Peak Average Ratings: 10 year peak range

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Peak Average Ratings: 10 year peak range

	Player Name	Average Rating	10 year peak range
#1	Garry Kasparov	2863	1986-Jan through 1995-Dec
#2	Emanuel Lasker	2847	1893-Jan through 1902-Dec
#3	Anatoly Karpov	2821	1985-Jan through 1994-Dec
#4	José Capablanca	2813	1919-Jan through 1928-Dec
#5	Bobby Fischer	2810	1964-Jan through 1973-Dec

#6	Mikhail Botvinnik	2810	1940-Jan through 1949-Dec
#7	Viswanathan Anand	2805	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec
#8	Alexander Alekhine	2804	1926-Jan through 1935-Dec
#9	Vladimir Kramnik	2798	1994-Jan through 2003-Dec
#10	Vassily Ivanchuk	2781	1989-Jan through 1998-Dec

#11	Vassily Smyslov	2776	1950-Jan through 1959-Dec
#12	Viktor Korchnoi	2773	1973-Jan through 1982-Dec
#13	Harry Pillsbury	2773	1896-Jan through 1905-Dec
#14	Géza Maróczy	2772	1900-Jan through 1909-Dec
#15	Siegbert Tarrasch	2766	1890-Jan through 1899-Dec

#16	Tigran Petrosian	2766	1959-Jan through 1968-Dec
#17	Wilhelm Steinitz	2763	1883-Jan through 1892-Dec
#18	Mikhail Tal	2763	1958-Jan through 1967-Dec
#19	Paul Keres	2761	1954-Jan through 1963-Dec
#20	Boris Spassky	2759	1962-Jan through 1971-Dec

#21	David Bronstein	2758	1949-Jan through 1958-Dec
#22	Miguel Najdorf	2756	1944-Jan through 1953-Dec
#23	Akiba Rubinstein	2756	1906-Jan through 1915-Dec
#24	Samuel Reshevsky	2749	1947-Jan through 1956-Dec
#25	Lev Polugaevsky	2743	1969-Jan through 1978-Dec

#26	Alexei Shirov	2743	1994-Jan through 2003-Dec
#27	Carl Schlechter	2743	1902-Jan through 1911-Dec
#28	Jan Timman	2742	1981-Jan through 1990-Dec
#29	Alexander Beliavsky	2741	1981-Jan through 1990-Dec
#30	Valery Salov	2740	1988-Jan through 1997-Dec

#31	Efim Geller	2740	1960-Jan through 1969-Dec
#32	Veselin Topalov	2738	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec
#33	Lajos Portisch	2737	1978-Jan through 1987-Dec
#34	Frank Marshall	2737	1910-Jan through 1919-Dec
#35	Mikhail Chigorin	2737	1891-Jan through 1900-Dec

#36	Boris Gelfand	2736	1990-Jan through 1999-Dec
#37	Dawid Janowsky	2736	1897-Jan through 1906-Dec
#38	Johannes Zukertort	2736	1878-Jan through 1887-Dec
#39	Leonid Stein	2733	1963-Jan through 1972-Dec
#40	Aron Nimzowitsch	2733	1924-Jan through 1933-Dec

#41	Max Euwe	2731	1934-Jan through 1943-Dec
#42	Michael Adams	2729	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec
#43	Efim Bogoljubow	2728	1925-Jan through 1934-Dec
#44	Isaak Boleslavsky	2728	1945-Jan through 1954-Dec
#45	Evgeny Bareev	2728	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec

#46	Bent Larsen	2726	1966-Jan through 1975-Dec
#47	Gideon Stĺhlberg	2726	1942-Jan through 1951-Dec
#48	Salo Flohr	2725	1932-Jan through 1941-Dec
#49	Nigel Short	2722	1986-Jan through 1995-Dec
#50	Alexander Kotov	2722	1946-Jan through 1955-Dec

#51	Artur Jussupow	2721	1985-Jan through 1994-Dec
#52	Peter Svidler	2721	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec
#53	Mark Taimanov	2719	1952-Jan through 1961-Dec
#54	Ulf Andersson	2716	1981-Jan through 1990-Dec
#55	Svetozar Gligoric	2715	1955-Jan through 1964-Dec

#56	Rafael Vaganian	2715	1983-Jan through 1992-Dec
#57	Joseph Blackburne	2714	1881-Jan through 1890-Dec
#58	Richard Teichmann	2711	1905-Jan through 1914-Dec
#59	Vlastimil Hort	2711	1970-Jan through 1979-Dec
#60	Ljubomir Ljubojevic	2710	1981-Jan through 1990-Dec

#61	Peter Leko	2709	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec
#62	Robert Hübner	2707	1972-Jan through 1981-Dec
#63	Oleg Romanishin	2706	1975-Jan through 1984-Dec
#64	Alexander Morozevich	2705	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec
#65	Alexey Dreev	2705	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec

#66	Zoltán Ribli	2704	1979-Jan through 1988-Dec
#67	Judit Polgar	2703	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec
#68	László Szabó	2703	1947-Jan through 1956-Dec
#69	Predrag Nikolic	2700	1986-Jan through 1995-Dec
#70	Alexander Khalifman	2700	1990-Jan through 1999-Dec

#71	Yury Averbakh	2700	1954-Jan through 1963-Dec
#72	Jaan Ehlvest	2700	1988-Jan through 1997-Dec
#73	Milan Vidmar Sr	2699	1911-Jan through 1920-Dec
#74	John Nunn	2696	1983-Jan through 1992-Dec
#75	Oldrich Duras	2696	1907-Jan through 1916-Dec

#76	Lev Psakhis	2694	1982-Jan through 1991-Dec
#77	Mikhail Gurevich	2694	1985-Jan through 1994-Dec
#78	Smbat Lputian	2693	1983-Jan through 1992-Dec
#79	Jonathan Speelman	2692	1987-Jan through 1996-Dec
#80	Vladimir Akopian	2692	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec

#81	Yury Balashov	2691	1975-Jan through 1984-Dec
#82	Ratmir Kholmov	2691	1959-Jan through 1968-Dec
#83	Sergey Dolmatov	2690	1981-Jan through 1990-Dec
#84	Alexander Chernin	2687	1985-Jan through 1994-Dec
#85	Yasser Seirawan	2687	1982-Jan through 1991-Dec

#86	Vitaly Tseshkovsky	2687	1975-Jan through 1984-Dec
#87	Reuben Fine	2686	1933-Jan through 1942-Dec
#88	Isaac Kashdan	2685	1929-Jan through 1938-Dec
#89	Ivan Sokolov	2683	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec
#90	Henrique Mecking	2683	1970-Jan through 1979-Dec

#91	Vladimir Tukmakov	2683	1982-Jan through 1991-Dec
#92	Andrey Sokolov	2682	1983-Jan through 1992-Dec
#93	Jan Smejkal	2682	1971-Jan through 1980-Dec
#94	Kiril Georgiev	2682	1993-Jan through 2002-Dec
#95	Saviely Tartakower	2681	1921-Jan through 1930-Dec

#96	Gennady Kuzmin	2681	1971-Jan through 1980-Dec
#97	Sergei Rublevsky	2678	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec
#98	Vladimir Savon	2678	1970-Jan through 1979-Dec
#99	Joel Lautier	2678	1995-Jan through 2004-Dec
#100	Anthony Miles	2677	1978-Jan through 1987-Dec

NOTE: For each player, the "peak" ten-year span of their career is identified. All possible ten-year spans are considered (always starting in January) in which the player had an active rating for 120 consecutive months. The ten-year span with the highest average rating (across all 120 months) is considered to be the player's "peak" ten year range.