1997 in chess

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Below is a list of events in chess in 1997, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players at the start of that year.

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Top players

FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - January 1997

  1. Garry Kasparov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2795
  2. Viswanathan Anand Flag of India.svg  India 2765
  3. Anatoly Karpov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2760
  4. Vladimir Kramnik Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2740
  5. Vassily Ivanchuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2740
  6. Veselin Topalov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2725
  7. Gata Kamsky Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2720
  8. Boris Gelfand Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2700
  9. Alexei Shirov Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2690
  10. Nigel Short Flag of England.svg  England 2690

Chess news in brief

Births

Deaths

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