1969 in chess

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The following events in chess occurred in the year 1969.

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Top players

Provisional FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - 1969

  1. Bobby Fischer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2720
  2. Boris Spassky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2690
  3. Viktor Korchnoi Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2680
  4. Mikhail Botvinnik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2660
  5. Tigran Petrosian Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2650
  6. Bent Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2630
  7. Efim Geller Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2620
  8. Lajos Portisch Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2620
  9. Paul Keres Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2610
  10. Lev Polugaevsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2610

Chess news in brief

Births

Deaths

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Felice, Gino Di (2013-06-20). Chess Results, 1968-1970: A Comprehensive Record with 854 Tournament Crosstables and 161 Match Scores, with Sources. McFarland. ISBN   978-0-7864-7574-2.
  2. CHESS magazine - Vol 35, December 1969, pp 95-97
  3. CHESS magazine - Vol 35, New Year 1970, p 134
  4. CHESS magazine - Vol 35, November 1969, p 70
  5. CHESS magazine - Vol 35, October 1969, pp 34-40
  6. CHESS magazine - Vol 35, Christmas 1969, p 113

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