Not so many stars over Moscow
5/28/2002 – With the FIDE Grand Prix starting on June 1st the highest-ranking participants are Kasparov and Ponomariov. Conspicuously missing are top GMs like Kramnik, Anand, Topalov and Leko. 21 of the 30 participants are from the former Russian Republics, two are from France, one from India and one from Iran. More
ChessBase 16 - Mega package Edition 2021
Your key to fresh ideas, precise analyses and targeted training!
Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion to the amateur next door. It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it. Start your personal success story with ChessBase and enjoy the game even more.
Moscow Grand Prix June 1 to 6, 2002
The FIDE Moscow Grand Prix takes place from June 1st to 6th, 2002. The top players are Garry Kasparov, Ruslan Ponomariov, Evgeny Dreev, Vassily Ivanchuk and Alexander Grischuk.
Of the 30 players only nine are not Russian speaking: Judit Polgar (Hungarian), Joel Lautier (French), Kiril Georgiev (Bulgarian), Etienne Bacrot (French), Pedrag Nikolic (Bosnia), Viktor Bologan (Moldavia), Krishnan Sasikiran (India), Yasser Seirawan (USA) and Ehsam Ghaem (IRI).
|
List of players |
|||
| 01. Kasparov, Garry | RUS | 2838 | |
| 02. Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2743 | |
| 03. Bareev, Evgeny | RUS | 2724 | |
| 04. Ivanchuk, Vassily | UKR | 2711 | |
| 05. Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2702 | |
| 06. Khalifman, Alexander | RUS | 2698 | |
| 07. Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2688 | |
| 08. Smirin, Ilya | ISR | 2685 | |
| 09. Akopian, Vladimir | ARM | 2678 | |
| 10. Dreev, Alexey | RUS | 2677 | |
| 11. Polgar, Judit | HUN | 2677 | |
| 12. Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | GEO | 2676 | |
| 13. Lautier, Joel | FRA | 2675 | |
| 14. Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2674 | |
| 15. Vaganian, Rafael A. | ARM | 2664 | |
| 16. Beliavsky, Alexander | SLO | 2661 | |
| 17. Sutovsky, Emil | ISR | 2660 | |
| 18. Rublevsky, Sergey | RUS | 2657 | |
| 19. Georgiev, Kiril | MKD | 2654 | |
| 20. Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2653 | |
| 21. Nikolic, Predrag | BIH | 2653 | |
| 22. Bologan, Victor | MDA | 2652 | |
| 23. Gurevich, Mikhail | BEL | 2641 | |
| 24. Onischuk, Alexander | USA | 2641 | |
| 25. Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2633 | |
| 26. Seirawan, Yasser | USA | 2631 | |
| 27. Motylev, Alexander | RUS | 2622 | |
| 28. Radjabov, Tejmour | AZE | 2610 | |
| 29. Ehlvest, Jaan | EST | 2588 | |
| 30. Ghaem, Ehsam Maghami | IRI | 2519 |
The following top players will not participate: Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov, Peter Leko, Alexander Morozevich, Alexei Shirov, Boris Gelfand, Anatoly Karpov.
