	7–8
9	IM Frans Cuijpers (Netherlands)	2458	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	Does not appear	½	1	0	4	2434	9–10
10	IM Peng Zhaoqin (Netherlands)	2460	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	4	2434	9–10
11	WGM Almira Skripchenko-Lautier (France)	2498	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	3½	2399	11
12	IM Jan Werle (Netherlands)	2481	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	3	2359	12

64th Corus Chess Tournament, group C, 18–27 January 2002, Wijk aan Zee, Cat. VIII (2447) ^[3]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	TPR	Place
1	GM Ian Rogers (Australia)	2555	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	6½	2601	1–2
2	GM Andrei Istrățescu (Romania)	2605	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	6½	2595	1–2
3	GM Viorel Iordăchescu (Moldova)	2558	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	½	1	½	6	2559	3
4	IM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant (Georgia)	2410	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	1	1	5½	2531	4
5	IM Joost Berkvens (Netherlands)	2461	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	1	1	5	2488	5
6	FM Stefan van Blitterswijk (Netherlands)	2384	½	½	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	0	1	½	4½	2454	6–7
7	Jan Smeets (Netherlands)	2327	½	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	½	4½	2460	6–7
8	FM Daniël Stellwagen (Netherlands)	2377	½	0	½	0	0	1	0	Does not appear	0	1	3	2329	8
9	Ron Nep (Netherlands)	2362	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	2	2236	9
10	WGM Masha Klinova (Israel)	2432	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	Does not appear	1½	2175	10

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References

1 2 "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
↑ Mark Crowther (28 January 2002). "The Week in Chess 377". The Week in Chess.
↑ Mark Crowther (4 February 2002). "The Week in Chess 378". The Week in Chess.

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[ts65-1] 1 2 "All-time Tournaments - Tata Steel Chess". history.tatasteelchess.com. Retrieved 2021-05-15.

[2] Mark Crowther (28 January 2002). "The Week in Chess 377". The Week in Chess.

[3] Mark Crowther (4 February 2002). "The Week in Chess 378". The Week in Chess.

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