1976 in Chess - Top Players

Top Players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - January 1976

  1. Anatoly Karpov Soviet Union 2695
  2. Viktor Korchnoi Soviet Union 2670
  3. Tigran Petrosian Soviet Union 2635
  4. Lev Polugaevsky Soviet Union 2635
  5. Boris Spassky Soviet Union 2630
  6. Bent Larsen Denmark 2625
  7. Lajos Portisch Hungary 2625
  8. Efim Geller Soviet Union 2620
  9. Ljubomir Ljubojević Yugoslavia 2620
  10. Henrique Mecking Brazil 2620

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