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2002 in chess

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Events in chess during the year 2002:

  • The Manhattan Chess Club closes. Founded in 1877, it was the second oldest chess club in the United States.

Top players

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

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

Tournaments

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Tournament City System Dates Players (2700+) Winner Runner-up
Corus Chess Tournament Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 11–27 Jan 14 (5) Russia Evgeny Bareev Russia Alexander Grischuk
Corus Chess Tournament Group B Netherlands Wijk aan Zee Round robin 11–27 Jan 14 (0) Poland Michał Krasenkow Netherlands Friso Nijboer
Bosnia and Herzegovina Ivan Sokolov
FIDE World Cup Russia Moscow Knockout 9 – 22 Oct 24 (3) India Viswanathan Anand Kazakhstan Rustam Kasimdzhanov
FIDE World Chess Championship Russia Moscow Knockout 27 Nov 2001
– 23 Jan
128 (11) Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov Ukraine Vasyl Ivanchuk

Deaths

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References

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