1972 in chess

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Events in chess in 1972;

Top players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating – July 1972

  1. Bobby Fischer Flag of the United States.svg United States 2785
  2. Boris Spassky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2660
  3. Tigran Petrosian Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2645
  4. Lev Polugaevsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2645
  5. Viktor Korchnoi Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2640
  6. Lajos Portisch Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2640
  7. Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2630
  8. Mikhail Botvinnik Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2630
  9. Mikhail Tal Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2625
  10. Bent Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2625

Chess news in brief

Births

Deaths

Notes

  1. Fischer v Spassky, The Chess Match of the Century (1972, Gligoric, Fontana) – p 16
  2. "BCCF Bulletin #133". Archived from the original on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  3. CHESS magazine – Vol 37, July 1972, pp 298-299
  4. "CHESS magazine – Vol 37, June 1972, pp 250-253".
  5. The Penguin Encyclopedia of Chess (1981, Golombek, Penguin) – p 204
  6. "CHESS magazine – Vol 37, April 1972, pp 199-202".
  7. CHESS magazine – Vol 37, May 1972, pp 234-240
  8. "CHESS magazine – Vol 37, July 1972, pp 294-298".
  9. CHESS magazine – Vol 37, July 1972, pp 282-283
  10. "Chessville Trivia". Archived from the original on October 11, 2006.
  11. CHESS magazine – Vol 39, October 1973, p. 25

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