Below is a list of events in chess in 1994, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year.

Top players

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FIDE top 10 by Elo rating – January 1994

  1. Garry Kasparov   Russia 2815
  2. Anatoly Karpov   Russia 2740
  3. Alexei Shirov   Latvia 2715
  4. Viswanathan Anand   India 2715
  5. Vassily Ivanchuk   Ukraine 2710
  6. Vladimir Kramnik   Russia 2710
  7. Gata Kamsky   United States 2695
  8. Valery Salov   Russia 2685
  9. Evgeny Bareev   Russia 2685
  10. Boris Gelfand   Belarus 2685

Chess news in brief

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Births

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  • Hou Yifan, World Girls' Under-10 Champion (2003) and Chinese Women's champion (2007) at 13 years.
  • Srinath Narayanan, Indian prodigy, World Under-12 Champion in 2005.
  • Ray Robson, USA's youngest ever IM-elect.

Deaths

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References

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  • 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