| KASPAROV | World chess champion, 1985-1993 |
| GARRYKASPAROV | Undisputed world chess champion from Russia (1985-1993): 2 wds. |
| PROST | French four-time Formula 1 world champion 1985-93 (5) |
| PAULALLEN | 1979-1985 West Ham United and 1985-1993 Tottenham Hotspur midfielder (4,5) |
| NISBET | Scott ___, 1985-1993 Rangers defender (6) |
| NOBBS | Keith , 1985-1993 Hartlepool defender (5) |
| BORISBECKER | Wimbledon Men's Singles Champion 1985-6 and 1989 (5,6) |
| IVANLENDL | Czech-born tennis player who was US Open champion 1985-87 |
| DAVID | 1985-1993 Manchester City winger; 1992 England debutant against Spain (5,5) |
| WHITE | 1985-1993 Manchester City winger; 1992 England debutant against Spain (5,5) |
| ANATOLYKARPOV | The undisputed World Chess Champion 1975?85 and FIDE World Chess Champion 1993?99 |
| KARPOV | Anatoly, Soviet-born chess grandmaster who was World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985 (6) |
| CARLSEN | Norwegian chess grandmaster who retained the title of World Chess Champion on his birthday in November this year (7) |
| ALEKHINE | Alexander ---, Franco-Russian world chess champion during the Second World War |
| SPASSKY | Tenth official World Chess Champion (1969-72), fictionalised as Anatoly Sergievsky in 1986 Andersson, Ulvaeus and Rice musical Chess (5,7) |
| BOTVINNIK | Mikhail ********* , chess grandmaster who was the sixth World Chess Champion (9) |
| ANATOLY | Ten-year World Chess Champion whose streak was ended by fellow Russian Garry Kasparov in 1985 (7,6) |
| EUWE | '30s world chess champion Max |
| EMANUEL | Former World Chess Champion ___ Lasker |
| LATVIANS | Former world chess champion Mikhail Tal, and others |
