Peak Average Ratings: 4 year peak range

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Peak Average Ratings: 4 year peak range

	Player Name	Average Rating	4 year peak range
#1	Garry Kasparov	2875	1990-Jan through 1993-Dec
#2	Emanuel Lasker	2857	1894-Jan through 1897-Dec
#3	José Capablanca	2853	1919-Jan through 1922-Dec
#4	Bobby Fischer	2852	1970-Jan through 1973-Dec
#5	Mikhail Botvinnik	2849	1945-Jan through 1948-Dec

#6	Alexander Alekhine	2832	1930-Jan through 1933-Dec
#7	Anatoly Karpov	2830	1987-Jan through 1990-Dec
#8	Viswanathan Anand	2818	1997-Jan through 2000-Dec
#9	Vladimir Kramnik	2812	1999-Jan through 2002-Dec
#10	Harry Pillsbury	2804	1899-Jan through 1902-Dec

#11	Viktor Korchnoi	2794	1978-Jan through 1981-Dec
#12	Vassily Smyslov	2792	1954-Jan through 1957-Dec
#13	Wilhelm Steinitz	2791	1883-Jan through 1886-Dec
#14	Géza Maróczy	2791	1904-Jan through 1907-Dec
#15	Vassily Ivanchuk	2790	1991-Jan through 1994-Dec

#16	Siegbert Tarrasch	2787	1893-Jan through 1896-Dec
#17	Tigran Petrosian	2786	1961-Jan through 1964-Dec
#18	Akiba Rubinstein	2781	1910-Jan through 1913-Dec
#19	Mikhail Tal	2778	1958-Jan through 1961-Dec
#20	Samuel Reshevsky	2773	1952-Jan through 1955-Dec

#21	Paul Keres	2770	1955-Jan through 1958-Dec
#22	Miguel Najdorf	2770	1945-Jan through 1948-Dec
#23	Johannes Zukertort	2766	1882-Jan through 1885-Dec
#24	Aron Nimzowitsch	2766	1927-Jan through 1930-Dec
#25	David Bronstein	2764	1949-Jan through 1952-Dec

#26	Boris Spassky	2764	1968-Jan through 1971-Dec
#27	Gata Kamsky	2761	1994-Jan through 1997-Dec
#28	Mikhail Chigorin	2758	1894-Jan through 1897-Dec
#29	Frank Marshall	2756	1915-Jan through 1918-Dec
#30	Peter Leko	2754	2000-Jan through 2003-Dec

#31	Efim Bogoljubow	2752	1926-Jan through 1929-Dec
#32	Boris Gelfand	2752	1990-Jan through 1993-Dec
#33	Reuben Fine	2751	1938-Jan through 1941-Dec
#34	Valery Salov	2750	1992-Jan through 1995-Dec
#35	Dawid Janowsky	2750	1902-Jan through 1905-Dec

#36	Efim Geller	2750	1961-Jan through 1964-Dec
#37	Alexei Shirov	2750	1998-Jan through 2001-Dec
#38	Veselin Topalov	2749	1996-Jan through 1999-Dec
#39	Alexander Beliavsky	2748	1985-Jan through 1988-Dec
#40	Alexander Morozevich	2747	1999-Jan through 2002-Dec

#41	Michael Adams	2747	2000-Jan through 2003-Dec
#42	Jan Timman	2746	1987-Jan through 1990-Dec
#43	Lev Polugaevsky	2746	1976-Jan through 1979-Dec
#44	Max Euwe	2745	1935-Jan through 1938-Dec
#45	Lajos Portisch	2744	1979-Jan through 1982-Dec

#46	Carl Schlechter	2744	1909-Jan through 1912-Dec
#47	Leonid Stein	2743	1966-Jan through 1969-Dec
#48	Bent Larsen	2742	1968-Jan through 1971-Dec
#49	Salo Flohr	2740	1935-Jan through 1938-Dec
#50	Rafael Vaganian	2740	1984-Jan through 1987-Dec

#51	Evgeny Bareev	2739	2000-Jan through 2003-Dec
#52	Peter Svidler	2736	2001-Jan through 2004-Dec
#53	Alexander Kotov	2736	1949-Jan through 1952-Dec
#54	Isaak Boleslavsky	2736	1947-Jan through 1950-Dec
#55	Artur Jussupow	2735	1986-Jan through 1989-Dec

#56	Ruslan Ponomariov	2734	2001-Jan through 2004-Dec
#57	Isaac Kashdan	2733	1931-Jan through 1934-Dec
#58	Gideon Stĺhlberg	2733	1947-Jan through 1950-Dec
#59	Joseph Blackburne	2733	1885-Jan through 1888-Dec
#60	Nigel Short	2731	1988-Jan through 1991-Dec

#61	Mark Taimanov	2730	1954-Jan through 1957-Dec
#62	Svetozar Gligoric	2728	1957-Jan through 1960-Dec
#63	Ulf Andersson	2727	1981-Jan through 1984-Dec
#64	Oldrich Duras	2724	1907-Jan through 1910-Dec
#65	Richard Teichmann	2721	1910-Jan through 1913-Dec

#66	Ljubomir Ljubojevic	2721	1983-Jan through 1986-Dec
#67	Mikhail Gurevich	2720	1989-Jan through 1992-Dec
#68	Robert Hübner	2720	1972-Jan through 1975-Dec
#69	Vladimir Makogonov	2718	1943-Jan through 1946-Dec
#70	Jaan Ehlvest	2718	1989-Jan through 1992-Dec

#71	Gustav Neumann	2717	1868-Jan through 1871-Dec
#72	Alexander Grischuk	2717	2001-Jan through 2004-Dec
#73	Judit Polgar	2716	2001-Jan through 2004-Dec
#74	Jonathan Speelman	2716	1988-Jan through 1991-Dec
#75	Isidor Gunsberg	2716	1888-Jan through 1891-Dec

#76	Alexander Khalifman	2715	1990-Jan through 1993-Dec
#77	Milan Vidmar Sr	2715	1917-Jan through 1920-Dec
#78	Vlastimil Hort	2714	1975-Jan through 1978-Dec
#79	Andrey Sokolov	2713	1984-Jan through 1987-Dec
#80	Zoltán Ribli	2713	1983-Jan through 1986-Dec

#81	Henrique Mecking	2712	1974-Jan through 1977-Dec
#82	Amos Burn	2710	1899-Jan through 1902-Dec
#83	László Szabó	2710	1951-Jan through 1954-Dec
#84	Alexey Dreev	2709	1995-Jan through 1998-Dec
#85	Ratmir Kholmov	2709	1959-Jan through 1962-Dec

#86	Rudolf Spielmann	2708	1912-Jan through 1915-Dec
#87	Oleg Romanishin	2708	1975-Jan through 1978-Dec
#88	Predrag Nikolic	2707	1986-Jan through 1989-Dec
#89	John Nunn	2706	1985-Jan through 1988-Dec
#90	Erich Eliskases	2706	1948-Jan through 1951-Dec

#91	Vitaly Tseshkovsky	2705	1976-Jan through 1979-Dec
#92	Yury Averbakh	2704	1956-Jan through 1959-Dec
#93	Leonid Yudasin	2704	1989-Jan through 1992-Dec
#94	Yury Balashov	2703	1977-Jan through 1980-Dec
#95	Vladimir Tukmakov	2703	1985-Jan through 1988-Dec

#96	Vladimir Akopian	2702	2000-Jan through 2003-Dec
#97	Miksa Weiss	2702	1888-Jan through 1891-Dec
#98	Sergei Rublevsky	2702	1996-Jan through 1999-Dec
#99	Simen Agdestein	2701	1987-Jan through 1990-Dec
#100	Lev Psakhis	2701	1986-Jan through 1989-Dec

NOTE: For each player, the "peak" four-year span of their career is identified. All possible four-year spans are considered (always starting in January) in which the player had an active rating for 48 consecutive months. The four-year span with the highest average rating (across all 48 months) is considered to be the player's "peak" four year range.