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Provisional FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - 1969
- Bobby Fischer United States 2720
- Boris Spassky Soviet Union 2690
- Viktor Korchnoi Soviet Union 2680
- Mikhail Botvinnik Soviet Union 2660
- Tigran Petrosian Soviet Union 2650
- Bent Larsen Denmark 2630
- Efim Geller Soviet Union 2620
- Lajos Portisch Hungary 2620
- Paul Keres Soviet Union 2610
- Lev Polugaevsky Soviet Union 2610
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