1990 in chess

List of years in chess (table)

Events in chess in 1990;

Top players

FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - January 1990

  1. Garry Kasparov  Soviet Union 2800
  2. Anatoly Karpov  Soviet Union 2730
  3. Jan Timman  Netherlands 2680
  4. Vassily Ivanchuk  Soviet Union 2665
  5. Mikhail Gurevich  Soviet Union 2645
  6. Valery Salov  Soviet Union 2645
  7. Alexander Beliavsky  Soviet Union 2640
  8. Nigel Short  England 2635
  9. Ulf Andersson  Sweden 2630
  10. Viktor Korchnoi   Switzerland 2625

Chess news in brief

Births

  • Magnus Carlsen, Norwegian player, world top five Grandmaster while still a junior - November 30
  • Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian player, youngest Grandmaster ever and a World Youth Champion - January 12
  • Ian Nepomniachtchi, Russian Grandmaster, World Youth Champion at U-14 - July 14
  • Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, French Grandmaster and national champion - October 21
  • Dmitry Andreikin, Russian Grandmaster and former World Junior Champion - February 5
  • Yuriy Kuzubov, Ukrainian Grandmaster, one of the world's youngest to gain the title - January 26
  • Anna Muzychuk, IM from Ukraine then Slovenia, World Youth Champion for Girls U-16 - February 28
  • Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Vietnamese player, World Youth Champion at U-10 - February 23
  • David Howell, England's youngest ever Grandmaster - November 14
  • Sergei Matsenko, Russian Grandmaster - June 21
  • Puchen Wang, New Zealand International Master - January 20
  • Anya Corke, Hong Kong WGM, winner of three (Open section) British Junior titles - September 12

Deaths

References

  • Burgess, Graham (1999). Chess Highlights of the 20th Century. Gambit Publications. ISBN 1-901983-21-8.
  • Chess History & Chronology - Bill Wall (Archived 2009-10-20)
  • Olimpbase - Olympiads and other Team event information
  • FIDE rating list data 1970-97
  • NY Times (Robert Byrne) account of New York International
  • NY Times (Robert Byrne) account of Biel Tournament
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