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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