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Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1970s Country Player Peak rating in 1970s Achieved 1 Bobby Fischer: 2785 1972-07 2 Anatoly Karpov: 2725 1978-01 3 Viktor Korchnoi: 2695 1979-01 4 Boris Spassky: 2690 1971-07 5 Bent Larsen: 2660 1971-07 Mikhail Tal: 2660 1973-07 7 Lajos Portisch: 2650 1973-07 8 Tigran Petrosian: 2645 1972-07 Lev ...
Garry Kasparov, 2821 (peak years 1993–2001) Bobby Fischer, 2802 (peak years 1970–1972) Ian Nepomniachtchi, 2786 (peak years 2020–2022) Vladimir Kramnik, 2785 (peak years 2000–2007) Viswanathan Anand, 2780 (peak years 2007–2014) Veselin Topalov, 2773 (peak years 2005–2009) Anatoly Karpov, 2746 (peak years 1974–1984)
The first world number one, in July 1971, was Bobby Fischer. In January 1976 Anatoly Karpov became the highest-rated player on the FIDE list, FIDE having dropped Fischer (whose rating was higher than Karpov's) from the list due to inactivity. In January 1984, Garry Kasparov became the third world number one.
Bobby Fischer was born at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1943. [2] His mother, Regina Wender Fischer, was a US citizen, [3] [4] born in Switzerland; her parents were Polish Jews. [5] [6] Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, [2] Regina became a teacher, a registered nurse, and later a physician. [7]
He had a peak Elo rating of 2780, ... Bobby Fischer Garry Kasparov. World No. 1 January 1, 1976 – December 31, 1983 July 1, 1985 – December 31, 1985 Succeeded by.
1959 – The USCF names Arpad Elo the head of a committee to examine all rating systems and make recommendations. 1961 – Elo develops his system and it is used by the USCF. [24] It is published in the June 1961 issue of Chess Life. [25] 1970 – FIDE starts using the Elo system. Bobby Fischer is at the top of the list. [26]
Fischer therefore qualifies to play Boris Spassky in a match for the World Championship in 1972. Commencing with his final seven games at the 1970 Palma de Mallorca Interzonal and finishing with his first match game with Petrosian, Fischer's run of twenty consecutive wins is the longest in first class chess since Wilhelm Steinitz established ...
Bobby Fischer is chosen (by virtue of his Elo rating) to play board one for the Rest of the World team, but surprisingly agrees to step down to board two when Bent Larsen argues that recent performances should put him first and refuses to give way. The match is won by the USSR, by the narrowest of margins (20½-19½) and many commentators are ...