1988 in Chess - Top Players

Top Players

Kasparov and Karpov remained the top two players in the world, positions that they had held since July 1982. Over the year, Dutch player Jan Timman and Alexander Beliavsky of the USSR moved up the list, whilst Andrei Sokolov from the USSR and Ljubomir Ljubojević of Yugoslavia moved down.

January 1988 FIDE rating list. Top 11 players

Elo FIDE Top Eleven Men FIDE Top Eleven Women Elo
2750 Garry Kasparov (URS) Maia Chiburdanidze (URS) 2560
2715 Anatoly Karpov (URS) Nona Gaprindashvili (URS) 2485
2675 Jan Timman (NED) Zsuzsa Polgar (HUN) 2475
2645 Alexander Beliavsky (URS) Nana Ioseliani (URS) 2455
2640 Viktor Korchnoi (CHE) Pia Cramling (SWE) 2435
2630 Mikhail Tal (URS) Ketevan Arakhamia (URS) 2420
2630 Predrag Nikolić (YUG) Nana Alexandria (URS) 2415
2630 Nigel Short (ENG) Marta Litinskaya-Shul (URS) 2415
2625 Artur Yusupov (URS) Elena Akhmilovskaya (URS) 2400
2625 Jon Speelman (ENG) Agnieszka Brustman (POL) 2395
2625 Mikhail Gurevich (URS) Anna Akhsharumova (USA) 2385

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