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Overview of the events of 2002 in chess From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Events in chess during the year 2002:
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - October 2002;[1]
Tournament | City | System | Dates | Players (2700+) | Winner | Runner-up |
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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 |
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