2002 in chess

2002 in chess

Events in chess during the year 2002:

Top players

FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - October 2002; [ [http://ratings.fide.com/toparc.phtml?cod=37 Top 100 FIDE players 2002] ]

#Garry Kasparov RUS 2836
#Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2809
#Viswanathan Anand IND 2755
#Michael Adams ENG 2745
#Veselin Topalov BUL 2743
#Peter Leko HUN 2743
#Ruslan Ponomariov UKR 2743
#Evgeny Bareev RUS 2737
#Alexander Morozevich RUS 2742
#Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2709

Deaths

*Ricardo Calvo, a Spaish 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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