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1998 in chess

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Below is a list of events in chess in 1998, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players in July of that year.

Top players

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FIDE top 10 players by Elo rating - July 1998

  1. Garry Kasparov  Russia 2815
  2. Viswanathan Anand  India 2795
  3. Vladimir Kramnik  Russia 2780
  4. Vassily Ivanchuk  Ukraine 2730
  5. Anatoly Karpov  Russia 2725
  6. Alexei Shirov  Spain 2720
  7. Gata Kamsky  United States 2720
  8. Michael Adams  England 2715
  9. Peter Svidler  Russia 2710
  10. Veselin Topalov  Bulgaria 2700

Chess news in brief

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Deaths

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Crowther, Mark (30 November 1998). "The Week in Chess 212".
  2. ^ a b c Crowther, Mark (23 November 1998). "The Week in Chess 211".
  3. ^ Crowther, Mark (7 December 1998). "The Week in Chess 213".
  4. ^ Crowther, Mark (21 December 1998). "The Week in Chess 215".

References

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