Chessmetrics Ratings: 58th Birthday

#	Player	Rating	+/-
1	Lasker, Emanuel	2801	57
2	Botvinnik, Mikhail M	2716	52
3	Steinitz, Wilhelm	2707	62
4	Korchnoi, Viktor L	2672	47
5	Reshevsky, Samuel H	2647	51
6	Smyslov, Vassily V	2645	49
7	Anderssen, Adolf	2644	73
8	Tarrasch, Siegbert	2638	72
9	Najdorf, Miguel	2637	52
10	Portisch, Lajos	2635	49

About these ratings

All players on their 58th birthday

#
Player Rating +/- Best? 75%? Rating Date

1 Lasker, Emanuel 2801 57 70.8% #2 12/31/1925: #2

2 Botvinnik, Mikhail M 2716 52 9.0% #6 06/30/1969: #5

3 Steinitz, Wilhelm 2707 62 9.0% #8 12/31/1893: #1

4 Korchnoi, Viktor L 2672 47 1.4% #12 02/28/1989: #11

5 Reshevsky, Samuel H 2647 51 0.6% #17 09/30/1969: #16

6 Smyslov, Vassily V 2645 49 0.5% #17 02/28/1979: #17

7 Anderssen, Adolf 2644 73 2.5% #21 12/31/1875: #3

8 Tarrasch, Siegbert 2638 72 2.0% #22 12/31/1919: #6

9 Najdorf, Miguel 2637 52 0.4% #19 03/31/1968: #16

10 Portisch, Lajos 2635 49 0.3% #19 03/31/1995: #38

11 Geller, Efim P 2630 49 0.2% #21 02/28/1983: #25

12 Keres, Paul 2630 50 0.2% #21 12/31/1973: #22

13 Polugaevsky, Lev A 2626 48 0.1% #21 10/31/1992: #51

14 Maróczy, Géza 2626 66 0.9% #24 12/31/1927: #9

15 Bronstein, David I 2610 52 0.1% #26 01/31/1982: #34

16 Kholmov, Ratmir D 2607 74 0.8% #32 04/30/1983: #44

17 Furman, Semen A 2601 60 0.2% #31 04/30/1978: #43

18 Euwe, Machgielis 2590 58 0.1% #34 12/31/1958: #25

19 Paulsen, Louis 2589 67 0.2% #37 12/31/1890: #10

20 Gligoric, Svetozar 2582 50 #35 01/31/1981: #62

21 Szabó, László 2580 51 #36 02/28/1975: #50

22 Teichmann, Richard 2576 69 0.2% #42 12/31/1925: #13

23 Spassky, Boris V 2571 55 #40 12/31/1994: #128

24 Taimanov, Mark E 2565 57 #43 01/31/1984: #84

25 Vasiukov, Evgeny A 2562 51 #42 02/28/1991: #125

26 Larsen, Bent 2561 50 #43 02/28/1993: #153

27 Byrne, Robert E 2560 57 #46 03/31/1986: #113

28 Shamkovich, Leonid A 2548 51 #48 05/31/1981: #89

29 Burn, Amos 2547 57 #51 12/31/1906: #10

30 Sanguinetti, Renato 2544 70 0.1% #57 02/28/1974: #79

31 Ståhlberg, Gideon 2542 53 #52 12/31/1965: #57

32 Flohr, Salo 2540 60 #55 09/30/1966: #62

33 Blackburne, Joseph H 2540 53 #53 12/31/1898: #11

34 Bagirov, Vladimir K 2538 50 #53 07/31/1994: #222

35 Shabanov, Yury F 2537 68 #59 10/31/1995: #239

36 Pachmann, Ludek 2534 73 #63 04/30/1982: #120

37 Rossolimo, Nicolas 2530 67 #62 12/31/1967: #68

38 Kotov, Alexander A 2526 67 #66 06/30/1971: #84

39 Unzicker, Wolfgang 2521 54 #63 05/31/1983: #143

40 Panno, Oscar R 2516 50 #64 02/28/1993: #282

41 Suetin, Alexey S 2509 58 #71 10/31/1984: #196

42 Uhlmann, Wolfgang 2509 49 #68 02/28/1993: #313

43 Spielmann, Rudolf 2508 68 #76 12/31/1940: #37

44 Sosonko, Gennadi 2506 67 #77 05/14/2001: #338

45 Trifunovic, Petar 2506 61 #74 06/30/1968: #84

46 Zhuravliov, Valerij 2505 65 #76 11/30/1996: #346

47 Kovacevic, Vladimir 2505 53 #72 03/20/2000: #356

48 Bird, Henry E 2501 71 #81 12/31/1887: #13

49 Zaitsev, Igor A 2500 50 #73 04/30/1996: #407

50 Nikolac, Juraj 2498 59 #78 03/31/1990: #304

51 Barcza, Gedeon 2497 49 #75 06/30/1969: #108

52 Gufeld, Eduard E 2492 58 #82 02/28/1994: #383

53 Mieses, Jacques 2487 60 #86 12/31/1922: #18

54 Ivkov, Borislav 2485 52 #83 10/31/1991: #376

55 Lein, Anatoly 2484 55 #85 02/28/1989: #321

56 Eliskases, Erich G 2484 71 #92 12/31/1970: #127

57 Marco, Georg 2483 66 #91 12/31/1920: #16

58 Chigorin, Mikhail I 2481 53 #86 12/31/1907: #24

59 Rodriguez Vargas, Orestes 2477 75 #99 07/02/2001: #488

60 Ahues, Carl O 2474 69 #99 12/31/1940: #54

61 Matulovic, Milan 2473 54 #91 05/31/1993: #454

62 Bukic, Enver 2473 58 #94 11/30/1995: #508

63 Hecht, Hans-Joachim 2473 74 #101 12/31/1996: #535

64 Alapin, Simon 2471 63 #98 12/31/1913: #24

65 Kottnauer, Cenek 2471 63 #97 12/31/1967: #109

66 Velimirovic, Dragoljub 2471 52 #93 05/08/2000: #516

67 Michell, Reginald P 2467 59 #99 12/31/1930: #32

68 Pilnik, Herman 2466 58 #98 12/31/1971: #137

69 Kraidman, Yair 2465 63 #102 10/31/1990: #441

70 Gipslis, Aivars 2463 50 #97 01/31/1995: #555

71 Benko, Pal C 2458 65 #108 06/30/1986: #336

72 Lundin, Erik 2455 67 #110 06/30/1962: #113

73 Gurgenidze, Bukhuti I 2454 61 #108 10/31/1991: #521

74 Mikenas, Vladas 2453 64 #110 03/31/1968: #134

75 Guimard, Carlos E 2449 63 #112 02/28/1971: #164

76 von Scheve, Theodor 2449 66 #114 12/31/1908: #34

77 Knezevic, Milorad 2447 65 #115 10/31/1994: #620

78 Petkevich, Jusefs 2443 58 #115 11/30/1998: #664

79 O'Kelly de Galway, Albéric 2443 50 #111 03/31/1969: #175

80 Donner, Johannes H 2442 74 #123 06/30/1985: #373

81 Padevsky, Nikola B 2442 58 #115 04/30/1991: #566

82 Vukic, Milan 2441 62 #118 08/13/2001: #689

83 Zhidkov, Valery S 2440 57 #116 08/31/1997: #739

84 Böök, Eero 2439 71 #124 12/31/1967: #149

85 Nei, Iivo 2439 63 #120 10/31/1989: #515

86 Tringov, Georgy P 2438 62 #120 02/28/1995: #700

87 Prins, Lodewijk 2437 66 #122 12/31/1970: #191

88 Cortlever, Nicolaas 2435 63 #123 04/30/1973: #221

89 Murey, Yakov 2428 55 #123 08/02/1999: #759

90 Jansa, Vlastimil 2426 55 #126 11/27/2000: #798

91 Showalter, Jackson W 2425 74 #135 12/31/1917: #15

92 Karasev, Vladimir I 2424 59 #128 05/31/1996: #870

93 Kagan, Shimon 2423 75 #137 04/03/2000: #818

94 Todorcevic, Miodrag 2423 59 #130 10/31/1998: #804

95 Savon, Vladimir A 2423 52 #126 08/31/1998: #837

96 Ghitescu, Theodor 2423 73 #136 12/31/1991: #698

97 Mednis, Edmar J 2422 58 #129 02/28/1995: #798

98 Csom, István 2421 48 #125 05/31/1998: #881

99 Sahovic, Dragutin 2419 71 #138 07/31/1998: #883

100 Janowsky, Dawid M 2418 57 #132 12/31/1925: #39

101 Opocenský, Karel 2417 64 12/31/1949: #101

102 Radulov, Ivan 2415 66 12/31/1996: #941

103 Lengyel, Levente 2415 61 05/31/1991: #722

104 Forintos, Gyözö V 2415 56 06/30/1993: #811

105 Robatsch, Karl 2414 62 09/30/1986: #479

106 Porat, Yosef 2410 60 03/31/1967: #206

107 Klovans, Janis 2410 53 03/31/1993: #828

108 Bisguier, Arthur B 2407 63 09/30/1987: #512

109 Tatai, Stefano 2403 54 02/29/1996: #1053

110 Rukavina, Josip 2402 57 11/27/2000: #971

111 Damjanovic, Mato 2402 72 02/28/1985: #508

112 Lombardy, William J 2402 73 11/30/1995: #1014

113 Szily, József 2397 69 08/31/1971: #266

114 Szilagyi, Peter 2395 71 09/30/1995: #1069

115 Rajkovic, Dusan 2395 61 06/12/2000: #1019

116 Doroshkievich, Vladimir K 2394 60 11/30/1995: #1088

117 Bilek, István 2394 57 07/31/1990: #792

118 Schmidt, Wlodzimierz 2392 57 04/09/2001: #1064

119 Ciric, Dragoljub M 2390 57 10/31/1993: #991

120 Cuéllar Gacharná, Miguel 2390 63 10/31/1974: #298

121 Alienkin, Aleksander 2388 66 04/30/1998: #1172

122 van Scheltinga, Tjeerd D 2387 56 02/29/1972: #303

123 Rakic, Tomislav 2386 61 10/31/1992: #1018

124 Sofrevski, Jovan 2385 68 07/31/1993: #1031

125 Kosanski, Stanko 2384 55 10/18/1999: #1107

126 Bukal, Vladimir Sr 2383 54 10/31/1997: #1193

127 Kremenetsky, Anatoly M 2382 64 12/31/1996: #1251

128 Godes, Dmitry R 2382 60 06/30/1997: #1228

129 Enevoldsen, Jens 2381 58 06/30/1965: #238

130 Vuruna, Miodrag 2381 66 03/31/1990: #878

131 Janoševic, Dragoljub 2380 66 06/30/1981: #450

132 Kluger, Guyla 2379 57 12/31/1971: #286

133 Nemet, Ivan 2376 55 04/09/2001: #1212

134 Saidy, Anthony F 2376 73 04/30/1995: #1199

135 Yudovich, Mikhail M 2376 75 03/31/1969: #284

136 Rosselli del Turco, Stefano 2373 65 12/31/1934: #56

137 Jakobsen, Ole 2372 60 10/16/2000: #1197

138 Albin, Adolf 2372 63 12/31/1905: #40

139 Rossetto, Héctor D 2371 65 08/31/1980: #455

140 Augustin, Josef 2369 74 05/15/2000: #1246

141 Karner, Hillar 2368 63 06/30/1993: #1185

142 Barczay, Laszlo 2368 58 01/31/1994: #1241

143 Opl, Klaus 2368 72 04/19/1999: #1259

144 Klundt, Klaus 2367 62 12/20/1999: #1276

145 Chernikov, Oleg L 2367 68 09/30/1994: #1293

146 Fahnenschmidt, Gerhard 2363 63 07/31/1998: #1436

147 Szilágyi, György 2363 66 06/30/1979: #451

148 Thomas, George A 2362 54 12/31/1938: #85

149 Gereben, Ernö 2362 61 03/31/1965: #266

150 Czerniak, Moshe 2360 56 12/31/1967: #279

151 Nikolic, Stanimir 2360 68 12/31/1992: #1241

152 Baumgartner, Heinz 2360 61 08/31/1990: #1024

153 Dely, Peter 2359 69 06/30/1992: #1183

154 Taubenhaus, Jean 2359 65 12/31/1907: #44

155 Donchenko, Anatoly G 2357 62 08/31/1998: #1494

156 Dueckstein, Andreas 2357 65 07/31/1985: #646

157 Fichtl, Jirí 2353 68 12/31/1978: #471

158 Pirc, Vasja 2352 53 09/30/1965: #282

159 Mayet, Carl 2352 68 12/31/1867: #14

160 Denker, Arnold S 2349 61 12/31/1971: #332

161 Malich, Burkhard G 2347 64 10/31/1994: #1445

162 Portisch, Ferenc 2346 52 03/31/1997: #1668

163 Raisa, Unto 2346 70 02/29/1992: #1299

164 Ageichenko, Gennady A 2341 72 06/07/1999: #1551

165 Piankov, Evgenij 2341 59 02/22/1999: #1499

166 Gaprindashvili, Nona 2339 56 05/03/1999: #1579

167 Reinhardt, Enrique H 2336 59 12/31/1960: #214

168 Ostojic, Predrag 2333 63 01/31/1996: #1826

169 Hamann, Svend 2330 67 09/30/1998: #1803

170 Troianescu, Octav 2330 68 12/31/1973: #414

171 Staller, Peter 2329 70 05/29/2000: #1691

172 Spiridonov, Nikola 2327 63 01/31/1996: #1920

173 Langeweg, Kick 2327 59 02/28/1995: #1760

174 Kupka, Slavoj 2327 64 07/03/2000: #1729

175 Szenetra, Werner 2326 70 07/31/1995: #1783

176 Onoprienko, Vladimir 2324 66 05/08/2000: #1725

177 Ungureanu, Emil 2323 66 10/31/1994: #1742

178 Karl, Hans 2322 75 05/31/1993: #1614

179 Paulsen, Wilfried 2322 60 12/31/1885: #25

180 Biebinger, Gerhard 2321 66 08/31/1996: #1954

181 Kachar, Vladimir 2320 75 01/18/1999: #1802

182 Luckis, Marcos 2320 70 12/31/1962: #279

183 Moehring, Guenther 2316 69 10/31/1994: #1832

184 Garcia, Raimundo 2315 62 04/30/1994: #1810

185 Metger, Johannes A 2314 70 12/31/1908: #51

186 Medina García, Antonio A 2314 71 08/31/1977: #480

187 Bialas, Wolfram 2313 72 07/31/1993: #1689

188 Ujtelky, Maximilián 2313 63 02/28/1973: #471

189 Golombek, Harry 2311 57 12/31/1968: #373

190 Ivacic, Vladimir 2311 66 05/31/1994: #1892

191 Sergeant, Edward G 2310 62 12/31/1938: #95

192 Burger, Karl 2307 61 12/31/1990: #1388

193 Witkowski, Stefan 2306 69 08/31/1989: #1226

194 Kanko, Ilkka 2304 64 10/31/1992: #1726

195 Watzka, Horst 2303 70 08/31/1996: #2223

196 Birjukov, Sergey 2303 70 06/07/1999: #2023

197 Kovacs, Laszlo M 2301 71 09/30/1996: #2266

198 von Holzhausen, Walther 2299 69 12/31/1933: #69

199 Zichichi, Alvise 2296 67 06/30/1996: #2323

200 Schweber, Samuel 2295 62 06/30/1994: #2080

201 Remizov, Juri 2293 74 08/31/1995: #2222

202 Hvenekilde, Jorgen 2292 65 07/31/1993: #1901

203 Dunkelblum, Arthur 2288 57 03/31/1964: #328

204 De las Heras, Juan Carlos 2286 64 07/31/1998: #2517

205 Formanek, Edward W 2278 64 05/01/2000: #2319

206 Réthy, Pál 2278 74 12/31/1962: #317

207 Zhelesny, Stanislav 2277 67 03/31/1992: #1840

208 Cabarkapa, Spasoje 2273 75 11/30/1996: #2703

209 Pavlovic, Dragoljub 2273 65 01/31/1994: #2264

210 Parr, Frank 2273 74 10/31/1976: #504

211 Hennings, Artur 2268 63 06/30/1998: #2776

212 Bhend, Edwin 2267 74 08/31/1989: #1416

213 Nei, Mati 2266 74 10/09/2000: #2460

214 Letelier Martner, René 2266 67 08/31/1973: #530

215 Sorri, Kari Juhani 2262 64 10/25/1999: #2677

216 Zoebisch, Herbert 2260 64 12/13/1999: #2631

217 Zunker, Reinhard 2260 68 02/29/1996: #2873

218 Gaspariants, Garry 2258 74 03/31/1997: #2960

219 Neukirch, Detlef 2257 72 07/31/1998: #2961

220 Besztercsenyi, Tibor 2250 57 03/31/1995: #2702

221 Aitken, James M 2249 71 09/30/1966: #410

222 Chikovani, Iuri 2249 75 12/31/1994: #2661

223 Novikov, Mikhail V 2248 75 07/31/1997: #3107

224 Vukovic, Ivo 2248 59 08/30/1999: #2853

225 Eperjesi, Laszlo 2247 47 05/14/2001: #2676

226 Titz, Heimo 2246 59 03/31/1994: #2575

227 Trikaliotis, Georgios 2245 74 01/31/1997: #3091

228 Holm, Sejer 2241 66 07/31/1997: #3198

229 Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z 2236 70 06/21/1999: #2953

230 Koller, Hubert 2234 74 06/30/1994: #2729

231 Brajovic, Radovan 2232 62 08/07/2000: #2875

232 Dreyer, Kurt 2232 70 06/30/1967: #464

233 Anderton, David W 2231 62 08/02/1999: #3043

234 Kaposztas, Miklos 2231 55 03/31/1997: #3345

235 Johannessen, Svein 2229 58 09/30/1995: #3102

236 Popovych, Orest 2228 67 12/31/1990: #1810

237 Rahls, Peter 2221 62 08/31/1998: #3549

238 Boehnisch, Manfred 2218 67 04/12/1999: #3133

239 Heilemann, Manfred 2217 75 12/31/1991: #2059

240 Füster, Géza 2216 75 12/31/1967: #458

241 Fant, Goran 2216 69 12/31/1993: #2727

242 Bulcourf, Carlos 2215 67 02/28/1997: #3522

243 Zschaebitz, Klaus 2215 74 07/05/1999: #3232

244 Niedermayr, Horst 2214 69 08/31/1998: #3649

245 Stobik, Dietrich 2213 66 08/31/1996: #3497

246 Bielicki, Carlos 2213 66 04/30/1998: #3633

247 Martinovsky, Eugene 2212 65 09/30/1989: #1594

248 Ballon, Guenther Jan 2211 73 02/21/2000: #3076

249 Florjancic, Rudolf 2203 72 03/31/1995: #3241

250 Juarez, Carlos Eleodoro 2202 70 05/31/1996: #3607

251 Etmans, Maarten D 2202 70 03/31/1997: #3732

252 Ankerst, Milka 2200 73 04/03/2000: #3175

253 Menvielle Lacourrelle, Augusto 2200 67 07/31/1996: #3625

254 Casa, Alex 2200 75 03/31/1990: #1760

255 Bitman, Alexander R 2199 63 05/31/1997: #3780

256 Maahs, Erich 2199 64 03/19/2001: #3110

257 Harasta, Vladimir 2192 68 06/30/1997: #3891

258 Kwatschewsky, Leo 2191 62 01/31/1997: #3847

259 Happel, Hendrik A 2186 72 08/21/2000: #3418

260 Strauss, Anton 2185 69 02/28/1998: #3959

261 Blasovszky, Istvan 2185 62 07/31/1994: #3148

262 Hermlin, Aarne 2181 54 05/31/1998: #4080

263 Illijin, Neboisa 2179 58 06/19/2000: #3452

264 Broberg, Horst 2178 73 05/31/1996: #3838

265 Klovsky, Rafail 2178 69 05/31/1993: #2770

266 Hoff, Terje 2177 68 11/20/2000: #3509

267 Sawadkuhi, Massoud Amir 2176 68 09/25/2000: #3538

268 Verlinsky, Boris M 2175 64 12/31/1945: #80

269 Grünfeld, Ernst 2170 66 06/30/1951: #222

270 Paoli, Enrico 2167 57 12/31/1965: #429

271 Subasic, Ilijas 2167 64 12/27/1999: #3760

272 Carmel, Ephraim 2164 70 12/31/1997: #4392

273 Deutsch, Ludwig 2163 61 05/31/1996: #4007

274 Benkö, Francisco 2153 70 03/31/1968: #510

275 Zezelj, Vladislav 2145 75 09/11/2000: #3819

276 Olkinuora, Hannu 2141 73 08/31/1996: #4278

277 Rousseau, Eugène 2134 66 12/31/1867: #22

278 Djurkovic, Maks 2126 72 02/29/1992: #2525

279 Romm, Meir 2124 73 05/31/1997: #4592

280 Lamb, Harry 2119 66 05/01/2000: #3829

281 Kasantsev, Anatolij B 2114 68 03/31/1997: #4601

282 Henrichsen, Jens 2088 68 07/02/2001: #4008

For each player on this list, the rating they possessed on their 58th birthday is listed. That rating was the last one calculated while they were 57 years of age, so it was their "current" rating on the day they turned 58. Players who played an insufficient number of games in recent years will not appear on the list, even though you may see them on lists for younger and/or older birthdays. Any players who had been completely inactive for three years are removed from the list.

Definition of columns in the above list:

# refers to the player's all-time rank on this list, compared to all other players when they turned 58.

Player is the full name of the player. Click on the player's name to see a career progression of their ratings.

Rating is the calculated rating for each player on their 58th birthday.

+/- is the standard deviation of the player's rating estimate. It is based on a geometric average of the number of rated games played in past years. Players who play very frequently will have a smaller +/- value, indicating a greater confidence in the accuracy of their rating. Players whose +/- value exceeds 76 are classified as "inactive" and removed from the ranking list due to their infrequent play against rated opponents. Mathematically, a player's rating is an estimate of their exact strength on their 58th birthday. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on their 58th birthday should be within one standard deviation of their calculated rating approximately 68% of the time, and within two standard deviations of their calculated rating approximately 95% of the time.

Best? is the estimated likelihood that the player was stronger on their 58th birthday than anyone else turning 58. Since ratings are known to be inaccurate, it is possible that a lower-rated player was actually much stronger than their rating would indicate, and it is also possible that other players were weaker than their ratings would indicate. This number indicates the likelihood that the player was indeed the strongest player ever among players turning 58. On a particular list, it will add up to 100% across the complete list of all players. This value is only calculated for the top 100 players on any rating list.

75%? gives a 75%-confidence world ranking for the player. Because ratings are known to be inaccurate, even if a particular player had the third-highest rating ever, among players turning 58, we cannot say with 100% certainty that they were truly one of the three strongest 58-year-old players. This number indicates the all-time rank that we are 75% sure the player is "no worse than". Thus if a player has a value of #12 in this column, we are 75% sure that the player is one of the twelve strongest players ever to turn 58. This value is only calculated for the top 100 players on any rating list.

Date is the exact date that the rating applied to. Click on that date to see the sorted list of all players' ratings on that date.