Top Players
FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - January 1997
- Garry Kasparov Russia 2795
- Viswanathan Anand India 2765
- Anatoly Karpov Russia 2760
- Vladimir Kramnik Russia 2740
- Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine 2740
- Veselin Topalov Bulgaria 2725
- Gata Kamsky United States 2720
- Boris Gelfand Belarus 2700
- Alexei Shirov Spain 2690
- Nigel Short England 2690
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