Top Players
FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - July 1972
- Bobby Fischer United States 2785
- Boris Spassky Soviet Union 2660
- Tigran Petrosian Soviet Union 2645
- Lev Polugaevsky Soviet Union 2645
- Viktor Korchnoi Soviet Union 2640
- Lajos Portisch Hungary 2640
- Anatoly Karpov Soviet Union 2630
- Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet Union 2630
- Mikhail Tal Soviet Union 2625
- Bent Larsen Denmark 2625
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