Top Players
FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - January 1973
- Bobby Fischer United States 2780
- Mikhail Tal Soviet Union 2660
- Anatoly Karpov Soviet Union 2660
- Boris Spassky Soviet Union 2655
- Viktor Korchnoi Soviet Union 2650
- Lajos Portisch Hungary 2650
- Tigran Petrosian Soviet Union 2640
- Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet Union 2630
- Lev Polugaevsky Soviet Union 2625
- Bent Larsen Denmark 2620
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