Below is a list of events in chess in 1995, as well as the top ten FIDE rated chess players of that year. Top players FIDE top 10 by Elo rating - January 1995 Garry Kasparov 2805 Anatoly Karpov 2765 Valery Salov 2715 Viswanathan Anand 2715 Vladimir Kramnik 2715 Alexei Shirov 2710 Gata Kamsky 2710 Boris Gelfand 2700 Vassily Ivanchuk 2700 Evgeny Bareev 2675 Chess news in brief Garry Kasparov defeats Viswanathan Anand 10½-7½ in New York to win the PCA World Chess Championship 1995. The match swings first to Anand, when he takes a 5-4 lead and then to Kasparov, as he then wins four of the next five games and turns the tables in dramatic fashion. The match is preceded by Anand's 6½-4½ victory over Gata Kamsky in the qualifier. The FIDE World Championship 1996 progresses to the semi-final stage, where Kamsky convincingly defeats Valery Salov 5½-1½ and Anatoly Karpov overcomes Boris Gelfand's challenge 6-3. The final is postponed due to the lack of any sponsorship or venue. Kasparov wins the Tal Memorial in Riga with 7½/10, ahead of Anand (7). A strong field includes Vassily Ivanchuk, Vladimir Kramnik and Nigel Short. Joël Lautier wins a double round tournament at Amsterdam, with 4/6, ahead of Kasparov (3½). Kamsky, Karpov and Michael Adams share a three-way win at Dos Hermanas (all 5½/9). Kramnik is sole winner at the Dortmund Sparkassen Tournament with 7/9. Karpov finishes second on 6½. Kasparov wins at Novgorod (6½/9), ahead of Short, who shared second. The Horgen tournament is shared between Kramnik and Ivanchuk with 7/10. Kasparov can only manage fifth and Anand does not play at all, after falling out with the organisers. Ivanchuk is the winner at the Linares International Chess Tournament with 10/13, ahead of Karpov (9). Gelfand and Kramnik share victory at Belgrade with 8/11. Viktor Korchnoi wins at Madrid (6½/9), ahead of Salov (6). In the Grand Prix series of tournaments, Ivanchuk is successful in Moscow, Adams in London and Kasparov at the New York and Paris events. The body of Gilles Andruet, former French Champion, is found near Paris. He was the son of famous French Rally Car Driver, Jean-Claude Andruet. Three men later stand trial for his murder. In the world of Computer chess, Kasparov is engaged for two more 'man-machine' contests. He gains revenge for his earlier defeat to Chess Genius, beating the Pentium-run program in a