Chessmetrics Ratings: 59th Birthday

#	Player	Rating	+/-
1	Lasker, Emanuel	2809	62
2	Botvinnik, Mikhail M	2699	54
3	Korchnoi, Viktor L	2694	46
4	Maróczy, Géza	2633	75
5	Bronstein, David I	2632	54
6	Steinitz, Wilhelm	2626	55
7	Najdorf, Miguel	2626	50
8	Keres, Paul	2622	53
9	Tarrasch, Siegbert	2620	59
10	Geller, Efim P	2614	50

About these ratings

All players on their 59th birthday

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

1 Lasker, Emanuel 2809 62 82.2% #1 12/31/1926: #2

2 Botvinnik, Mikhail M 2699 54 6.4% #6 06/30/1970: #4

3 Korchnoi, Viktor L 2694 46 4.3% #6 02/28/1990: #7

4 Maróczy, Géza 2633 75 2.4% #21 12/31/1928: #8

5 Bronstein, David I 2632 54 0.6% #18 01/31/1983: #25

6 Steinitz, Wilhelm 2626 55 0.5% #19 12/31/1894: #4

7 Najdorf, Miguel 2626 50 0.3% #19 03/31/1969: #19

8 Keres, Paul 2622 53 0.4% #20 12/31/1974: #26

9 Tarrasch, Siegbert 2620 59 0.5% #21 12/31/1920: #4

10 Geller, Efim P 2614 50 0.1% #21 02/29/1984: #42

11 Reshevsky, Samuel H 2613 50 0.1% #22 10/31/1970: #23

12 Smyslov, Vassily V 2609 50 0.1% #23 02/29/1980: #42

13 Portisch, Lajos 2604 50 0.1% #24 03/31/1996: #74

14 Tartakower, Saviely G 2603 74 0.9% #29 12/31/1945: #14

15 Anderssen, Adolf 2596 61 0.2% #28 12/31/1876: #6

16 Gligoric, Svetozar 2595 52 0.1% #27 01/31/1982: #47

17 Polugaevsky, Lev A 2585 49 #30 10/31/1993: #101

18 Marshall, Frank J 2583 74 0.4% #36 12/31/1935: #18

19 Euwe, Machgielis 2580 63 0.2% #34 03/31/1960: #28

20 Larsen, Bent 2577 51 #33 02/28/1994: #125

21 Spassky, Boris V 2575 56 #35 12/31/1995: #132

22 Blackburne, Joseph H 2568 53 #36 12/31/1899: #11

23 Vasiukov, Evgeny A 2560 53 #39 02/29/1992: #158

24 Byrne, Robert E 2558 64 0.1% #43 03/31/1987: #118

25 Szabó, László 2557 53 #41 02/29/1976: #72

26 Kholmov, Ratmir D 2555 53 #41 04/30/1984: #103

27 Taimanov, Mark E 2546 52 #45 01/31/1985: #128

28 Burn, Amos 2545 55 #46 12/31/1907: #14

29 Levenfish, Grigory Y 2543 63 #49 12/31/1947: #30

30 Flohr, Salo 2536 58 #51 09/30/1967: #67

31 Bagirov, Vladimir K 2533 51 #50 07/31/1995: #230

32 Shamkovich, Leonid A 2531 53 #52 05/31/1982: #120

33 Winawer, Szymon A 2523 57 #57 12/31/1896: #16

34 Unzicker, Wolfgang 2523 55 #56 05/31/1984: #154

35 Ståhlberg, Gideon 2522 56 #57 12/31/1966: #71

36 Panno, Oscar R 2515 51 #59 02/28/1994: #295

37 Shabanov, Yury F 2515 58 #62 10/31/1996: #306

38 Suetin, Alexey S 2510 64 #67 10/31/1985: #211

39 Pachmann, Ludek 2510 65 #67 04/30/1983: #165

40 Zhuravliov, Valerij 2503 74 #74 11/30/1997: #351

41 Antoshin, Vladimir S 2502 75 #75 04/30/1988: #247

42 Nikolac, Juraj 2496 67 #75 03/31/1991: #319

43 Rossolimo, Nicolas 2495 56 #72 12/31/1968: #94

44 Murey, Yakov 2492 52 #72 07/31/2000: #399

45 Ivkov, Borislav 2490 54 #74 10/31/1992: #392

46 Barcza, Gedeon 2490 51 #73 06/30/1970: #116

47 Zaitsev, Igor A 2488 51 #74 04/30/1997: #467

48 Lein, Anatoly 2486 54 #76 02/28/1990: #347

49 Mieses, Jacques 2486 61 #79 12/31/1923: #23

50 Marco, Georg 2479 65 #85 12/31/1921: #18

51 Kovacevic, Vladimir 2478 55 #81 03/26/2001: #491

52 Chigorin, Mikhail I 2478 57 #82 12/31/1908: #27

53 Uhlmann, Wolfgang 2478 50 #80 02/28/1994: #452

54 Pilnik, Herman 2474 54 #84 12/31/1972: #146

55 Hecht, Hans-Joachim 2472 71 #92 12/31/1997: #512

56 Gipslis, Aivars 2472 52 #84 01/31/1996: #543

57 Matulovic, Milan 2472 53 #85 05/31/1994: #498

58 Velimirovic, Dragoljub 2463 53 #90 05/07/2001: #573

59 Michell, Reginald P 2463 62 #94 12/31/1931: #39

60 Todorcevic, Miodrag 2460 60 #94 11/08/1999: #562

61 O'Kelly de Galway, Albéric 2459 50 #91 04/30/1970: #150

62 Guimard, Carlos E 2458 71 #102 02/29/1972: #171

63 Mikenas, Vladas 2456 72 #104 03/31/1969: #152

64 Gurgenidze, Bukhuti I 2456 69 #102 10/31/1992: #545

65 Canal, Esteban 2454 75 #106 12/31/1954: #90

66 Knezevic, Milorad 2453 74 #107 10/31/1995: #650

67 Gufeld, Eduard E 2452 55 #98 02/28/1995: #617

68 von Scheve, Theodor 2452 75 #108 12/31/1909: #35

69 Alapin, Simon 2450 66 #105 12/31/1914: #28

70 Ghitescu, Theodor 2448 64 #105 12/31/1992: #597

71 Bukic, Enver 2447 61 #104 11/30/1996: #688

72 Petkevich, Jusefs 2447 65 #107 12/13/1999: #647

73 Ahues, Carl O 2444 71 #111 12/31/1941: #59

74 Kraidman, Yair 2439 66 #112 10/31/1991: #594

75 Padevsky, Nikola B 2438 59 #109 04/30/1992: #606

76 Lundin, Erik 2438 74 #116 06/30/1963: #138

77 Nei, Iivo 2436 62 #113 10/31/1990: #573

78 Janowsky, Dawid M 2435 55 #110 12/31/1926: #40

79 Csom, István 2434 48 #107 05/31/1999: #711

80 Cortlever, Nicolaas 2433 71 #118 04/30/1974: #215

81 Klovans, Janis 2433 54 #111 03/31/1994: #696

82 Benko, Pal C 2432 63 #115 06/30/1987: #421

83 Zhidkov, Valery S 2429 59 #115 08/31/1998: #789

84 Pelikán, Jorge 2428 61 #117 03/31/1965: #176

85 Savon, Vladimir A 2422 56 #119 09/20/1999: #798

86 Tringov, Georgy P 2421 57 #121 02/29/1996: #891

87 Robatsch, Karl 2420 55 #120 09/30/1987: #466

88 Shestoperov, Aleksej 2416 73 #132 05/31/1994: #831

89 Kottnauer, Cenek 2416 58 #125 12/31/1968: #198

90 Forintos, Gyözö V 2414 56 #125 06/30/1994: #832

91 Lengyel, Levente 2413 58 #126 05/31/1992: #765

92 Nun, Josef 2412 74 #135 06/30/1992: #769

93 Liberzon, Vladimir M 2412 67 #131 02/29/1996: #967

94 Radulov, Ivan 2412 75 #135 12/31/1997: #929

95 Donchenko, Anatoly G 2410 60 #130 08/30/1999: #881

96 Opocenský, Karel 2409 73 #136 12/31/1950: #105

97 Damjanovic, Mato 2409 75 #137 02/28/1986: #494

98 Olafsson, Fridrik 2408 64 #132 12/31/1993: #873

99 Enevoldsen, Jens 2407 62 #132 06/30/1966: #201

100 Porat, Yosef 2406 63 #133 03/31/1968: #206

101 Bilek, István 2402 62 07/31/1991: #818

102 Bisguier, Arthur B 2401 67 09/30/1988: #625

103 Khasin, Abram I 2400 73 01/31/1982: #401

104 Popov, Luben 2395 69 12/31/1994: #1011

105 Cuéllar Gacharná, Miguel 2394 72 10/31/1975: #302

106 Mednis, Edmar J 2393 60 02/29/1996: #1147

107 Rakic, Tomislav 2393 61 10/31/1993: #967

108 Doroshkievich, Vladimir K 2391 60 11/30/1996: #1129

109 Alienkin, Aleksander 2391 54 05/17/1999: #1040

110 van Scheltinga, Tjeerd D 2390 56 02/28/1973: #309

111 Rajkovic, Dusan 2388 62 06/11/2001: #1113

112 Kagan, Shimon 2385 71 04/02/2001: #1131

113 Barczay, Laszlo 2384 56 01/31/1995: #1131

114 Dueckstein, Andreas 2383 65 07/31/1986: #584

115 Kachar, Vladimir 2383 70 01/17/2000: #1144

116 Kosanski, Stanko 2383 61 10/16/2000: #1094

117 Godes, Dmitry R 2383 67 06/30/1998: #1221

118 Szilagyi, Peter 2379 72 09/30/1996: #1261

119 Janoševic, Dragoljub 2379 75 06/30/1982: #457

120 Ciric, Dragoljub M 2379 60 10/31/1994: #1154

121 Thomas, George A 2378 57 12/31/1939: #77

122 Dely, Peter 2376 66 06/30/1993: #1103

123 Bukal, Vladimir Sr 2376 54 10/31/1998: #1246

124 Szilágyi, György 2374 75 06/30/1980: #447

125 Franklin, Michael J 2373 73 01/31/1990: #950

126 Vuruna, Miodrag 2372 75 03/31/1991: #991

127 Nikitin, Aleksander S 2369 67 12/31/1993: #1209

128 Joksic, Sinisa 2369 69 10/04/1999: #1248

129 Karner, Hillar 2367 68 06/30/1994: #1259

130 Tatai, Stefano 2364 55 02/28/1997: #1439

131 Rossetto, Héctor D 2363 74 08/31/1981: #491

132 Denker, Arnold S 2363 59 12/31/1972: #352

133 Klundt, Klaus 2361 60 12/25/2000: #1385

134 Bolbochán, Jácobo 2361 58 09/30/1965: #267

135 Kremenetsky, Anatoly M 2359 69 12/31/1997: #1449

136 Kluger, Guyla 2359 61 12/31/1972: #355

137 Chernikov, Oleg L 2359 70 09/30/1995: #1451

138 Navarovszky, Laszlo 2358 68 03/31/1992: #1196

139 Albin, Adolf 2358 71 12/31/1906: #37

140 Fahnenschmidt, Gerhard 2357 67 08/02/1999: #1384

141 Taubenhaus, Jean 2356 74 12/31/1908: #45

142 Krogius, Nikolay V 2355 69 06/30/1989: #938

143 Pirc, Vasja 2355 58 09/30/1966: #291

144 Portisch, Ferenc 2352 55 03/31/1998: #1540

145 Mayet, Carl 2351 70 12/31/1868: #16

146 Spiridonov, Nikola 2351 61 02/28/1997: #1608

147 Gaprindashvili, Nona 2351 58 05/01/2000: #1448

148 Rosselli del Turco, Stefano 2351 70 12/31/1935: #77

149 Stoltz, Gösta 2350 69 03/31/1963: #254

150 Chepukaitis, Genrikh 2347 73 08/31/1994: #1462

151 Ungureanu, Emil 2345 73 10/31/1995: #1610

152 Czerniak, Moshe 2343 54 12/31/1968: #330

153 Piankov, Evgenij 2343 58 02/21/2000: #1562

154 Karasev, Vladimir I 2340 58 05/31/1997: #1721

155 Watzka, Horst 2338 66 08/31/1997: #1753

156 Ostojic, Predrag 2337 70 01/31/1997: #1749

157 Baumgartner, Heinz 2337 56 08/31/1991: #1312

158 Sergeant, Edward G 2337 63 12/31/1939: #84

159 Partos, Charles 2336 73 07/31/1995: #1671

160 Paulsen, Wilfried 2334 67 12/31/1886: #19

161 Luckis, Marcos 2334 66 12/31/1963: #255

162 Raisa, Unto 2334 63 02/28/1993: #1478

163 Saidy, Anthony F 2333 68 04/30/1996: #1821

164 Kupka, Slavoj 2331 73 07/02/2001: #1685

165 Karl, Hans 2328 74 05/31/1994: #1692

166 Bialas, Wolfram 2327 67 07/31/1994: #1692

167 Teschner, Rudolf 2327 75 01/31/1981: #556

168 Langeweg, Kick 2327 59 02/29/1996: #1941

169 Ivlev, Valentin 2324 73 08/31/1994: #1750

170 Gereben, Ernö 2323 62 03/31/1966: #323

171 Vaisman, Volodia 2319 75 11/30/1996: #1986

172 Moehring, Guenther 2319 71 10/31/1995: #1918

173 Somogyi, Istvan 2318 72 09/30/1993: #1674

174 Golombek, Harry 2318 64 02/28/1970: #402

175 Ulvestad, Olaf 2317 73 08/31/1971: #385

176 Nikolic, Stanimir 2317 69 12/31/1993: #1738

177 Opl, Klaus 2315 69 04/24/2000: #1850

178 Petukhov, Viacheslav M 2314 75 12/31/1994: #1897

179 Ivacic, Vladimir 2313 61 05/31/1995: #1921

180 Biebinger, Gerhard 2312 72 08/31/1997: #2121

181 Onoprienko, Vladimir 2312 68 05/14/2001: #1901

182 Durao, Joaquim 2312 70 09/30/1989: #1204

183 Burger, Karl 2311 69 12/31/1991: #1480

184 Reinhardt, Enrique H 2310 57 12/31/1961: #280

185 Honfi, Karoly 2307 72 09/30/1989: #1220

186 Malich, Burkhard G 2307 67 10/31/1995: #2106

187 Garcia, Raimundo 2303 58 04/30/1995: #2046

188 Dunkelblum, Arthur 2301 64 03/31/1965: #357

189 Kanko, Ilkka 2301 62 10/31/1993: #1884

190 Wagman, Stuart 2299 68 04/30/1978: #495

191 Holm, Sejer 2297 61 07/31/1998: #2338

192 Ujtelky, Maximilián 2296 57 02/28/1974: #478

193 Hvenekilde, Jorgen 2293 59 07/31/1994: #2108

194 Nevednichy, Boris M 2287 73 04/30/1998: #2471

195 Chehlov, Aleksander 2286 64 03/31/1998: #2475

196 Kovacs, Laszlo M 2285 63 09/30/1997: #2530

197 Fedoseev, Vladimir 2284 74 05/31/1997: #2544

198 Schweber, Samuel 2283 62 06/30/1995: #2313

199 Witkowski, Stefan 2283 66 08/31/1990: #1491

200 Braun, Gottfried 2278 71 06/30/1992: #1853

201 Medina García, Antonio A 2275 59 08/31/1978: #571

202 Pavlovic, Dragoljub 2268 62 01/31/1995: #2476

203 Laco, Giuseppe 2267 70 04/30/1996: #2750

204 De las Heras, Juan Carlos 2266 62 08/02/1999: #2573

205 Mechkarov, Ventzeslav 2266 73 02/28/1985: #854

206 Sarapu, Ortvin 2266 73 12/31/1982: #752

207 Zoebisch, Herbert 2264 73 12/11/2000: #2526

208 Formanek, Edward W 2263 63 04/30/2001: #2435

209 de Souza Mendes, João 2263 66 06/30/1951: #196

210 Sorri, Kari Juhani 2261 72 10/23/2000: #2512

211 Grünfeld, Ernst 2260 62 06/30/1952: #179

212 Menvielle Lacourrelle, Augusto 2255 63 07/31/1997: #2987

213 Titz, Heimo 2253 58 03/31/1995: #2663

214 Zheliandinov, Victor S 2253 65 02/28/1994: #2511

215 Letelier Martner, René 2249 73 08/31/1974: #570

216 Klovsky, Rafail 2248 60 05/31/1994: #2605

217 Vukovic, Ivo 2246 64 08/28/2000: #2738

218 Lentze, Ingo 2246 73 07/26/1999: #2891

219 Besztercsenyi, Tibor 2244 61 03/31/1996: #3097

220 Zunker, Reinhard 2241 72 02/28/1997: #3160

221 Sakovich, Igor 2239 71 12/31/1996: #3220

222 Brajovic, Radovan 2238 70 08/06/2001: #2800

223 Gumirov, Konstantin L 2234 73 10/31/1996: #3263

224 Balogh, János 2234 75 06/30/1951: #205

225 Johannessen, Svein 2229 64 09/30/1996: #3323

226 Reilly, Brian P 2228 66 09/30/1960: #267

227 Hennings, Artur 2219 62 07/05/1999: #3182

228 Bielicki, Carlos 2219 73 05/10/1999: #3144

229 Ivliev, Oleg 2218 71 03/31/1997: #3520

230 Martinovsky, Eugene 2218 70 09/30/1990: #1786

231 Kaposztas, Miklos 2217 56 03/31/1998: #3533

232 Lieb, Harald 2206 65 11/30/1993: #2769

233 Stobik, Dietrich 2206 75 08/31/1997: #3712

234 Anderton, David W 2203 63 07/31/2000: #3243

235 Kwatschewsky, Leo 2198 67 01/31/1998: #3756

236 Fant, Goran 2193 65 12/31/1994: #3231

237 Strauss, Anton 2192 70 03/01/1999: #3390

238 Bulcourf, Carlos 2189 68 02/28/1998: #3914

239 Bitman, Alexander R 2189 63 05/31/1998: #3973

240 Florjancic, Rudolf 2187 70 03/31/1996: #3772

241 Harasta, Vladimir 2184 70 06/30/1998: #4062

242 Verlinsky, Boris M 2183 73 12/31/1946: #111

243 Hermlin, Aarne 2176 59 05/31/1999: #3673

244 Rahls, Peter 2175 61 08/30/1999: #3763

245 Blasovszky, Istvan 2175 66 07/31/1995: #3590

246 Braslavsky, Aleksandr 2175 75 10/31/1997: #4213

247 Subasic, Ilijas 2174 73 01/01/2001: #3583

248 Deutsch, Ludwig 2172 58 05/31/1997: #4153

249 Happel, Hendrik A 2169 63 08/20/2001: #3618

250 Paoli, Enrico 2168 54 12/31/1966: #479

251 Rivero, Jose Luis 2164 74 11/30/1996: #4139

252 Halser, Walter 2160 73 10/31/1994: #3369

253 Perman, Torvald 2155 70 04/30/1996: #4104

254 Madsen, Peder 2152 67 07/31/1994: #3353

255 Benkö, Francisco 2152 74 03/31/1969: #560

256 Zezelj, Vladislav 2151 74 09/10/2001: #3876

257 Illijin, Neboisa 2147 58 06/18/2001: #3723

258 Djurkovic, Maks 2143 69 02/28/1993: #2862

259 Hackbarth, Wolfgang 2141 75 08/09/1999: #4065

260 Rousseau, Eugène 2135 75 12/31/1868: #21

261 Salamon, Ferenc 2133 68 04/30/1998: #4603

262 Sazonov, Anatolij 2127 67 10/31/1992: #2726

263 Lamb, Harry 2127 65 04/30/2001: #3791

264 Etmans, Maarten D 2119 64 03/31/1998: #4666

265 Walter, Guenter 2117 71 06/30/1997: #4638

For each player on this list, the rating they possessed on their 59th birthday is listed. That rating was the last one calculated while they were 58 years of age, so it was their "current" rating on the day they turned 59. 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 59.

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 59th 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 59th birthday. The +/- value represents the standard deviation of that estimate; the player's true strength on their 59th 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 59th birthday than anyone else turning 59. 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 59. 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 59, we cannot say with 100% certainty that they were truly one of the three strongest 59-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 59. 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.