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Rating Lists 1970-1997

1970
1 Fischer Robert James.............. USA 2720
2-3 Spassky, Boris................... URS 2670
Kortchnoi, Viktor................. URS 2670
4-5 Geller, Efim..................... URS 2660
Keres, Paul....................... URS 2660
6-7 Larsen, Bent..................... DEN 2650
Petrosian, Tigran................. URS 2650

January 1971
1 Fischer Robert James.............. USA 2740
2 Spassky, Boris.................... URS 2690
3-4 Kortchnoi, Viktor................ URS 2660
Larsen, Bent...................... DEN 2660
5 Petrosian, Tigran................. URS 2640
6-9 Portisch, Lajos.................. HUN 2630
Botvinnik. Mikhail................ URS 2630
Geller, Efim...................... URS 2630
Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2630

July 1971
1 Fischer Robert James.............. USA 2760
2 Spassky, Boris.................... URS 2690
3 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. URS 2670
4 Larsen, Bent...................... DEN 2660
5-6 Petrosian, Tigran................ URS 2640
Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2640

July 1972
1 Fischer Robert James.............. USA 2785
2 Spassky, Boris.................... URS 2660
The huge gap between #1 and #2 attained by Fischer has never been equaled.
3-4 Petrosian, Tigran................ URS 2645
Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2645
5-6 Kortchnoi, Viktor................ URS 2640
Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2640

July 1973
1 Fischer Robert James.............. USA 2780 (Inactive)
2-3 Karpov, Anatoly.................. URS 2660
Tal, Mikhail...................... URS 2660
4 Spassky, Boris.................... URS 2655
5-6 Portisch, Lajos.................. HUN 2650
Kortchnoi, Viktor................. URS 2650

May 1974
1 Fischer Robert James.............. USA 2780 (Inactive)
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2700
3 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. URS 2670
4 Spassky, Boris.................... URS 2650
5 Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2645
6 Petrosian, Tigran................. URS 2640

January 1975
1 Fischer Robert James.............. USA 2780 (Inactive)
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2705
3 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. URS 2655
4-6 Petrosian, Tigran................ URS 2645
Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2645
Tal, Mikhail...................... URS 2645

January 1976
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2695
2 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. URS 2670
3-4 Petrosian, Tigran................ URS 2635
Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2635
5 Spassky, Boris.................... URS 2630
6-7 Larsen, Bent..................... DEN 2625
Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2625

January 1977
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2690
2-3 Kortchnoi, Viktor................ URS 2645
Petrosian, Tigran................. URS 2645
4 Mecking, Enrique.................. BRA 2635
5 Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2625
6-8 Hort, Vlastimil.................. CZE 2620
Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2620
Tal, Mikhail...................... URS 2620

January 1978
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2725
2 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. URS 2665
3-5 Mecking, Enrique................. BRA 2630
Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2630
Spassky, Boris.................... URS 2630
6 Tal, Mikhail...................... URS 2625

January 1979
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2705
2 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2695
3-4 Spassky, Boris................... URS 2640
Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2640
5-6 Polugaevsky, Lev................. URS 2625
Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2625

January 1980
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2725
2 Tal, Mikhail...................... URS 2705
Tal was the third player after Fischer and Karpov to hit 2700 (back when 2700 meant something).
3 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2695
4 Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2655
5 Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2635
6-8 Spassky, Boris................... URS 2615
Petrosian, Tigran................... URS 2615
Mecking, Enrique.................... BRA 2615
9 Ribli, Zoltan..................... HUN 2610
10 Gheorghiu........................ URS 2605

July 1981
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2690
2-3 Kortchnoi, Viktor................ SWZ 2650
Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2650
4-5 Huebner, Robert.................. FRG 2635
Spassky, Boris.................... URS 2635
6 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2625

January 1982
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2700
2 Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2655
3 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2645
4 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2640
5 Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2630
6 Spassky, Boris.................... URS 2625

July 1982
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2700
2 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2675
3 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2635
4 Huebner, Robert................... FRG 2630
5 Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2625
6 Beliavsky, Alexander.............. URS 2620

January 1983
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2710
2 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2690
3 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir.............. YUG 2645
4 Andersson, Ulf.................... SWE 2635
5-6 Huebner, Robert................. FRG 2625
Polugaevsky, Lev.................... URS 2625
7-8 Tal, Mikhail.................... URS 2620
Portisch, Lajos..................... HUN 2620
9-11 Timman, Jan.................... NED 2605
Spassky, Boris...................... URS 2605
Petrosian, Tigran................... URS 2605
12 Korchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2600


July 1983
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2710
2 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2690
3 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir.............. YUG 2645
4 Andersson, Ulf.................... SWE 2640
5-8 Huebner, Robert.................. FRG 2620
Vaganian, Rafael.................. URS 2620
Tal, Mikhail...................... URS 2620
Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2620

January 1984
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2710
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2700
3-4 Kortchnoi, Viktor................ URS 2635
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir.............. YUG 2635
5-6 Andersson, Ulf................... SWE 2630
Vaganian, Rafael.................. URS 2630
7 Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2625
8-9 Tal, Mikhail..................... URS 2620
Huebner, Robert................... FRG 2620
10-11 Polugaevsky, Lev.................URS 2615
Hort, Vlastimil................... URS 2615

July 1984
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2715
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2705
3 Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2650
4 Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2640
5 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. URS 2635
6 Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2625

January 1985
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2715
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2705
3 Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2650
4 Vaganian, Rafael.................. URS 2640
5-6 Beliavsky, Alexander............. URS 2635
Portisch, Lajos................... HUN 2635
7 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2630
8 Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2625
9-10 Nunn, John....................... ENG 2615
Ribli Zoltan...................... HUN 2615

July 1985
1 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2720
2 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2700
The last time that any player was #1 ahead of Kasparov.
3-4 Beliavsky, Alexander............. URS 2640
Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2640
5 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2630
6-7 Portisch, Lajos.................. HUN 2625
Vaganian, Rafael.................. URS 2625

January 1986
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2720
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2700
3-5 Timman, Jan...................... NLD 2645
Vaganian, Rafael.................. URS 2645
Yusupov, Arthur................... URS 2645
6 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2635

July 1987
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2740
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2705
3 Yusupov, Arthur................... URS 2660
4 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2650
5-8 Huebner, Robert.................. FRG 2620
Sokolov, Andrei................... URS 2620
Spassky, Boris.................... URS 2620
Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2620

January 1987
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2735
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2710
3-4 Sokolov, Andrei.................. URS 2645
Yusupov, Arthur................... URS 2645
5 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2625
6 Ljubojevic, Ljubomir.............. YUG 2620

July 1987
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2740
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2700
3-4 Yusupov, Arthur.................. URS 2635
Sokolov, Andrei................... URS 2635
5-7 Kortchnoi, Viktor................ SWZ 2630
Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2630
Beliavsky, Alexander.............. URS 2630

January 1988
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2750
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2715
3 Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2675
4 Beliavsky, Alexander.............. URS 2645
5 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2640
6-8 Tal, Mikhail.................... URS 2630
Nikolic, Predrag.................... YUG 2630
Short, Nigel........................ ENG 2630
9-12 Yusupov, Arthur................ URS 2625
Speelman, Jonathan.................. ENG 2625
Gurevich, Mikhail................... URS 2625
Vaganian, R......................... URS 2625

July 1988
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2760
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2725
3-4 Short, Nigel..................... ENG 2665
Beliavsky, Alexander.............. URS 2665
5 Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2660
6 Speelman, Jonathan................ ENG 2645
7 Portisch Lajos.................... HUN 2635
8-9 Gurevich, Mikhail................ URS 2630
Ribli, Zoltan..................... HUN 2630
10-13 Ivanchuk, Vassily................URS 2625
Andersson, Ulf.................... SWE 2625
Salov, Valery..................... URS 2625
Nunn, John........................ ENG 2625

January 1989
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2775
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2750
3 Short, Nigel...................... ENG 2650
4-5 Beliavsky, Alexander............. URS 2640
Speelman, Jonathan................ ENG 2640
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily................. URS 2635
7 Salov, Valery..................... URS 2630
8 Ribli, Zoltan..................... HUN 2625
9-10 Andersson........................ SWE 2620
Nunn, John........................ ENG 2620

July 1989
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2775
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2755
3-4 Ivanchuk, Vassily................ URS 2660
Short, Nigel...................... ENG 2660
5 Kortchnoi, Viktor................. SWZ 2655
6 Salov, Valery..................... URS 2645
7 Gurevich, Mikhail................. URS 2640
8-10 Timman, Jan...................... NED 2635
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir.............. YUG 2635
Andersson, Ulf.................... SWE 2635

January 1990
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2800
Kasparov becomes first player ever to break 2800.
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2730
3 Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2680
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily................. URS 2665
5-6 Gurevich, Mikhail................ URS 2645
Salov, Valery..................... URS 2645
7 Beliavsky, Alexander.............. URS 2640
8 Short, Nigel...................... ENG 2635
9 Andersson, Ulf.................... SVE 2630
10-11 Kortchnoi, Viktor................SWZ 2625
Ljubojevic, Ljubomir.............. JUG 2625

July 1990
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2800
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2730
3-4 Gelfand, Boris................... URS 2680
Ivanchuk, Vassily................. URS 2680
5 Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2660
6-7 Ehlvest, Jaan.................... URS 2655
Salov, Valery..................... URS 2655
8 Kamsky, Gata...................... USA 2650
9 Gurevich, Mikhail................. URS 2640
10 Seirawan, Yasser................. USA 2635

January 1991
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2800
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2725
3 Gelfand, Boris.................... URS 2700
4 Ivanchuk, Vassily................. URS 2695
5-7 Bareev, Evgeny................... URS 2650
Gurevich, Mikhail................. URS 2650
Ehlvest, Jaan..................... URS 2650
8-9 Yudasin, Leonid.................. URS 2645
Salov, Valery..................... URS 2645
Total domination by the Soviets.
10-13 Beliavsky, Alexander.............URS 2640
Andersson, Ulf.................... SWE 2640
Khalifman, Alexander.............. GER 2640
Kamsky, Gata...................... USA 2640

July 1991
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2770
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily................. URS 2735
3 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2730
4 Bareev, Evgeny.................... URS 2680
5-6 Salov, Valery.................... URS 2665
Gelfand, Boris.................... URS 2665
7 Short, Nigel...................... ENG 2660
8 Beliavsky, Alexander.............. URS 2655
9 Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2650
10-14 Khalifman, Alexander.............GER 2630
Gurevich, Mikhail................. URS 2630
Speelman, Jonathan................ ENG 2630
Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2630
Polugaevsky, Lev.................. URS 2630

January 1992
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... URS 2780
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... URS 2725
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily................. URS 2720
4 Short, Nigel...................... ENG 2685
5 Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2670
6 Gelfand, Boris.................... URS 2665
7-10 Shirov, Alexei................... LAT 2655
Kamsky, Gata...................... USA 2655
Yusupov, Artur.................... URS 2655
Salov, Valery..................... URS 2655

July 1992
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... RUS 2790
2 Ivanchuk, Vassily................. UKR 2720
3 Karpov, Anatoly................... RUS 2715
4 Shirov, Alexei.................... LAT 2710
5 Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2690
6 Gelfand, Boris.................... RUS 2685
7 Short, Nigel...................... ENG 2680
8 Bareev, Evgeny.................... RUS 2670
9 Timman, Jan....................... NLD 2665
10-11 Salov, Valery....................RUS 2655
Kamsky, Gata...................... USA 2655

January 1993
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... RUS 2805
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... RUS 2725
3-4 Ivanchuk, Vassily................ UKR 2710
Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2710
5 Gelfand, Boris.................... BLA 2690
6 Kramnik, Vladimir................. RUS 2685
7-8 Shirov, Alexei................... LAT 2670
Bareev, Evgeny.................... RUS 2670
9-10 Georgiev, Kiril.................. BUL 2660
Salov, Valery..................... RUS 2660

July 1993
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... RUS 2815
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... RUS 2760
3 Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2725
4 Kramnik, Vladimir................. RUS 2710
5 Ivanchuk, Vassily................. UKR 2705
6-7 Shirov, Alexei................... LAT 2685
Salov, Valery..................... RUS 2685
8-9 Topalov, Veselin................. BUL 2670
Gelfand, Boris.................... BLA 2670
10 Short, Nigel..................... ENG 2665

January 1994
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... RUS 2815
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... RUS 2740
3-4 Shirov, Alexei................... LAT 2715
Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2715
5-6 Ivanchuk, Vassily................ UKR 2710
Kramnik, Vladimir................. RUS 2710
7 Kamsky, Gata...................... USA 2695
8-10 Salov, Valery.................... RUS 2685
Bareev, Evgeny.................... RUS 2685
Gelfand, Boris.................... BLR 2685

July 1994
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... RUS 2815
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... RUS 2780
3 Shirov, Alexei.................... LAT 2740
4 Kramnik, Vladimir................. RUS 2725
5 Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2720
6 Salov, Valery..................... RUS 2710
7-8 Kamsky, Gata..................... USA 2695
Ivanchuk, Vassily................. UKR 2695
9 Gelfand, Boris.................... BLR 2680
10 Bareev, Evgeny................... RUS 2675

January 1995
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... RUS 2805
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... RUS 2765
3-5 Salov, Valery.................... RUS 2715
Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2715
Kramnik, Vladimir................. RUS 2715
6-7 Shirov, Alexei................... ESP 2710
Kamsky, Gata...................... USA 2710
8-9 Gelfand, Boris................... BLR 2700
Ivanchuk, Vassily................. UKR 2700
10 Bareev, Evgeny................... RUS 2675

July 1995
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... RUS 2795
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... RUS 2775
3 Ivanchuk, Vassily................. UKR 2740
4 Kamsky, Gata...................... USA 2735
5 Kramnik, Vladimir................. RUS 2730
6 Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2725
7 Shirov, Alexei.................... ESP 2695
8-9 Gelfand, Boris................... BLR 2685
Salov, Valery..................... RUS 2685
10 Yusupov, Artur................... GER 2680

January 1996
1-2 Kramnik, Vladimir............... RUS 2775
Kasparov, Gary.................... RUS 2775
3 Karpov, Anatoly................... RUS 2770
4-5 Ivanchuk, Vassily................ UKR 2735
Kamsky, Gata...................... USA 2735
6 Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2725
7-8 Topalov, Veselin................. BUL 2700
Gelfand, Boris.................... BLR 2700
9 Shirov, Alexei.................... ESP 2690
10 Polgar, Judit.................... HUN 2675

July 1996
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... RUS 2785
2 Karpov, Anatoly................... RUS 2775
3 Kramnik, Vladimir................. RUS 2765
4 Topalov, Veselin.................. BUL 2750
5 Kamsky, Gata...................... USA 2745
6 Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2735
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily................. UKR 2730
8 Short, Nigel...................... ENG 2695
9-10 Adams, Michael................... ENG 2685
Shirov, Alexei.................... ESP 2685

January 1997
1 Kasparov, Gary.................... RUS 2795
2 Anand, Viswanathan................ IND 2765
3 Karpov, Anatoly................... RUS 2760
4-5 Kramnik, Vladimir................ RUS 2740
Ivanchuk, Vassily................. UKR 2740
6 Topalov, Veselin.................. BUL 2725
7 Kamsky, Gata...................... USA 2720
8 Gelfand, Boris.................... BLR 2700
9-10 Shirov, Alexei................... ESP 2690
Short, Nigel...................... ENG 2690

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