2002 in chess


Events in chess during the year 2002:
top 10 players by Elo rating - October 2002;
  1. Garry Kasparov 2836
  2. Vladimir Kramnik 2809
  3. Viswanathan Anand 2755
  4. Michael Adams 2745
  5. Veselin Topalov 2743
  6. Peter Leko 2743
  7. Ruslan Ponomariov 2743
  8. Evgeny Bareev 2737
  9. Alexander Morozevich 2742
  10. Vassily Ivanchuk 2709

    Deaths