FIDE World Chess Championship 2002 - Participants

Participants

All players are Grandmasters unless indicated otherwise.

  1. Viswanathan Anand (IND), 2797
  2. Michael Adams (ENG), 2744
  3. Alexander Morozevich (RUS), 2739
  4. Vassily Ivanchuk (UKR), 2731
  5. Peter Leko (HUN), 2730
  6. Evgeny Bareev (RUS), 2719
  7. Boris Gelfand (ISR), 2714
  8. Veselin Topalov (BUL), 2711
  9. Alexei Shirov (ESP), 2706
  10. Rustam Kasimdzhanov (UZB), 2704
  11. Ilia Smirin (ISR), 2702
  12. Alexander Khalifman (RUS), 2699
  13. Loek Van Wely (NED), 2695
  14. Kiril Georgiev (BUL), 2695
  15. Peter Svidler (RUS), 2695
  16. Anatoly Karpov (RUS), 2692
  17. Alexey Dreev (RUS), 2690
  18. Judit Polgár (HUN), 2686
  19. Ruslan Ponomariov (UKR), 2684
  20. Ye Jiangchuan (CHN), 2677
  21. Joël Lautier (FRA), 2675
  22. Nigel Short (ENG), 2675
  23. Zurab Azmaiparashvili (GEO), 2674
  24. Alexander Grischuk (RUS), 2669
  25. Zhang Zhong (CHN), 2667
  26. Alexander Beliavsky (SLO), 2659
  27. Viktor Bologan (MDA), 2655
  28. Predrag Nikolić (BIH), 2652
  29. Emil Sutovsky (ISR), 2651
  30. Rafael Vaganian (ARM), 2650
  31. Xu Jun (CHN), 2646
  32. Vladislav Tkachiev (FRA), 2642
  33. Sergei Rublevsky (RUS), 2639
  34. Vadim Zvjaginsev (RUS), 2638
  35. Mikhail Gurevich (BEL), 2633
  36. Francisco Vallejo Pons (ESP), 2630
  37. Rustem Dautov (GER), 2630
  38. Konstantin Sakaev (RUS), 2630
  39. Aleksander Delchev (BUL), 2629
  40. Alexander Lastin (RUS), 2628
  41. Alexander Motylev (RUS), 2627
  42. Sergei Movsesian (CZE), 2627
  43. Jaan Ehlvest (EST), 2627
  44. Sergei Shipov (RUS), 2625
  45. Viktor Korchnoi (SUI), 2624
  46. Sergei Tiviakov (NED), 2618
  47. Vadim Milov (SUI), 2614
  48. Gilberto Milos (BRA), 2614
  49. Evgeny Pigusov (RUS), 2613
  50. Alexander Graf (GER), 2610
  51. Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (ROM), 2609
  52. Smbat Lputian (ARM), 2608
  53. Gregory Kaidanov (USA), 2605
  54. Thomas Luther (GER), 2604
  55. Karen Asrian (ARM), 2604
  56. Zoltan Gyimesi (HUN), 2602
  57. Boris Gulko (USA), 2602
  58. Pavel Kotsur (KAZ), 2600
  59. Vladimir Baklan (UKR), 2599
  60. Alexei Fedorov (BLR), 2599
  61. Boris Avrukh (ISR), 2598
  62. Vereslav Eingorn (UKR), 2598
  63. Mikhail Kobalia (RUS), 2595
  64. Alexander Goldin (USA), 2594
  1. Peter Heine Nielsen (DEN), 2593
  2. Konstantin Aseev (RUS), 2591
  3. Krishnan Sasikiran (IND), 2589
  4. Bartłomiej Macieja (POL), 2588
  5. Ashot Anastasian (ARM), 2588
  6. Joel Benjamin (USA), 2587
  7. Leinier Domínguez (CUB), 2585
  8. Giovanni Vescovi (BRA), 2581
  9. Stuart Conquest (ENG), 2580
  10. Igor Khenkin (GER), 2579
  11. Sergey Volkov (RUS), 2578
  12. Alexander Shabalov (USA), 2574
  13. Michał Krasenkow (POL), 2573
  14. Lazaro Bruzon (CUB), 2573
  15. Sarunas Sulskis (LTU), 2573
  16. Alexander Ivanov (USA), 2573
  17. Dao Thien Hai (VIE), 2572
  18. Alex Yermolinsky (USA), 2571
  19. Larry Christiansen (USA), 2570
  20. Lev Psakhis (ISR), 2566
  21. Alexandre Lesiege (CAN), 2564
  22. Teimour Radjabov (AZE), 2558
  23. Vadim Malakhatko (UKR), 2557
  24. Liang Chong (CHN), 2556, IM
  25. Ognjen Cvitan (CRO), 2555
  26. Georgy Timoshenko (UKR), 2554
  27. Andrei Volokitin (UKR), 2551, IM
  28. Dmitry Gurevich (USA), 2550
  29. Stanislav Savchenko (UKR), 2549
  30. Dorian Rogozenko (ROM), 2548
  31. Jacek Gdański (POL), 2537
  32. Nguyen Anh Dung (VIE), 2533
  33. Hichem Hamdouchi (MAR), 2533
  34. Suat Atalık (BIH), 2532
  35. Slim Belkhodja (TUN), 2531, IM
  36. Alonso Zapata (COL), 2530
  37. Shukhrat Safin (UZB), 2529
  38. Igor Nataf (FRA), 2527
  39. Pendyala Harikrishna (IND), 2522
  40. Yu Shaoteng (CHN), 2517, IM
  41. Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami (IRI), 2509
  42. Saidali Iuldachev (UZB), 2508
  43. Daniel Campora (ARG), 2506
  44. Dibyendu Barua (IND), 2499
  45. Alexei Barsov (UZB), 2495
  46. Li Wenliang (CHN), 2494, IM
  47. Mohamad Al-Modiahki (QAT), 2492
  48. Khvicha Supatashvili (GEO), 2487, IM
  49. Zhang Pengxiang (CHN), 2487
  50. Alejandro Hoffman (ARG), 2481
  51. Fouad El Taher (EGY), 2477, IM
  52. Ruben Felgaer (ARG), 2471, IM
  53. Surya Shekhar Ganguly (IND), 2464, IM
  54. Amon Simutowe (ZAM), 2462, IM
  55. Nikolai Vlassov (RUS), 2461, IM
  56. Aimen Rizouk (ALG), 2442, IM
  57. Facundo Pierrot (ARG), 2425, IM
  58. Alexis Cabrera (CUB), 2415, IM
  59. Mikhail Gluzman (AUS), 2400, IM
  60. Watu Kobese (RSA), 2373, IM
  61. Baatr Shovunov (RUS), 2348, IM
  62. Nugzar Zeliakov (RUS), unrated, no title
  63. Gaetan Sarthou (FRA), 2357, FM
  64. Olivier Touzane (FRA), 2382, IM

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