Английская Википедия:1988 in chess
Шаблон:Year nav sports topic5 Events in chess in 1988.
Top players
Kasparov and Karpov remained the top two players in the world, positions that they had held since July 1982. Over the year, Dutch player Jan Timman and Alexander Beliavsky of the USSR moved up the list, whilst Andrei Sokolov from the USSR and Ljubomir Ljubojević of Yugoslavia moved down.[1]
January 1988 FIDE rating list. Top 11 players
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Events
The following major chess tournaments took place in 1988:
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 Brussels and won by Karpov with 11/16, ahead of Valery Salov with 10.[3]
- 14 June – 3 July: The second tournament was held in Belfort, France, and won by Kasparov with 11½/15, ahead of Karpov with 10½.[4]
- 3 October – 24 October: The third tournament was held in Reykjavík and was again won by Kasparov, with 11/17. Beliavsky was second, with 10½/15.[5]
28th Chess Olympiad
The 28th Chess Olympiad in Thessaloniki, Greece, was held between 12 November and 30 November. It was won by the USSR, ahead of England in second and the Netherlands in third.[6]
The gold medal on the first board was won by Kasparov of USSR with 8½/10. Lajos Portisch of Hungary was second, also scoring 8½, but from 11 games.[7]
The Women's Chess Olympiad was held alongside the open tournament. The winners were Hungary, ahead of the USSR and Yugoslavia.[8]
Other major tournaments
- 23 February – 8 March: The Linares tournament was won by Timman with 8½/11, ahead of Beliavsky with 7.[9]
- 6 September – 28 September: The 12th Tilburg tournament was won by Karpov with 10½/14, ahead of Short with 8½.[10]
- December 1988 – January 1989: The Reggio Emilia tournament was won by Mikhail Gurevich with 6½/9, ahead of Kiril Georgiev and Ulf Andersson Ivanchuk with 5½.[11]
- The Wijk aan Zee tournament was won by Karpov with 9/13, ahead of Anderssen with 8½.[12]
Titles awarded
Grandmaster
In 1989, FIDE awarded the Grandmaster title to the following 20 players:[13]
- Viswanathan Anand (born 1969) Шаблон:IND
- Zurab Azmaiparashvili (born 1960) Шаблон:GEO
- Emir Dizdarevic (born 1958) Шаблон:YUG
- Yury Dokhoian (1964–2021) Шаблон:URS
- Boris Gelfand (born 1968) Шаблон:URS
- Krum Georgiev (born 1958) Шаблон:BUL[14]
- Jörg Hickl (born 1965) Шаблон:GER
- Julian Hodgson (born 1963) Шаблон:ENG
- Miguel Illescas (born 1963) Шаблон:ESP
- Gregory Kaidanov (born 1959) Шаблон:UKR/Шаблон:USA
- Stefan Kindermann (born 1959) Шаблон:GER
- Josef Klinger (born 1967) Шаблон:AUT
- Bogdan Lalić (born 1964) Шаблон:CRO/Шаблон:ENG
- Valentin Lukov (born 1955) Шаблон:BUL
- Gilberto Milos (born 1963) Шаблон:BRA
- Michael Rohde (born 1959) Шаблон:USA
- Harry Schussler (born 1957) Шаблон:SWE
- Elizbar Ubilava (born 1950) Шаблон:GEO/Шаблон:ESP
- Reynaldo Vera (born 1961) Шаблон:CUB
- Michael Wilder (born 1962) Шаблон:USA
In addition George Koltanowski (born 1903) was awarded an honorary Grandmaster title in 1988.[15]
Births
The following chess grandmasters were born in 1988:[16]
- 9 January Viktor Láznička Шаблон:CZE
- 5 February Markus Ragger Шаблон:AUT
- 8 February Arik Braun Шаблон:GER
- 14 February Evgeny Romanov Шаблон:RUS
- 14 February Adam Tukhaev Шаблон:UKR
- 3 March Timur Gareev Шаблон:UZB
- 11 March Ante Brkić Шаблон:CRO
- 11 March Alexandr Fier Шаблон:BRA
- 14 April Pawel Czarnota Шаблон:POL
- 18 April Yuriy Ajrapetjan Шаблон:UKR
- 20 April Mark Bluvshtein Шаблон:CAN
- 21 April Subramanian Arun Prasad Шаблон:IND
- 26 April Boban Bogosavljević Шаблон:SRB
- 26 April Rauf Mamedov Шаблон:AZE
- 30 April Denes Boros Шаблон:HUN
- 13 May Luka Lenič Шаблон:SLO
- 11 June Zhou Jianchao Шаблон:CHN
- 21 June Alejandro Ramírez Шаблон:CRI
- 7 July Wen Yang Шаблон:CHN
- 8 August Marin Bosiočić Шаблон:CRO
- 23 August Dmitry Kononenko Шаблон:UKR
- 6 September Valentin Iotov Шаблон:BUL
- 9 September Bassem Amin Шаблон:EGY
- 27 September David Baramidze Шаблон:GER
- 11 November Yuri Vovk Шаблон:UKR
- Anatoly Bykhovsky Шаблон:ISR
- Nikolai Chadaev Шаблон:RUS
- Laszlo Gonda Шаблон:HUN
- Vitaliy Kiselev Шаблон:RUS
- Daniel Alsina Leal Шаблон:ESP
- Wojciech Moranda Шаблон:POL
- Ioannis Papadopoulos Шаблон:GRE
- Pavel Ponkratov Шаблон:RUS
- Deep Sengupta Шаблон:IND
Deaths
The following leading chess personalities died in 1988:
- 30 June Bernardo Wexler (born 1925): Argentine International Master who was the 1959 national champion and played in three Olympiads.
- 27 November Jan Hein Donner (born 1927): Dutch Grandmaster who won the Dutch Championship in 1954, 1957 and 1958.[17]
Other events
- The German chess magazine, Deutsche Schachzeitung ceased publication in December 1988, having been published regularly since 1846.
- The musical Chess premiered on Broadway in April 1988. It closed in June 1988.[18]
See also
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