1994 in chess

Below is a list of events in chess in 1994, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.

Top players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating – January 1994

  1. Garry Kasparov  Russia 2815
  2. Anatoly Karpov  Russia 2740
  3. Alexei Shirov  Latvia 2715
  4. Viswanathan Anand  India 2715
  5. Vassily Ivanchuk  Ukraine 2710
  6. Vladimir Kramnik  Russia 2710
  7. Gata Kamsky  United States 2695
  8. Valery Salov  Russia 2685
  9. Evgeny Bareev  Russia 2685
  10. Boris Gelfand  Belarus 2685

Chess news in brief

Births

  • Hou Yifan, World Girls' Under-10 Champion (2003) and Chinese Women's champion (2007) at 13 years.
  • Srinath Narayanan, Indian prodigy, World Under-12 Champion in 2005.
  • Ray Robson, USA's youngest ever IM-elect.

Deaths

References

  • Burgess, Graham (1999). Chess Highlights of the 20th Century. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-901983-21-8.
  • Chess History & Chronology - Bill Wall( Archived 2008-04-20 at the Wayback Machine 2009-10-20)
  • Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information
  • FIDE rating list data 1970-97
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