List of 2002 Tournaments

(Reverse Chronological Listing)

FIDE World Cup 2002 
October 9th-20th
Anand plays in his home country. This is a tournament with a knock-out format.

The New Match Of the Century 2002 
September 8th-11th
Russia versus Rest of the world. Ten Russians, Ten of the best in the rest of the world. Ten games of Blitz (25m 10s increments).

Mainz 2002 
August 16th-18th
An eight game rapid match with FIDE champ Ponomariov. Three of the eight games had results.