2002 in chess

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Events in chess during the year 2002:

Top players

FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - October 2002;^[1]

Deaths

Ricardo Calvo, a Spanish chess International Master - September 26
Eduard Gufeld, a Ukrainian International Grandmaster and chess author - September 23
Edmar Mednis, an American International Grandmaster and chess writer - February 13

References

↑ Top 100 FIDE players 2002

Chess

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Tactics	Battery Alekhine's gun Block Checkmate patterns Combination Decoy Deflection Desperado Discovered attack Double check Fork Interference Overloading Pin Sacrifice Skewer Windmill X-ray

Strategy	Artificial castling Compensation Exchange The exchange Initiative First-move advantage Middlegame Pawn storm Pawn structure Piece values Prophylaxis

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Endgames	King and pawn vs king Opposite-coloured bishops Pawnless endgame Queen and pawn vs queen Queen vs pawn Rook and pawn vs rook Lucena position Philidor position Strategy Fortress Opposition Tarrasch rule Triangulation Undermining Zugzwang Study Tablebase Two knights endgame Wrong bishop Wrong rook pawn

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