2002 in chess

none 2002 chess sports 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 FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - October 2002;Top 100 FIDE players 2002 Garry Kasparov 2836 Vladimir Kramnik 2809 Viswanathan Anand 2755 Michael Adams 2745 Veselin Topalov 2743 Peter Leko 2743 Ruslan Ponomariov 2743 Evgeny Bareev 2737 Alexander Morozevich 2742 Vassily Ivanchuk 2709 Tournaments 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 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 Ricardo Calvo, a Spanish chess International Master - September 26 Eduard Gufeld, a Ukrainian International Grandmaster and chess author - September 23 Edmar Mednis, an American International Grandmaster and chess writer - February 13 References Category:21st century in chess Category:Chess by year