1993 in chess

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Below is a list of events in chess in 1993, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.

Top players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - January 1993

  1. Garry Kasparov {{flag|Russia|1991}} 2805
  2. Anatoly Karpov {{flag|Russia|1991}} 2725
  3. Vassily Ivanchuk {{UKR}} 2710
  4. Viswanathan Anand {{IND}} 2710
  5. Boris Gelfand {{flag|Belarus|1991}} 2690
  6. Vladimir Kramnik {{flag|Russia|1991}} 2685
  7. Alexei Shirov {{LAT}} 2670
  8. Evgeny Bareev {{flag|Russia|1991}} 2670
  9. Kiril Georgiev {{BUL}} 2660
  10. Valery Salov {{flag|Russia|1991}} 2660

Tournaments

List of strong chess tournaments in 1993.

class="wikitable"
TournamentSystemCityPlayersWinnerRunner-upThird
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee Chess Tournament 1993Single elimination{{flagicon|NED}} Wijk aan Zee24{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Anatoly Karpov{{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Illescas{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Valery Salov
{{flagicon|EST}} Lembit Oll
Linares International Chess TournamentRound robin{{flagicon|ESP}} Linares14{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Garry Kasparov{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Anatoly Karpov{{flagicon|IND}} Viswanathan Anand
Dortmund Sparkassen Chess MeetingRound robin{{flagicon|GER}} Dortmund8{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Anatoly Karpov{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Vladimir Kramnik{{flagicon|GER}} Christopher Lutz
SKA-Mephisto International Chess TournamentRound robin{{flagicon|GER}} Munich12{{flagicon|LAT}} Alexei Shirov{{flagicon|BLR|1991}} Boris Gelfand{{flagicon|BEL}} Mikhail Gurevich
Belgrade Chess TournamentRound robin{{flagicon|FR Yugoslavia}} Belgrade10{{flagicon|UKR}} Alexander Beliavsky{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Vladimir Kramnik{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Alexander Khalifman
Las Palmas Chess TournamentRound robin{{flagicon|ESP}} Las Palmas10{{flagicon|CHI}} Ivan Morovic{{flagicon|IND}} Viswanathan Anand{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Alexander Khalifman
Tilburg chess tournamentSingle elimination{{flagicon|NED}} Tilburg112{{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Anatoly Karpov{{flagicon|UKR}} Vassily Ivanchuk{{flagicon|LAT}} Alexei Shirov
{{flagicon|UKR}} Alexander Beliavsky
Interzonal TournamentSwiss{{flagicon|SUI}} Biel74{{flagicon|BLR|1991}} Boris Gelfand{{flagicon|NED}} Paul van der Sterren{{flagicon|USA}} Gata Kamsky
PCA QualifierSwiss{{flagicon|NED}} Groningen54{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Adams{{flagicon|IND}} Viswanathan Anand{{flagicon|USA}} Gata Kamsky

Chess news in brief

Births

  • Parimarjan Negi, Indian prodigy, a GM and youngest ever IM - February 9
  • Wesley So, Filipino prodigy, a GM at little over 14 years - October 9

Deaths

  • Reuben Fine, a leading player of the 1930s and 1940s, former US Champion and noted writer - March 26.
  • Vladimir Makogonov, Soviet IM and honorary GM, a leading player of the 1940s - January 2
  • Boris Kogan, Russian-American IM and former Soviet Junior Champion - December 25.
  • Alexander Koblencs, Latvian IM, trainer and writer - December 9
  • Johannes Turn, a leading Estonian master of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s - March 8

References

  • {{cite book | author=Burgess, Graham | title=Chess Highlights of the 20th Century | publisher=Gambit Publications | year=1999 | isbn=1-901983-21-8}}
  • [http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/history.txt Chess History & Chronology - Bill Wall]( {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420103523/http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/history.txt |date=2008-04-20 }} 2009-10-20)
  • [http://www.olimpbase.org Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20091126000035/http://chess.eusa.ed.ac.uk/Chess/Trivia/AlltimeList.html FIDE rating list data 1970-97]
  • [http://spider.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~kopec/Publications/Publications/O_10_C.pdf Danny Kopec account of 4th Harvard Cup]

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