Peak Average Ratings: 2 year peak range

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Peak Average Ratings: 2 year peak range

	Player Name	Average Rating	2 year peak range
#1	Garry Kasparov	2877	1989-Jan through 1990-Dec
#2	Bobby Fischer	2876	1971-Jan through 1972-Dec
#3	Emanuel Lasker	2860	1894-Jan through 1895-Dec
#4	Mikhail Botvinnik	2859	1945-Jan through 1946-Dec
#5	José Capablanca	2859	1919-Jan through 1920-Dec

#6	Alexander Alekhine	2844	1931-Jan through 1932-Dec
#7	Anatoly Karpov	2837	1989-Jan through 1990-Dec
#8	Viswanathan Anand	2825	1998-Jan through 1999-Dec
#9	Vladimir Kramnik	2822	2001-Jan through 2002-Dec
#10	Harry Pillsbury	2809	1900-Jan through 1901-Dec

#11	Géza Maróczy	2806	1905-Jan through 1906-Dec
#12	Viktor Korchnoi	2803	1978-Jan through 1979-Dec
#13	Siegbert Tarrasch	2802	1895-Jan through 1896-Dec
#14	Vassily Ivanchuk	2797	1991-Jan through 1992-Dec
#15	Wilhelm Steinitz	2795	1885-Jan through 1886-Dec

#16	Vassily Smyslov	2794	1955-Jan through 1956-Dec
#17	Tigran Petrosian	2791	1962-Jan through 1963-Dec
#18	Mikhail Tal	2788	1960-Jan through 1961-Dec
#19	Akiba Rubinstein	2784	1912-Jan through 1913-Dec
#20	Miguel Najdorf	2781	1947-Jan through 1948-Dec

#21	Johannes Zukertort	2778	1884-Jan through 1885-Dec
#22	Samuel Reshevsky	2777	1953-Jan through 1954-Dec
#23	David Bronstein	2777	1950-Jan through 1951-Dec
#24	Paul Keres	2775	1955-Jan through 1956-Dec
#25	Aron Nimzowitsch	2772	1929-Jan through 1930-Dec

#26	Gata Kamsky	2771	1995-Jan through 1996-Dec
#27	Boris Spassky	2769	1969-Jan through 1970-Dec
#28	Dawid Janowsky	2765	1904-Jan through 1905-Dec
#29	Mikhail Chigorin	2762	1896-Jan through 1897-Dec
#30	Frank Marshall	2760	1917-Jan through 1918-Dec

#31	Peter Leko	2760	2000-Jan through 2001-Dec
#32	Veselin Topalov	2760	1997-Jan through 1998-Dec
#33	Efim Bogoljubow	2759	1926-Jan through 1927-Dec
#34	Alexander Morozevich	2759	2000-Jan through 2001-Dec
#35	Reuben Fine	2757	1940-Jan through 1941-Dec

#36	Max Euwe	2757	1936-Jan through 1937-Dec
#37	Alexei Shirov	2757	1999-Jan through 2000-Dec
#38	Valery Salov	2756	1994-Jan through 1995-Dec
#39	Boris Gelfand	2756	1991-Jan through 1992-Dec
#40	Efim Geller	2756	1962-Jan through 1963-Dec

#41	Carl Schlechter	2751	1910-Jan through 1911-Dec
#42	Michael Adams	2750	2001-Jan through 2002-Dec
#43	Lev Polugaevsky	2750	1977-Jan through 1978-Dec
#44	Rafael Vaganian	2749	1984-Jan through 1985-Dec
#45	Lajos Portisch	2749	1979-Jan through 1980-Dec

#46	Leonid Stein	2749	1966-Jan through 1967-Dec
#47	Alexander Beliavsky	2749	1987-Jan through 1988-Dec
#48	Artur Jussupow	2749	1986-Jan through 1987-Dec
#49	Jan Timman	2749	1988-Jan through 1989-Dec
#50	Ruslan Ponomariov	2747	2002-Jan through 2003-Dec

#51	Salo Flohr	2746	1935-Jan through 1936-Dec
#52	Alexander Kotov	2744	1949-Jan through 1950-Dec
#53	Bent Larsen	2744	1970-Jan through 1971-Dec
#54	Evgeny Bareev	2744	1991-Jan through 1992-Dec
#55	Peter Svidler	2743	2003-Jan through 2004-Dec

#56	Gideon Stĺhlberg	2741	1948-Jan through 1949-Dec
#57	Alexander Grischuk	2741	2003-Jan through 2004-Dec
#58	Nigel Short	2739	1988-Jan through 1989-Dec
#59	Judit Polgar	2739	2003-Jan through 2004-Dec
#60	Isaac Kashdan	2738	1932-Jan through 1933-Dec

#61	Joseph Blackburne	2737	1886-Jan through 1887-Dec
#62	Isaak Boleslavsky	2737	1946-Jan through 1947-Dec
#63	Ulf Andersson	2734	1983-Jan through 1984-Dec
#64	Oldrich Duras	2732	1909-Jan through 1910-Dec
#65	Svetozar Gligoric	2732	1958-Jan through 1959-Dec

#66	Paul Morphy	2731	1859-Jan through 1860-Dec
#67	Richard Teichmann	2730	1911-Jan through 1912-Dec
#68	Mark Taimanov	2730	1954-Jan through 1955-Dec
#69	Vladimir Makogonov	2729	1944-Jan through 1945-Dec
#70	Gustav Neumann	2729	1868-Jan through 1869-Dec

#71	Mikhail Gurevich	2727	1990-Jan through 1991-Dec
#72	Ljubomir Ljubojevic	2726	1983-Jan through 1984-Dec
#73	Andrey Sokolov	2726	1986-Jan through 1987-Dec
#74	Samuel Lipschütz	2726	1900-Jan through 1901-Dec
#75	Jonathan Speelman	2725	1988-Jan through 1989-Dec

#76	Isidor Gunsberg	2725	1888-Jan through 1889-Dec
#77	Milan Vidmar Sr	2725	1918-Jan through 1919-Dec
#78	Ignatz Kolisch	2725	1868-Jan through 1869-Dec
#79	Robert Hübner	2725	1973-Jan through 1974-Dec
#80	Erich Eliskases	2724	1948-Jan through 1949-Dec

#81	Ratmir Kholmov	2724	1960-Jan through 1961-Dec
#82	Jaan Ehlvest	2722	1989-Jan through 1990-Dec
#83	Rezsö Charousek	2721	1898-Jan through 1899-Dec
#84	Henrique Mecking	2721	1976-Jan through 1977-Dec
#85	Alexander Khalifman	2720	1991-Jan through 1992-Dec

#86	Zoltán Ribli	2719	1984-Jan through 1985-Dec
#87	Vlastimil Hort	2719	1977-Jan through 1978-Dec
#88	Amos Burn	2718	1899-Jan through 1900-Dec
#89	Leonid Yudasin	2717	1990-Jan through 1991-Dec
#90	Alexey Dreev	2715	1995-Jan through 1996-Dec

#91	Oleg Romanishin	2715	1977-Jan through 1978-Dec
#92	László Szabó	2713	1953-Jan through 1954-Dec
#93	Predrag Nikolic	2713	1987-Jan through 1988-Dec
#94	Sergei Rublevsky	2712	1998-Jan through 1999-Dec
#95	Rudolf Spielmann	2710	1912-Jan through 1913-Dec

#96	Vitaly Tseshkovsky	2709	1976-Jan through 1977-Dec
#97	Georgy Agzamov	2709	1984-Jan through 1985-Dec
#98	Simen Agdestein	2708	1988-Jan through 1989-Dec
#99	Miksa Weiss	2708	1890-Jan through 1891-Dec
#100	Yury Balashov	2707	1977-Jan through 1978-Dec

NOTE: For each player, the "peak" two-year span of their career is identified. All possible two-year spans are considered (always starting in January) in which the player had an active rating for 24 consecutive months. The two-year span with the highest average rating (across all 24 months) is considered to be the player's "peak" two year range.