1988 in chess
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Top players
Kasparov and Karpov remained the top two players in the world, positions that they had held since July 1982. Over the year, DutchDutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
player Jan Timman
Jan Timman
Jan Timman is a Dutch chess Grandmaster who was one of the world's leading players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West"...
and Alexander Beliavsky
Alexander Beliavsky
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of the USSR moved up the list, whilst Andrei Sokolov
Andrei Sokolov
Andrei Yurievich Sokolov is a French chess Grandmaster of Russian origin, now living in France...
from the USSR and Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Ljubomir Ljubojević is a Grandmaster of chess. He was born on November 2, 1950, in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia . Ljubojević was awarded the International Master title in 1970 and the GM title in 1971. He was Yugoslav champion in 1977 and 1982. He won the 1974 Canadian Open Chess Championship...
of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
moved down.
January 1988 FIDE rating list. Top 11 players
| class="prettytable" style="text-align:center; background:#EBEBEB;"> | |||
| Elo | FIDE Top Eleven Men | FIDE Top Eleven Women | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2750 | 2560 | ||
| 2715 | 2485 | ||
| 2675 | 2475 | ||
| 2645 | 2455 | ||
| 2640 | 2435 | ||
| 2630 | 2420 | ||
| 2630 | 2415 | ||
| 2630 | 2415 | ||
| 2625 | 2400 | ||
| 2625 | 2395 | ||
| 2625 | 2385 |
Grandmasters Association World Cup
The Grandmasters Association held six World Cup tournaments over 1988 and 1989, with some of the world's best players invited. The first three of these tournaments were held in 1988.- 1 April - 22 April: The first tournament was held in BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
and won by Karpov with 11/16, ahead of Valery SalovValery SalovValery Salov is a Russian chess grandmaster.Salov was awarded the International Master title in 1984 and the Grandmaster title in 1986. He was the World under-17 Champion in 1980 and European Junior Champion in 1983-84...
with 10. Kasparov was invited to the tournament but did not play. - 14 June - 3 July: The second tournament was held in BelfortBelfortBelfort is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Franche-Comté in northeastern France and is the prefecture of the department. It is located on the Savoureuse, on the strategically important natural route between the Rhine and the Rhône – the Belfort Gap or Burgundian Gate .-...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and won by Kasparov with 11½/15, ahead of Karpov with 10½. - 3 October - 24 October: The third tournament was held in ReykjavikReykjavíkReykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
and was again won by Kasparov, with 11/17. Beliavsky was second, with 10½/15. Karpov was invited, but did not play.
28th Chess Olympiad
The 28th Chess Olympiad28th Chess Olympiad
The 28th Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between November 12 and November 30, 1988, in Thessaloniki, Greece.-References:...
in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
was held between 12 November and 30 November. It was won by the USSR, ahead of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
in second and the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
in third.
The gold medal on the first board was won by Kasparov of USSR with 8½/10. Lajos Portisch
Lajos Portisch
Lajos Portisch is a Hungarian chess Grandmaster, whose positional style earned him the nickname, the "Hungarian Botvinnik"...
of Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
was second, also scoring 8½, but from 11 games.
The Women's Chess Olympiad
Women's Chess Olympiad
The Women's Chess Olympiad is an event held by FIDE since 1957 , where national women's teams compete at chess for gold, silver and bronze medals....
was held alongside the open tournament. The winners were Hungary, ahead of the USSR and Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
.
Other major tournaments
- 23 February - 8 March: The Linares tournamentLinares chess tournamentThe Linares International Chess Tournament , is an annual chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain, in which it is held...
was won by Timman with 8½/11, ahead of Beliavsky with 7.
- 6 September - 28 September: The 12th Tilburg tournamentTilburg chess tournamentThe Tilburg chess tournament was a series of very strong chess tournaments held in the Tilburg, The Netherlands. It was established in 1977 and ran continuously through 1994 under the sponsorship of Interpolis, an insurance company. Fontys Hogescholen shortly revived the tournament series from 1996...
was won by Karpov with 10½/14, ahead of Short with 8½.
- December 1988 - January 1989: The Reggio Emilia tournamentReggio Emilia chess tournamentThe Reggio Emilia chess tournament is a chess tournament played in Reggio Emilia, Italy. In Italian the tournament is called Torneo di Capodanno , as it starts just after Christmas and ends on the day of Epiphany...
was won by Mikhail GurevichMikhail Gurevich (chess player)Mikhail Naumovich Gurevich is a Soviet chess player. He lived in Belgium from 1991 to 2005 and since then resides in Turkey....
with 6½/9, ahead of Kiril GeorgievKiril GeorgievKiril Dimitrov Georgiev is a Bulgarian chess master and three times the national champion. He should not be confused with fellow Bulgarian chess player Krum Georgiev....
and Ulf AnderssonUlf AnderssonUlf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972 .-Career:...
Ivanchuk with 5½.
- The Wijk aan Zee tournament was won by Karpov with 9/13, ahead of Anderssen with 8½.
Grandmaster
In 1989, FIDE awarded the Grandmaster title to the following 20 players:- Viswanathan AnandViswanathan AnandV. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
(b. 1969) - Zurab AzmaiparashviliZurab AzmaiparashviliZurab Azmaiparashvili is a chess Grandmaster from Georgia. In the September 2010 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2637, making him 114th in the world and Georgia's number two.-Career:He became a Grandmaster in 1988...
(b. 1960) - Emir Dizdarevic (b. 1958)
- Yury DokhoianYury DokhoianYury Dokhoian is a Russian Grandmaster of chess of Armenian origin.He played several times in the first league of the USSR Chess Championship. In 1986, he tied for second place in the All-Union tournament of young masters...
(b. 1964) - Boris GelfandBoris GelfandBoris Abramovich Gelfand is a Belarus-born Israeli chess Grandmaster. He won the 2011 Candidates Tournament and will challenge Viswanathan Anand for the World Chess Championship 2012.-Biography:...
(b. 1968) - Krum GeorgievKrum GeorgievKrum Ivanov Georgiev is a Bulgarian chess Grandmaster, born in Pazardzhik. He beat Garry Kasparov in a wild game in Malta, 1980.Georgiev earned the International Master title in 1977 and International grandmaster title in 1988....
(b. 1958) - Jörg Hickl (b. 1965)
- Julian HodgsonJulian HodgsonJulian Michael Hodgson is an English International Grandmaster and former British Champion of chess.He first came to the notice of the chess world for his phenomenal prowess as a junior; he was London under-18 champion at 12 years of age and won the British Boys under-21 title aged just...
(b. 1963) - Miguel IllescasMiguel IllescasMiguel Illescas Córdoba is a prominent Spanish grandmaster of chess.He was a highly skilled player as a youngster and became junior champion of Catalonia at the age of 12. A trained computer scientist, chess remained his real passion and continued progress brought him an International Master title...
(b. 1963) - Gregory KaidanovGregory KaidanovGregory Kaidanov is a Grandmaster of chess.As of April 2007, his Elo rating was 2587, making him the #9 player in the US and the 179th-highest rated player in the world. His peak rating was 2646 in 2002....
(b. 1959) / - Stefan Kindermann (b. 1959)
- Josef Klinger (b. 1967)
- Bogdan LalićBogdan LalicBogdan Lalic is a Croatian-English Grandmaster of chess. He was born in the former Yugoslavia in 1964. FIDE awarded him the International Grandmaster title in 1988. He finished equal first at the Pleven 1987 and Sarajevo 1988 tournaments. Although registered with the Croatian Federation, he...
(b. 1964) / - Valentin Lukov (b. 1955)
- Gilberto MilosGilberto MilosGilberto Milos is a Brazilian chess player with a current Elo chess rating of 2593. He was awarded the title of International Master in 1984 and the title of Grandmaster in 1988. He was the Brazilian National Champion in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994 and 1995...
(b. 1963) - Michael RohdeMichael Rohde (chess player)Michael Rohde is an American chess grandmaster.Rohde got his master rating at the age of thirteen, and gained the International Master title in 1976, followed by that of Grandmaster in 1988....
(b. 1959) - Harry Schussler (b. 1957)
- Elizbar Ubilava (b. 1950) /
- Reynaldo Vera (b. 1961)
- Michael WilderMichael WilderMichael Wilder is an American chess grandmaster and a J.D graduate of the University of Michigan. FIDE awarded him the grandmaster title in 1988. He won the 1988 U.S. Chess Championship. He also tied for third in the 1987 U.S. Championship and tied for first at the 1987 London Open. Mr...
(b. 1962)
In addition George Koltanowski
George Koltanowski
George Koltanowski was a Belgian-born American chess player, promoter, and writer. He was informally known as "Kolty". Koltanowski set the world's blindfold record on 20 September 1937, in Edinburgh, by playing 34 chess games simultaneously while blindfolded, making headline news around the world...
(b. 1903) was awarded an honorary Grandmaster title in 1988.
Births
The following chess grandmasters were born in 1988:- 9 January Viktor LázničkaViktor LáznickaViktor Láznička is a chess grandmaster from the Czech Republic.-Early moves:After learning the game at age six, he progressed quickly to playing junior tournaments and achieved many prize-winning performances in the national championships across the range of age limits...
- 8 February Arik Braun
- 14 February Evgeny Romanov
- 14 February Adam Tukhaev
- 3 March Timur GareevTimur GareevTimur Gareev is a chess Grandmaster from Uzbekistan. In 2004 he became the youngest-ever chess grandmaster from Asia at age 16. Timur was a part of the University of Texas at Brownsville's Chess Team from August 2005 to August 2006 where he helped the University obtain its first National...
- 11 March Ante Brkić
- 11 March Alexandr FierAlexandr FierAlexandr Fier is a Brazilian chess Grandmaster. He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the second round by Alexander Morozevich....
- 14 April Pawel Czarnota
- 18 April Yuriy AjrapetjanYuriy AjrapetjanYuriy Ajrapetjan is a chess Grandmaster from Ukraine.He was awarded the FIDE International Master title in 2005 and the Grandmaster title in 2007....
- 20 April Mark BluvshteinMark BluvshteinMark Bluvshtein is a Russian-born Canadian chess player, a Grandmaster, who resides in Canada. He became the youngest Canadian International Grandmaster ever in 2004, at the age of 16, having become an International Master at the age of 13...
- 21 April Subramanian Arun Prasad
- 26 April Boban Bogosavljević
- 26 April Rauf Mamedov
- 30 April Denes Boros
- 13 May Luka LenićLuka LeničLuka Lenič is Slovene chess player with the title of Grandmaster. He won the under 14 World Youth Chess Championship in Heraklion in 2002.Lenič played for the Slovenian Olympic team in 37th Chess Olympiad, 38th Chess Olympiad and 39th Chess Olympiad. He won the Slovenian Chess Championship in 2008,...
- 11 June Zhou JianchaoZhou JianchaoZhou Jianchao is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2006, he became China's 21st Grandmaster at the age of 17. In March 2009, Zhou became for the first time in his career a player in the world...
- 21 June Alejandro Ramírez
- 7 July Wen YangWen Yang (chess player)Wen Yang is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. In 2008, he became China's 25th Grandmaster at the age of 19.-World Cup:He qualified for and competed in the Chess World Cup 2007 where he reached Round One, where he was defeated 0.5-1.5 by Zoltán Almási...
- 8 August Marin Bosiočić
- 23 August Dmitry Kononenko
- 6 September Valentin Iotov
- 9 September Bassem AminBassem AminBassem Amin is an Egyptian chess grandmaster. He is one of only three Egyptian grandmasters.On the November 2009 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2553.-External links:...
- 27 September David BaramidzeDavid BaramidzeDavid Baramidze is a German chess Grandmaster.He obtained the title in 2004, which made him the youngest German Grandmaster ever. In this year, he also finished 2nd in the World Youth Championships. He is currently ranked 29th in Germany...
- 11 November Yuri VovkYuri VovkYuri Vovk is a Ukrainian chess player. He was trained by Vladimir Grabinsky, coach of the Ukrainian youth team. He became a Grandmaster in 2008, at age 20....
- Anatoly Bykhovsky
- Nikolai Chadaev
- Laszlo Gonda
- Vitaliy Kiselev
- Daniel Alsina Leal
- Wojciech Moranda
- Ioannis PapadopoulosIoannis PapadopoulosIoannis Papadopoulos is a Greek chess player who holds the title of International Grandmaster. In 2007, the untitled Papadopoulos won the Greek Chess Championship in Igoumenitsa with 7.5/9.0, a full two points ahead of the runner up. He played for Greece's top board at the 2008 chess...
- Pavel Ponkratov
- Markus RaggerMarkus RaggerMarkus Ragger is an Austrian chess grandmaster . He took part in the Chess World Cup 2011, but was eliminated in the first round by Evgeny Alekseev....
- Deep SenguptaDeep SenguptaDeep Sengupta is a chess player from Jharkhand, India, currently residing in Kasba. Rated at 2563 Elo, he is India's 22nd grandmaster.He started chess with the Chakradharpur Chess Academy, and...
Deaths
The following leading chess personality died in 1988:- 27 November Jan Hein DonnerJan Hein DonnerJohannes Hendrikus Donner was a Dutch chess grandmaster and writer. Donner was born in The Hague and won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957, and 1958. FIDE, the World Chess Federation, awarded him the GM title in 1959. He played 11 times for the Netherlands in the Chess Olympiads...
(b. 1927): Dutch Grandmaster who won the Dutch ChampionshipDutch Chess ChampionshipThe Dutch Chess Championship was officially established in 1909, although unofficial champions stretch back to the 1870s.-Early years:-Official championships:...
in 1954, 1957 and 1958.
Other events
- The German chess magazine, Deutsche SchachzeitungDeutsche SchachzeitungDeutsche Schachzeitung was the first German chess magazine.Founded in 1846 by Ludwig Bledow under the title Schachzeitung der Berliner Schachgesellschaft, it took the name Deutsche Schachzeitung in 1872...
ceased publication in December 1988, having been published regularly since 1846. - The musical ChessChess (musical)Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, and with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story involves a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other;...
premiered on Broadway in April 1988. It closed in June 1988.
See also
- Corus Chess TournamentCorus chess tournamentThe Tata Steel Chess Tournament formerly called the Corus chess tournament takes place every year, usually in January, in a small town called Wijk aan Zee, part of the larger Beverwijk in the province of North Holland in the Netherlands...
- Linares chess tournamentLinares chess tournamentThe Linares International Chess Tournament , is an annual chess tournament, usually played around the end of February, takes its name from the city of Linares in the Jaén province of Andalusia, Spain, in which it is held...
- List of strong chess tournaments