Below is a list of events in chess in 1996, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.

Top players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating – January 1996

  1. Vladimir Kramnik  Russia 2775
  2. Garry Kasparov  Russia 2775
  3. Anatoly Karpov  Russia 2770
  4. Vassily Ivanchuk  Ukraine 2735
  5. Gata Kamsky  United States 2735
  6. Viswanathan Anand  India 2725
  7. Veselin Topalov  Bulgaria 2700
  8. Boris Gelfand  Belarus 2700
  9. Alexei Shirov  Spain 2690
  10. Judit Polgár  Hungary 2675

Chess news in brief

Births

Deaths

  • Vladimir Liberzon, Russian born Israeli Grandmaster – August 4
  • Julio Bolbochán, Argentine Grandmaster and twice the national champion – June 28
  • Yosef Porat, German born IM, many times the national champion of Israel and Palestine – ?
  • Predrag Ostojic, Yugoslav (Serbian) Grandmaster, twice the national champion – July 5
  • Victor Buerger, Latvian-British player, moderately successful in tournaments of the 1920s and 30s – ?

References

  • Burgess, Graham (1999). Chess Highlights of the 20th Century. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-901983-21-8.
  • Chess History & Chronology - Bill Wall( Archived 2008-04-20 at the Wayback Machine 2009-10-20)
  • Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information
  • FIDE rating list data 1970-97
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