1990 in Chess - Top Players

Top Players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - January 1990

  1. Garry Kasparov Soviet Union 2800
  2. Anatoly Karpov Soviet Union 2730
  3. Jan Timman Netherlands 2680
  4. Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine 2665
  5. Mikhail Gurevich Soviet Union 2645
  6. Valery Salov Soviet Union 2645
  7. Alexander Beliavsky Soviet Union 2640
  8. Nigel Short England 2635
  9. Ulf Andersson Sweden 2630
  10. Viktor Korchnoi Switzerland 2625

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