1995 in chess

Below is a list of events in chess in 1995, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.

Top players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - January 1995

  1. Garry Kasparov  Russia 2805
  2. Anatoly Karpov  Russia 2765
  3. Valery Salov  Russia 2715
  4. Viswanathan Anand  India 2715
  5. Vladimir Kramnik  Russia 2715
  6. Alexei Shirov  Spain 2710
  7. Gata Kamsky  United States 2710
  8. Boris Gelfand  Belarus 2700
  9. Vassily Ivanchuk  Ukraine 2700
  10. Evgeny Bareev  Russia 2675

Chess news in brief

Births

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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