1996 in chess

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

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Top players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating – January 1996

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

Chess news in brief

Births

Deaths

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