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 Wijk aan Zee Round robin 11–27 Jan 14 (5) Evgeny Bareev Alexander Grischuk Corus Chess Tournament Group B Wijk aan Zee Round robin 11–27 Jan 14 (0) Michał Krasenkow Friso Nijboer Ivan Sokolov FIDE World Cup Moscow Knockout 9 – 22 Oct 24 (3) Viswanathan Anand Rustam Kasimdzhanov FIDE World Chess Championship Moscow Knockout 27 Nov 2001 – 23 Jan 128 (11) Ruslan Ponomariov 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
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