Description: Reykjavik World Cup 1988 Compiled by suenteus po 147 The third international chess tournament in a series of six organized by the GMA from 1988 to 1989 as a World Cup was held in Reykjavik, Iceland from October 3rd to the 24th, 1988. Twenty-four of the world's best grandmasters, including the world champion and world vice-champion, were invited to participate in the World Cup, seventeen of them appearing in Reykjavik's category XV event along with one national grandmaster to represent Iceland as host. The complete list of participants was (in order of ELO): Garry Kasparov (2760), Alexander Beliavsky (2665), Jan Timman (2660), Jonathan Speelman (2645), Lajos Portsich (2630), Zoltan Ribli (2630), Ulf Andersson (2625), John Nunn (2620), Artur Yusupov (2620), Johann Hjartarson (2610), Mikhail Tal (2610), Gyula Sax (2600), Andrei Sokolov (2600), Viktor Korchnoi (2595), Predrag Nikolic (2585), Jaan Ehlvest (2580), Boris Spassky (2560), and Margeir Petursson (2530). This tournament was Kasparov's second consecutive World Cup win after his debut in Belfort four months earlier. Despite dropping a game to Sokolov (who had also bested Karpov in his only defeat at Belfort) Kasparov's superior performance was enough to edge out Beliavsky for sole first at 11/17 There is writing in pencil on the front page. See photo.. The bottom right corner has been bumped it can be seen throughout the book. See photos. There are no stains, rips, tears, or folded pages. Other than the bump the book is in very good condition.
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