1975 in Chess - Top Players

Top Players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - January 1975

  1. Bobby Fischer United States 2780
  2. Anatoly Karpov Soviet Union 2705
  3. Viktor Korchnoi Soviet Union 2665
  4. Tigran Petrosian Soviet Union 2645
  5. Lev Polugaevsky Soviet Union 2645
  6. Mikhail Tal Soviet Union 2645
  7. Lajos Portisch Hungary 2635
  8. Bent Larsen Denmark 2625
  9. Boris Spassky Soviet Union 2625
  10. Robert Hübner West Germany 2615

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