Botvinnik only won two serious matches in his life (1958, 1961)

1933 Salo Flohr, Tied +2−2=8

1937 Grigory Levenfish, Tied +5−5=3

(1940 Vyacheslav Ragozin, Won +5 -0 =7, Exhibition Match)

1951 David Bronstein, Tied +5−5=14, WC Match

1954 Vasily Smyslov, Tied +7−7=10, WC Match

1957 Vasily Smyslov, Lost +3−6=13, WC Match

1958 Vasily Smyslov, Won +7−5=11, WC Match

1960 Mikhail Tal, Lost +2−6=13, WC Match

1961 Mikhail Tal, Won +10−5=6, WC Match

1963 Tigran Petrosian, Lost +2−5=14, WC Match

History of the World Computer CC and World Microcomputer CC

World Computer Chess Championship
Stockholm 1974 - Kaissa
Toronto 1977 - Chess 4.6
Linz 1980 - Belle
New York 1983 - Cray Blitz
Cologne 1986 - Cray Blitz
Edmonton 1989 - Deep Thought
Madrid 1992 - Chessmachine
Shatin 1995 - Fritz
Jakarta 1996 - Shredder
Paris 1997 - Junior
Paderborn 1999 - Shredder
London 2000 - Shredder
Maastricht 2001 - Deep Junior
Maastricht 2002 - Deep Junior
Graz 2003 - Shredder
Ramat-Gan 2004 - Deep Junior
Reykjavík 2005 - Zappa
Turin 2006 - Junior
Amsterdam 2007 - Rybka
Beijing 2008 - Rybka
Pamplona 2009 - Rybka

World Micro Computer Chess Championship
(Microcomputer winners who also won Computer titles have been placed in the above list instead.)
1980 London - Fidelity Chess Challenger
1981 Travemünde - Fidelity X
1983 Budapest - Fidelity Elite A/S
1984 Glasgow - Fidelity Elite X, Mephisto, Princhess X, Psion
1985 Amsterdam - Mephisto / Nona
1986 Dallas - Mephisto
1987 Rome - Mephisto / Psion
1988 Almería - Mephisto
1989 Portoroz - Mephisto
1990 Lyon - Mephisto
1991 Vancouver - ChessMachine (Gideon)
1993 Munich - HIARCS
1995 Paderborn - MChess Pro 5.0

Eight Greatest Players Of All Time

According to ChessMetrics historical rankings over 1-15 year periods...


Player            1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 4 yr 5 yr 10 yr 15 yr
Garry Kasparov     2    1    1    1    1     1     1
Emanuel Lasker     5    3    4    2    2     2     3
José Capablanca    4    5    3    3    3     4     4
Bobby Fischer      1    2    2    4    5     5     7
Mikhail Botvinnik  3    4    5    5    4     6     6
Anatoly Karpov     7    7    7    7    6     3     2
Alexander Alekhine 6    6    6    6    7     8     5
Viswanathan Anand  8    8    8    8    8     7     8

(It's only fitting that something historic like this be the subject of my 500th post in this blog.)

Complete History of the Capablanca Memorial Tournament

1962 Miguel Najdorf (Argentina)
1963 Viktor Korchnoi (Soviet Union)
1964 Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union), Wolfgang Uhlmann (East Germany)
1965 Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)
1967 Bent Larsen (Denmark)
1968 Ratmir Kholmov (Soviet Union)
1969 Alexey Suetin (Soviet Union), Viktor Korchnoi (Soviet Union)
1971 Vlastimil Hort (Czechoslovakia)
1972 Anatoly Lein (Soviet Union)
1973 Vasily Smyslov (Soviet Union)
1974 Ulf Andersson (Sweden)
1975 Ulf Andersson (Sweden)
1976 Boris Gulko (Soviet Union)
1977 Oleg Romanishin (Soviet Union), Guillermo García González (Cuba)
1979 Evgeny Sveshnikov (Soviet Union)
1980 Alonso Zapata (Colombia), Lubomir Ftacnik (Czechoslovakia)
1981 Vitaly Tseshkovsky (Soviet Union)
1983 Lev Psakhis (Soviet Union)
1984 Jesus Nogueiras (Cuba)
1985 Borislav Ivkov (Yugoslavia)
1986 Carlos García Palermo (Argentina), Julio Granda Zúñiga (Peru)
1987 Carlos García Palermo (Argentina), Denis Verduga (Mexico)
1988 Zurab Azmaiparashvili (Soviet Union)
1989 Amador Rodriguez (Cuba)
1990 Adelkis Remón (Cuba)
1991 Valeriy Neverov (Soviet Union)
1992 Henry Urday Cáceres (Peru)
1993 Mark Hebden (England)
1994 Loek van Wely (Netherlands), Tony Miles (England), Alonso Zapata (Colombia)
1995 Tony Miles (England)
1996 Tony Miles (England)
1997 Peter Leko (Hungary)
1998 Robert Hübner (Germany), Ivan Morovic (Chile), Yaacov Zilberman (Israel)
1999 Tony Miles (England)
2000 Alexander Volzhin (Russia)
2001 Francisco Vallejo Pons (Spain)
2002 Lázaro Bruzón (Cuba)
2003 Julio Granda Zúñiga (Peru)
2004 Lenier Domínguez (Cuba)
2005 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
2006 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
2007 Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)

Top Six Tournaments Of All Time

#1 Vienna 1882
#2 Linares 1993
#3 Nottingham 1936
#4 AVRO 1938
#5 Linares 1992
#6 Wijk aan Zee 2001

All six of these tournaments featured the players rated 1-8 at the time.

Long Live the King!

Kramnik undisputed champion!

Kramnik wins tiebreak 2-1 with one draw.

Player	Rating	R1	R2	R3	R4	Tot.
Veselin Topalov	2813	½	0	1	0	1.5
Vladimir Kramnik	2743	½	1	0	1	2.5

Analysis by GM Marin

Topalov-Kramnik Game 1
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Ne1 Rc8 16. f4 Bxe1 17. Rxe1 Bg6 18. Bf1 Rc2 19. b3 Qa5 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Re2 Rcc8 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Rf2 a6 24. Bf1 Rc6 25. b4 Rc2 26. b5 a5 27. Bc3 Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Qa7 29. Qd2 Ra8 30. Rc1 Nb6 31. Bb2 Nxa4 32. Ba3 h6 33. h3 Be4 34. Kh2 Nb6 35. Bc5 a4 36. Ra1 Nc4 37. Bxc4 b6 38. Qe3 Rc8 39. Bf1 bxc5 40. dxc5 Qxc5 41. Qxc5 Rxc5 42. b6 Rc6 43. b7 Rb6 44. Ba6 d4 45. Rxa4 Bxb7 46. Bxb7 Rxb7 47. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

Kramnik-Topalov Game 2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rac8 13. Bd3 e5 14. e4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Bf1 g6 17. Qd2 Rcd8 18. Qg5 a6 19. h3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Qe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Nc2 g5 23. Bc1 h6 24. Be3 c5 25. f3 Bf8 26. Bf2 Bc8 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Ned5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Ned7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. a4 b4 32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Nf6 34. d6 Nxe4 35. d7 Rd8 36. Bxa6 f5 37. a5 Bg7 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. a6 Nxf2 40. Kxf2 Bd4+ 41. Rxd4 cxd4 42. a7 Ke7 43. Bd5 Kxd7 44. a8=Q Rxa8 45. Bxa8 1-0

Topalov-Kramnik Game 3
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. g3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 e5 14. f4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Qe7 16. Kg2 Bc5 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Qc2 Bd4 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Rf3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 Bc5 22. Bd2 Rd7 23. Re1 Rfd8 24. Bd3 Qe6 25. Bc1 f5 26. Qe2 Kf8 27. Rd1 Qe7 28. h4 Rd5 29. Qc2 Nc4 30. Rh1 Na3 31. Qe2 Qd7 32. Rd1 b5 33. g4 fxg4 34. Rg3 Ke7 35. f5 gxf5 36. Bg5+ Ke8 37. e6 Qd6 38. Bxf5 Rxd1 39. Bg6+ Kf8 40. e7+ Qxe7 41. Bxe7+ Bxe7 42. Bd3 Ra1 43. Qb2 Rd1 44. Qe2 Ra1 45. Qxg4 Rxa2+ 46. Kh3 Bf6 47. Qe6 Rd2 48. Bg6 R2d7 49. Rf3 b4 50. h5 1-0

Kramnik-Topalov Game 4
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Be7 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Bf1 Na4 21. Rab1 Be4 22. Rb3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nc5 24. Nb3 Ke7 25. Rd4 Bg6 26. c4 Rc6 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Rxa6 Rb8 29. Rd1 Rb2 30. Ra7+ Kf6 31. Ra1 Rf5 32. f3 Re5 33. Ra3 Rc2 34. Rb3 Ra5 35. a4 Ke7 36. Rb5 Ra7 37. a5 Kd6 38. a6 Kc7 39. c5 Rc3 40. Raa5 Rc1 41. Rb3 Kc6 42. Rb6+ Kc7 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 Rxc5 45. Rb7+ 1-0

A bit of Reshevsky & Fine trivia

Samuel Reshevsky played every world champion from Lasker through Karpov, a combined total of 112 games. Against Lasker and Euwe, he had plus results of +1 and +6 -2 =6, respectively. Against Capablanca and Karpov, he had even results of +1 -1 =4 and =1, respectively. Against the other champions he was less successful.

Reuben Fine of course had a much shorter career, but it was overwhelmingly successful on the international arena. He never played Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky or Karpov. However, in the 27 games he played against world champions, he achieved plus scores against Lasker (+1), Alekhine (+3 =4 -2) and Botvinnik (+1 =2 -0), and an even score against Capablanca (=5) and Euwe (+2 =3 -2). Only against Fischer did he have a minus score (they never met in official games, but Fischer beat Fine twice in Manhattan Chess Club games in 1963).

History of Dortmund Winners 1975-2004

1975 - Heikki Westerinen
1976 - Oleg Romanishin
1977 - Jan Smejkal, Alexander Kochiev
1978 - Ulf Andersson
1979 - Tamaz Georgadze
1980 - Raymond Keene
1981 - Gennady Kuzmin
1982 - Vlastimil Hort
1983 - Mihai Suba
1984 - Yehuda Gruenfeld
1985 - Vlastimil Hort, Stefan Kindermann, Yuri Razuvaev
1986 - Zoltan Ribli
1987 - Yuri Balashov
1988 - Smbat Lputian
1989 - Efim Geller
1990 - Alexander Chernin
1991 - Alexander Chernin, Igor Stohl
1992 - Gary Kasparov, Vassily Ivanchuk
1993 - Anatoly Karpov
1994 - Jeroen Piket
1995 - Vladimir Kramnik
1996 - Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand
1997 - Vladimir Kramnik
1998 - Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams, Peter Svidler
1999 - Peter Leko
2000 - Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand
2001 - Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov
2002 - Peter Leko
2003 - Viktor Bologan
2004 - Viswanathan Anand

Chess Oscars 1967-2003

1967 - Larsen
1968 and 1969 - Spassky
1970, 1971 and 1972 - Fischer
1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977 - Karpov
1978 - Korchnoi
1979, 1980 and 1981 - Karpov
1982 and 1983 - Kasparov
1984 - Karpov
1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988 - Kasparov
(From 1989 through 1994 the Oscar was not awarded)
1995 and 1996 - Kasparov
1997 and 1998 - Anand
1999 - Kasparov
2000 - Kramnik
2001 and 2002 - Kasparov
2003 - Anand

Kasparov Retires!

September 24, 2004

Q: There has been some speculation that you may be thinking about retiring. What can you say about that?
Kasparov: Absolutely not! (laughter) That statement has absolutely no substance. I am eager to hear from BrainGames about the next plans and I’m still very much in business. I will prove that it (the match) was a very unfortunate slip in my career. I’ll be starting from the Wijk aan Zee tournament in January next year.

March 10, 2005

The world's strongest chessplayer, Garry Kasparov, has just announced his retirement from professional chess. His games in Linares are the last in his professional career, that has spanned thirty years, with twenty on the top of the ratings list. "I would like to make a short statement before the press conference. It could come as a surprise to many of you. But before this tournament I made a concious decision that Linares 2005 will be my last professional tournament, and today I played my last professional game. I hoped I could do better in my last game, but unfortunately the last two games were very difficult for me, to play under such pressure, because I knew it was the end of a career which I could be proud of."

Complete History of the Linares Chess Tournament (1978-2004)

2004 (average rating 2731) – 1. Kramnik (7); 2-3. Kasparov, Leko (6.5)
2003 (average rating 2733) – 1-2. Kramnik, Leko (7); 3-4. Kasparov, Anand (6.5)
2002 (average rating 2732) – 1. Kasparov (8); 2. Ponomariov (6.5); 3-5. Anand, Ivanchuk, Adams (6)
2001 (average rating 2722) – 1. Kasparov (7.5); 2-6. Polgar, Karpov, Leko, Shirov, Grischuk (4.5)
2000 (average rating 2752) – 1-2. Kasparov, Kramnik (6); 3-6. Anand, Leko, Khalifman, Shirov (4.5)
1999 (average rating 2735) – 1. Kasparov (9.5); 2. Kramnik (7); 3. Anand (6.5)
1998 (average rating 2752) – 1. Anand (7.5); 2. Shirov (7); 3-4. Kasparov, Kramnik (6.5)
1997 (average rating 2701) – 1. Kasparov (8.5); 2. Kramnik (7.5); 3-4. Topalov, Adams (6.5)
1995 (average rating 2654) – 1. Ivanchuk (10); 2. Karpov (9); 3-4. Shirov, Topalov (8)
1994 (average rating 2685) – 1. Karpov (11); 2-3. Kasparov, Shirov (8.5)
1993 (average rating 2676) – 1. Kasparov (10); 2-3. Karpov, Anand (8.5)
1992 (average rating 2658) – 1. Kasparov (10); 2-3. Ivanchuk, Timman (8)
1991 (average rating 2658) – 1. Ivanchuk (9.5); 2. Kasparov (9); 3. Beliavsky (8)
1990 (average rating 2630) – 1. Kasparov (8); 2. Gelfand (7.5); 3. Salov (7)
1989 (average rating 2628) – 1. Ivanchuk (7.5); 2. Karpov (7); 3. Ljubojevic (6)
1988 (average rating 2603) - 1. Timman (8.5); 2. Beliavsky (7); 3. Yusupov (6.5)
1985 (average rating 2595) - 1-2. Ljubojevic, Huebner (7); 3-4. Portisch, Kortchnoi (6.5)
1983 (average rating 2598) - 1. Spassky (6.5); 2-3. Karpov, Andersson (6)
1981 (average rating 2568) - 1-2. Karpov, Christiansen (8); 3. Larsen (7)
1979 - 1. Christiansen (8); 2-4. Kortchnoi, Rivas, Castro (7.5)
1978 - 1-2. Eslon, Debarnot (6); 3. Ochoa de Echaguen (5.5)

Click here for a website dedicated to the Linares chess tournaments complete with all the tournament cross tables and a PGN file of all the games. Also ChessBase has a webpage dedicated to the Linares tournament here.

Wijk aan Zee 1968-2004 / Beverwijk 1938-1967

Wijk aan Zee 1968-2004

2004 (average rating 2702) – 1. Anand (8.5); 2-3. Leko, Adams (8)
2003 (average rating 2701) – 1. Anand (8.5); 2. Polgar (8); 3. Bareev (7.5)
2002 (average rating 2688) – 1. Bareev (9); 2. Grischuk (8.5); 3-4. Adams, Morozevich (8)
2001 (average rating 2709) – 1. Kasparov (9); 2. Anand (8.5); 3-4. Ivanchuk, Kramnik (8)
2000 (average rating 2697) – 1. Kasparov (9.5); 2-4. Anand, Kramnik, Leko (8)
1999 (average rating 2672) – 1. Kasparov (10); 2. Anand (9.5); 3. Kramnik (8)
1998 (average rating 2671) – 1-2. Kramnik, Anand (8.5); 3-5. Shirov, Adams, Timman (7.5)
1997 (average rating 2635) – 1. Salov (8.5); 2-4. Piket, Onischuk, Sokolov (8)
1996 (average rating 2656) – 1. Ivanchuk (9); 2. Anand (8); 3. Topalov (7.5)
1995 – Knockout match format, won by Dreev
1994 (average rating 2599) – 1. Nikolic (7); 2. Tiviakov (5.5); 3-5. Hansen, Leko, Piket (5)
1993 – Knockout match format, won by Karpov
1992 (average rating 2592) – 1-2. Salov, Gelfand (8.5); 3-4. Kortchnoi, Huebner (7.5)
1991 (average rating 2584) – 1. Nunn (8.5); 2-5. Adams, Chernin, Khalifman, Hansen (8)
1990 (average rating 2566) – 1. Nunn (8); 2-3. Portisch, Andersson (7.5)
1989 (average rating 2551) – 1-4. Anand, Nikolic, Ribli, Sax (7.5)
1988 - 1. Karpov
1987 - 1-2. Short, Kortchnoi
1986 - 1. Short
1985 - 1. Timman
1984 - 1-2. Kortchnoi, Beliavsky
1983 - 1. Andersson
1982 - 1-2. Balashov, Nunn
1981 - 1-2. Sosonko, Timman
1980 - 1-2. Browne, Seirawan
1979 - 1. Polugayevsky
1978 - 1. Portisch
1977 - 1-2. Geller, Sosonko
1976 - 1-2. Ljubojevic, Olafsson
1975 - 1. Portisch
1974 - 1. Browne
1973 - 1. Tal
1972 - 1. Portisch
1971 - 1. Kortchnoi
1970 - 1. Taimanov
1969 - 1-2. Botvinnik, Geller
1968 - 1. Kortchnoi

Edited 1/5/2013 to add link to history of Beverwijk 1938-1967 at ChessBase.

History of the US Championship

1857, Paul Morphy wins 1st American Chess Congress, New York, +14-1=3
1871, George Henry Mackenzie wins 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland, +14-2=3
1874, George Henry Mackenzie wins 3rd American Chess Congress, Chicago, +10-1=1
1876, 4th American Chess Congress, Philadelphia, Not for the US title
1880, Mackenzie vs. Max Judd Match, +7-5=3
1880, George Henry Mackenzie wins 5th American Chess Congress, +11-2=5
1886, Mackenzie vs. Solomon Lipschutz Match, +5-3=5
1887, Judd vs. Hodges Match, 5-2, Not for the US title
1889, New York 1889 Tournament, +22-9=7, Top American finisher was Solomon Lipschutz
1890, Showalter vs. Lipschutz Match, Louisville, Won by Showalter
1890, Judd vs. Showater Match, Saint Louis, 7-3, Judd becomes champion
1891-2, Showalter vs. Judd Match, Saint Louis, +7-4=3, Showalter regains title from Judd
1892, Lipschutz vs. Showalter Match, New York, +7-1=7, Lipschutz wins title, retires as champion, title reverts to Showalter
1893-4, Showalter vs. Halpern Match, New York, +5-3=1, Showalter retains
1894, Showalter vs. Hodges Match, New York, +7-6=4, Showalter retains
1894, Hodges vs. Showalter Match, +5-3=1, Hodges wins title, retires as champion, title reverts to Showalter
1895, Showalter vs. Lipschutz Match, New York, +7-4=3
1896, Showalter vs. Kemeny Match, Philadelphia, +7-4=4, Showalter retains
1896, Showalter vs. Barry Match, +7-2=4, Showalter retains
1897, Pillsbury vs. Showalter Match, Brooklyn, +10-8=4
1898, Pillsbury vs. Showalter Match, New York, +7-3=2
1904, 7th American Chess Congress, Judd wins, but not for the title
1909, Marshall vs. Showalter Match, Kentucky, +7-2=3
1923, Marshall vs. Ed Lasker Match, +5-4=9
1936, Sammy Reshevsky, New York, 11½-3½
1938, Sammy Reshevsky, New York, 13-3
1940, Sammy Reshevsky, New York, 13-3
1941, Sammy Reshevsky over I.A. Horowitz in Match 9½-6½
1942, Sammy Reshevsky, Isaac Kashdan, New York, 12½-2½
1944, Arnold Denker, New York, 15½-1½
1946, Arnold Denker over Herman Steiner in Match, Los Angeles, 6-4
1946, Sammy Reshevsky, New York, 16-2
1948, Herman Steiner, South Fallsburg, 15-4
1951, Larry Evans, New York, 9½-1½
1952, Larry Evans over Herman Steiner in Match 10-4
1954, Arthur Bisguier, New York, 10-3
1957/8, Bobby Fischer, New York, 10½-2½
1958/9, Bobby Fischer, New York, 8½-2½
1959/60, Bobby Fischer, New York, 9-2
1960/1, Bobby Fischer, New York, 9-2
1961/2, Larry Evans, New York, 7½-3½
1962/3, Bobby Fischer, New York, 8-3
1963/4, Bobby Fischer, New York, 11-0
1965/6, Bobby Fischer, New York, 8½-2½
1966/7, Bobby Fischer, New York, 9½-1½
1968, Larry Evans, New York, 8½-2½
1969, Sammy Reshevsky, New York, 8-3
1972, Robert Byrne, Sammy Reshevsky, Lubomir Kavalek, New York, 9-4
1973, Lubomir Kavalek, John Grefe, El Paso, 9½-2½
1974, Walter Browne, Chicago, 9½-3½
1975, Walter Browne, Oberlin College, 8½-4½
1977, Walter Browne, Mentor, 9-4
1978, Lubomir Kavalek, Pasadena, 10-4
1980, Walter Browne, Larry Christansen, Larry Evans, Greenville, 7½-4½
1981, Walter Browne, Yasser Seirawan, South Bend, 9-5
1983, Walter Browne, Larry Christiansen, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Greenville, 9-4
1984, Lev Alburt, Berkeley, 12½-4½
1985, Lev Alburt, Estes Park, 9½-3½
1986, Yasser Seirawan, Estes Park, 10½-4½
1987, Joel Benjamin, Nick de Firmian, Estes Park, 8-5
1988, Michael Wilder, Cambridge Springs, 6½-4½
1989, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Stuart Rachels, Yasser Seirawan, Long Beach, 9½-5½
1990, Lev Alburt, Jacksonville, 10½-3½
1991, Gata Kamsky, Los Angeles, 7½-2½
1992, Patrick Wolff, Durango, 10½-4½
1993, Alexander Shabalov, Alex Yermolinsky, Long Beach, 8-3
1994, Boris Gulko, Key West, 9½-3½
1995, Nick de Firmian, Patrick Wolff, Alexander Ivanov, Modesto, 8½-4½
1996, Alex Yermolinsky, Parsippany, 9-4
1997, Joel Benjamin, Chandler, 11-5
1998, Nick de Firmian, Denver, 10-3
1999, Boris Gulko, Salt Lake City, 12½-5½
2000, Joel Benjamin, Alexander Shabalov, Yasser Seirawan, Seattle, 6½-4½
2002, Larry Christiansen, Nick de Firmian, Seattle, 6½-2½
2003, Alexander Shabalov, Seattle, 6½-2½

Strongest Chess Tournaments of All Time

I am not going to attempt to rank these into a top list; I have satisfied myself with providing a merely chronological listing, although I do feel the list is fairly exhaustive. More information can be found at:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/tournaments.htm
http://www.endgame.nl/super.htm
http://www.geocities.com/lifemasteraj/best_tourneys.html

· London 1851, the first international tournament (organized to coincide with the world exhibition), won by Anderssen (Zipped PGN)
· Baden-Baden 1870 won by Anderssen (Zipped PGN)
· Vienna 1873 (world exhibition) won by Steinitz after a playoff with Blackburne (Zipped PGN)
· Leipzig 1877 won by Paulsen
· Paris 1878 (world exhibition) won by Zukertort after a playoff with Winawer (Zipped PGN)
· Vienna 1882 won by Steinitz and Winawer
· London 1883 won by Zukertort
· Hastings 1895 won by Pillsbury in his first international tournament appearance
· St. Petersburg 1895-6 won by Lasker
· Nurenberg 1896 won by Lasker (Zipped PGN)
· Vienna 1898 won by Tarrasch after a playoff with Pillsbury (Zipped PGN)
· London 1899 won by Lasker (Zipped PGN)
· Paris 1900 (world exhibition) won by Lasker
· Monte Carlo 1903 won by Tarrasch
· Cambridge Springs 1904 won by Marshall (PGN)
· Ostend 1907 won by Tarrasch
· St. Petersburg 1909 won by Lasker and Rubinstein (PGN)
· San Sebastian 1911 won by Capablanca in his first international tournament appearance
· San Sebastian 1912 won by Rubinstein
· St. Petersburg 1914 won by Lasker, who came from behind to take first place from Capablanca (Zipped PGN)
· Mährisch Ostrau 1923 won by Lasker
· New York 1924 won by Emanuel Lasker (Zipped PGN)
· Moscow 1925 won by Bogoljubow
· Baden-Baden 1925 won by Alekhine
· New York 1927 won by Capablanca
· Bad Kissingen 1928 won by Bogoljubow
· Carlsbad 1929 won by Nimzowitsch
· San Remo 1930 won by Alekhine (Zipped PGN)
· Bled 1931 won by Alekhine
· Moscow 1935 won by Botvinnik and Flohr
· Moscow 1936 won by Capablanca
· Nottingham 1936 won by Capablanca and Botvinnik (Zipped PGN)
· AVRO 1938 won by Keres and Fine (Zipped PGN)
· Groningen 1946 won by Botvinnik
· Moscow 1947 won by Botvinnik
· Soviet Championship Leningrad 1947 won by Keres
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1950 won by Keres
· Budapest Candidates 1950 won by Bronstein and Boleslavsky
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1951 won by Keres
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1952 won by Botvinnik and Taimanov
· Zurich/Neuhausen Candidates 1953 won by Smyslov (PGN)
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1955 won by Geller and Smyslov
· Moscow 1956 won by Botvinnik and Smyslov
· Bled 1961 won by Tal
· Stockholm Interzonal 1962 won by Fischer
· Curacao Candidates 1962 won by Petrosian
· Moscow 1967 won by Stein
· Palma de Mallorca 1970 won by Fischer
· Moscow 1971 won by Karpov and Stein
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1973 won by Spassky (Zipped PGN)
· Soviet Championship Leningrad 1974 won by Tal and Beliavsky
· Bugojno 1978 won by Spassky and Karpov
· Montreal 1979 won by Tal and Karpov (PGN)
· Tilburg 1981 won by Beliavsky
· Moscow 1981 won by Karpov
· Turin 1982 won by Karpov and Andersson
· Tilburg 1983 won by Karpov
· Bugojno 1986 won by Karpov
· Tilburg 1986 won by Beliavsky
· OHRA 1986 won by Kasparov
· Amsterdam 1987 won by Karpov and Timman
· Brussels 1988 won by Karpov
· Belfort 1988 won by Kasparov
· Soviet Championship Moscow 1988 won by Karpov and Kasparov (PGN)
· Skelleftea 1989 won by Karpov and Kasparov
· Reggio Emilia 1991 won by Anand
· Linares 1992 won by Kasparov
· Dortmund 1992 won by Kasparov and Ivanchuk (PGN)
· Linares 1993 won by Kasparov
· Linares 1994 won by Karpov
· Dortmund 1995 won by Kramnik (PGN)
· Dos Hermanas 1996 won by Kramnik and Topalov (Zipped PGN)
· Las Palmas 1996 won by Kasparov
· Tilburg 1997 won by Svidler, Kasparov and Kramnik
· Dortmund 1997 won by Kramnik
· Linares 1998 won by Anand
· Linares 1999 won by Kasparov
· Linares 2000 won by Kramnik and Kasparov
· Wijk and Zee 2001 win by Kasparov
· Dortmund 2001 won by Kramnik and Topalov

Category 21 Tournaments

1996 Las Palmas
1. Kasparov 6.5/10; 2. Anand 5.5; 3-4. Kramnik, Topalov 5; 5-6. Karpov, Ivanchuk 4

1998 Linares
1. Anand 7.5; 2. Shirov 7; 3-4. Kasparov, Kramnik 6.5; 5. Svidler 5.5; 6. Ivanchuk 5; 7. Topalov 4

2000 Linares
1-2. Kramnik, Kasparov 6/10; 3-6. Leko, Anand, Khalifman, Shirov 4.5

2001 Dortmund
1-2. Kramnik, Topalov 6.5/10; 3. Leko 5.5; 4.Morozevich 5; 5. Adams 3.5; 6. Anand 3

History of the Chess Olympiads (courtesy of Wikipedia)

Year	Event	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924	1st unofficial Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad (individual)	Paris	Czechoslovakia 31	Hungary 30	Switzerland 29
1926	2nd unofficial Chess Olympiad The Team Tournament (part of FIDE summit)	Budapest	Hungary 9	Yugoslavia 8	Romania 5
1927	1st Chess Olympiad	London	Hungary 40	Denmark 38.5	England 36.5
1928	2nd Chess Olympiad	The Hague	Hungary 44	USA 39.5	Poland 37
1930	3rd Chess Olympiad	Hamburg	Poland 48.5	Hungary 47	Germany 44.5
1931	4th Chess Olympiad	Prague	USA 48	Poland 47	Czechoslovakia 46.5
1933	5th Chess Olympiad	Folkestone	USA 39	Czechoslovakia 37.5	Sweden 34
1935	6th Chess Olympiad	Warsaw	USA 54	Sweden 52.5	Poland 52
1936	3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad non-FIDE unofficial Chess Olympiad	Munich	Hungary 110.5	Poland 108	Germany 106.5
1937	7th Chess Olympiad	Stockholm	USA 54.5	Hungary 48.5	Poland 47
1939	8th Chess Olympiad	Buenos Aires	Germany 36	Poland 35.5	Estonia 33.5
1950	9th Chess Olympiad	Dubrovnik	Yugoslavia 45.5	Argentina 43.5	W. Germany 40.5
1952	10th Chess Olympiad	Helsinki	USSR 21	Argentina 19.5	Yugoslavia 19
1954	11th Chess Olympiad	Amsterdam	USSR 34	Argentina 27	Yugoslavia 26.5
1956	12th Chess Olympiad	Moscow	USSR 31	Yugoslavia 26.5	Hungary 26.5
1958	13th Chess Olympiad	Munich	USSR 34.5	Yugoslavia 29	Argentina 25.5
1960	14th Chess Olympiad	Leipzig	USSR 34	USA 29	Yugoslavia 27
1962	15th Chess Olympiad	Varna	USSR 31.5	Yugoslavia 28	Argentina 26
1964	16th Chess Olympiad	Tel Aviv	USSR 36.5	Yugoslavia 32	W. Germany 30.5
1966	17th Chess Olympiad	La Habana	USSR 39.5	USA 34.5	Hungary 33.5
1968	18th Chess Olympiad	Lugano	USSR 39.5	Yugoslavia 31	Bulgaria 30
1970	19th Chess Olympiad	Siegen	USSR 27.5	Hungary 26.5	Yugoslavia 26
1972	20th Chess Olympiad	Skopje	USSR 42	Hungary 40.5	Yugoslavia 38
1974	21st Chess Olympiad	Nice	USSR 46	Yugoslavia 37.5	USA 36.5
1976	22nd Chess Olympiad	Haifa	USA 37	Netherlands 36.5	England 35.5
1976	Against-Israeli Chess Olympiad	Tripoli	El Salvador	Tunisia	Pakistan
1978	23rd Chess Olympiad	Buenos Aires	Hungary 37	USSR 36	USA 35
1980	24th Chess Olympiad	Valletta	USSR 39	Hungary 39	USA 35
1982	25th Chess Olympiad	Lucerne	USSR 42.5	Czechoslovakia 36	USA 35
1984	26th Chess Olympiad	Thessaloniki	USSR 41	England 37	USA 35
1986	27th Chess Olympiad	Dubai	USSR 40	England 39	USA 38
1988	28th Chess Olympiad	Thessaloniki	USSR 40.5	England 34.5	Netherlands 34.5
1990	29th Chess Olympiad	Novi Sad	USSR 39	USA 35.5	England 35.5
1992	30th Chess Olympiad	Manila	Russia 39	Uzbekistan 35	Armenia 34.5
1994	31st Chess Olympiad	Moscow	Russia 37.5	Bosnia/Herzogovina 35	Russia II 34.5
1996	32nd Chess Olympiad	Yerevan	Russia 38.5	Ukraine 35	USA 34
1998	33rd Chess Olympiad	Elista	Russia 35.5	USA 34.5	Ukraine 32.5
2000	34th Chess Olympiad	Istanbul	Russia 38	Germany 37	Ukraine 35.5
2002	35th Chess Olympiad	Bled	Russia 38.5	Hungary 37.5	Armenia 35

Some Chess Trivia

As of 10/1/2004, the list of "super-GMs" (those rated 2700+) numbers 15:
1 GM Kasparov, Garry (RUS) 2813
2 GM Anand, Viswanathan (IND) 2781
3 GM Kramnik, Vladimir (RUS) 2760
4 GM Morozevich, Alexander (RUS) 2758
5 GM Topalov, Veselin (BUL) 2757
6 GM Leko, Peter (HUN) 2743
7 GM Adams, Michael (ENG) 2740
8 GM Svidler, Peter (RUS) 2735
9 GM Polgar, Judit (HUN) 2728
10 GM Shirov, Alexei (ESP) 2726
11 GM Bacrot, Etienne (FRA) 2718
12 GM Bareev, Evgeny (RUS) 2715
13 GM Ponomariov, Ruslan (UKR) 2710
14 GM Ivanchuk, Vassily (UKR) 2705
15 GM Grischuk, Alexander (RUS) 2704

The only players ever to break a 2800 rating are Kasparov and Kramnik. The only players ever to have been #1 in the FIDE rating list between 1976 and 2004 are Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik. Since Karpov fell out of the top three, the only players to have held any of the top three slots are Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand.

Karpov currently stands at #23 with a rating of 2682. At age 53, he is the oldest player in the Top 100 list.

The highest Elo tournament performance rating ever recorded was 2977, earned by Karpov at Linares 1994. He was undefeated and earned 11 points out of 13 possible (the best world-class tournament winning percentage since Alekhine won San Remo 1930), beating second-place Kasparov and Shirov by 2.5 points.

The former Soviet Union or Russia has won the Chess Olympiad every year since 1952 (the first time they participated), with the exception of 1976 (which the Soviet bloc boycotted, and the USA won) and 1978 (when they came in second behind Hungary). In 1992 right after the Soviet Union broke up, instead of one team there were 12 teams. None of these countries finished with a minus score and three of them took Gold (Russia), Silver (Uzbekhistan), and Bronze (Armenia).

World Championship Matches

1886, Steinitz-Zukertort
1889, Steinitz-Chigorin
1890, Steinitz-Gunsberg
1892, Steinitz-Chigorin
1894, Lasker-Steinitz
1896, Lasker-Steinitz
1907, Lasker-Marshall
1908, Lasker-Tarrasch
(1909, Lasker-Janowsky, not a title match)
1910, Lasker-Schlecter
1910, Lasker-Janowsky
1921, Capablanca-Lasker
1927, Alekhine-Capablanca
1929, Alekhine-Bogoljubov
1934, Alekhine-Bogoljubov
1935, Euwe-Alekhine
1937, Alekhine-Euwe
1948, Botvinnik over Smyslov, Reshevsky, Keres, Euwe (tournament)
1951, Botvinnik-Bronstein
1954, Botvinnik-Smyslov
1957, Smyslov-Botvinnik
1958, Botvinnik-Smyslov
1960, Tal-Botvinnik
1961, Botvinnik-Tal
1963, Petrosian-Botvinnik
1966, Petrosian-Spassky
1969, Spassky-Petrosian
1972, Fischer-Spassky (1975 - Karpov gets title by default when Fischer refuses to defend)
1978, Karpov-Korchnoi
1981, Karpov-Korchnoi
1984, Karpov-Kasparov
1985, Kasparov-Karpov
1986, Kasparov-Karpov
1987, Kasparov-Karpov
1990, Kasparov-Karpov
1993, Kasparov-Short
(1993, Karpov-Timman, FIDE title)
1995, Kasparov-Anand
(1996, Karpov-Kamsky, FIDE title)
(1998, Karpov-Anand, FIDE title)
2000, Kramnik-Kasparov

A quarter century of Capablanca v Alekhine

I just bought a new book on Capablanca's games (volume 1 and volume 2), so I will be updating my entries on the Capablanca-Alekhine rivalry. Rather than reposting all of them, I thought I'd just create this entry linking to all of them and just leave the posts where they are.

Capablanca-Alekhine, Saint Petersburg Match 1913 (Capa)
Alekhine-Capablanca, Saint Petersburg Match 1913 (Capa)
Alekhine-Capablanca, Saint Petersburg Preliminary Tournament 1914 (Capa)
Capablanca v Alekhine, Saint Petersburg Final Tournament 1914 (two games) (1 Capa win, 1 draw)
Alekhine-Capablanca, London 1922 (draw)
Capablanca-Alekhine, New York 1924 (draw)
Alekhine-Capablanca, New York 1924 (draw)
Capablanca v Alekhine, New York 1927 (four games) (1 Capa win, 3 draws)
Capablanca-Alekhine, Nottingham 1936 (Capa)
Capablanca-Alekhine, AVRO 1938 (draw)
Alekhine-Capablanca, AVRO 1938 (Alekhine)

Rating Lists 2001-2003

JANUARY 2001

1 Kasparov, Gary g RUS 2849 0 1963
2 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2790 16 1969
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2772 0 1975
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2746 35 1971
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2745 16 1979
6 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2745 16 1977
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2718 57 1972
8 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2718 26 1975
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 39 1969
10 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2712 37 1968
11 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 22 1966
12 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2700 62 1972

APRIL 2001

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2827 38 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2802 28 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2794 13 1969
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2750 13 1971
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2749 13 1977
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2731 23 1979
7 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 13 1969
8 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 23 1972
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2712 0 1968
10 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2709 0 1966
11 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2707 13 1975

JULY 2001

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 10 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2802 10 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2797 6 1969
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2744 19 1971
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2739 22 1977
6 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 0 1969
7 Leko, Peter g HUN 2730 0 1979
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2719 29 1966
9 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2714 13 1968
10 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2711 9 1975
11 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 21 1972
12 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2704 20 1979

OCTOBER 2001

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 0 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 10 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2770 10 1969
4 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 10 1977
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2739 10 1979
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2733 10 1975
7 Adams, Michael g ENG 2731 10 1971
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2731 0 1969
9 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2719 0 1966
10 Van Wely, Loek g NED 2714 26 1972
11 Kasimdzhanov, Rustam g UZB 2706 8 1979
12 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2706 0 1972
13 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2702 6 1966
14 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2701 19 1968

JANUARY 2002

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 0 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 0 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2757 14 1969
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2742 25 1971
5 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2742 6 1977
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2739 8 1975
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2727 38 1983
8 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2717 39 1969
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2715 26 1972
10 Leko, Peter g HUN 2713 11 1979
11 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2708 18 1968
12 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2707 19 1966
13 Smirin, Ilia g ISR 2702 33 1968

APRIL 2002

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 12 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 0 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2752 12 1969
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2745 9 1975
5 Adams, Michael g ENG 2744 25 1971
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2743 19 1983
7 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2724 22 1966
8 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2718 22 1977
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 19 1969
10 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2710 22 1968
11 Leko, Peter g HUN 2707 22 1979
12 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2704 12 1972
13 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2702 22 1983

JULY 2002

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2838 0 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2807 3 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2755 2 1969
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2752 18 1971
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2745 0 1975
6 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2743 0 1983
7 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2726 12 1966
8 Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 9 1979
9 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2716 2 1977
10 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2711 0 1969
11 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2710 0 1968
12 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2702 2 1983

OCTOBER 2002

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2836 0 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 0 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2755 0 1969
4 Adams, Michael g ENG 2745 6 1971
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2743 14 1975
6 Leko, Peter g HUN 2743 13 1979
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2743 0 1983
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2737 10 1966
9 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2709 2 1969
10 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2707 6 1977
11 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2704 6 1968
12 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2702 0 1983

JANUARY 2003

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2847 9 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2809 0 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2753 11 1969
4 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2743 0 1975
5 Leko, Peter g HUN 2736 11 1979
6 Adams, Michael g ENG 2734 20 1971
7 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2734 11 1983
8 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2729 7 1966
9 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2723 16 1972
10 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2712 18 1983
11 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2703 18 1971
12 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2702 22 1966
13 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2700 25 1976
14 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2700 14 1968

APRIL 2003

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2830 12 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2789 25 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2764 25 1969
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2746 12 1979
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2735 22 1972
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 13 1975
7 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2734 13 1966
8 Adams, Michael g ENG 2723 9 1971
9 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 25 1983
10 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2715 13 1976
11 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2713 29 1976
12 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2704 13 1969
13 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2703 0 1971
14 Khalifman, Alexander g RUS 2702 0 1966
15 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2701 22 1983
16 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2700 0 1968

JULY 2003

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2830 0 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2785 2 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2774 7 1969
4 Leko, Peter g HUN 2739 9 1979
5 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 0 1975
6 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2732 38 1983
7 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2732 23 1972
8 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2723 34 1976
9 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2721 11 1966
10 Adams, Michael g ENG 2719 29 1971
11 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2718 9 1976
12 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 0 1983
13 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2710 22 1969
14 Akopian, Vladimir g ARM 2703 0 1971
15 Azmaiparashvili, Zurab g GEO 2702 24 1960
16 Short, Nigel D. g ENG 2701 19 1965

OCTOBER 2003

1 Kasparov, Garry g RUS 2830 0 1963
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2777 11 1975
3 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2766 10 1969
4 Bareev, Evgeny g RUS 2739 11 1966
5 Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2737 2 1972
6 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2735 0 1975
7 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2732 0 1983
8 Adams, Michael g ENG 2725 10 1971
9 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2723 0 1976
10 Leko, Peter g HUN 2722 10 1979
11 Polgar, Judit g HUN 2722 9 1976
12 Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 0 1983
13 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2710 0 1969
14 Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2705 9 1969
15 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2703 11 1968
16 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2702 10 1977
17 Short, Nigel D. g ENG 2701 0 1965