Top Players
FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - January 1975
- Bobby Fischer United States 2780
- Anatoly Karpov Soviet Union 2705
- Viktor Korchnoi Soviet Union 2665
- Tigran Petrosian Soviet Union 2645
- Lev Polugaevsky Soviet Union 2645
- Mikhail Tal Soviet Union 2645
- Lajos Portisch Hungary 2635
- Bent Larsen Denmark 2625
- Boris Spassky Soviet Union 2625
- Robert Hübner West Germany 2615
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