1976 in chess

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Events in chess in 1976;

Top players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating – January 1976

  1. Anatoly Karpov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2695
  2. Viktor Korchnoi Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2670
  3. Tigran Petrosian Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2635
  4. Lev Polugaevsky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2635
  5. Boris Spassky Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2630
  6. Bent Larsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2625
  7. Lajos Portisch Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2625
  8. Efim Geller Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2620
  9. Ljubomir Ljubojević Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 2620
  10. Henrique Mecking Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 2620

Chess news in brief

Births

Deaths

Notes

  1. CHESS magazine – September 1976 p.375
  2. CHESS magazine - October 1976 pp. 1-3
  3. CHESS magazine - November 1976 p. 33
  4. British Chess Magazine – October 1976 pp. 437-8
  5. CHESS magazine – July 1976 p. 307
  6. 1 2 CHESS magazine – September 1976 p. 375

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