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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Arnold Denker
   Born:    1914-Feb
   Best World Rank:    #8 (2 different months between the January 1935 rating list and the February 1935 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2677 on the January 1935 rating list, #8 in world, age 20y11m
   Best Individual Performance:    2738 in Syracuse, 1934, scoring 5/5 (100%) vs 2590-rated opposition
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    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    New York, 1933  not rated on January 1933 list   [2452]   +2 (6/10, 60%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2535-rated opposition   N/A 
    Syracuse, 1934  not rated on January 1934 list   2738   +2 (5/8, 63%)   +5 (5/5, 100%) vs 2590-rated opposition   N/A 
    New York (USA Championship), 1936  not rated on April 1936 list   2514   -3 (6/15, 40%)   -2 (2.5/7, 36%) vs 2595-rated opposition   N/A 
    New York (USA Championship), 1940  not rated on January 1940 list   2483   +3 (9.5/16, 59%)   -3 (2.5/8, 31%) vs 2582-rated opposition   N/A 
    New York, 1941  2566 (#61 on January 1941 list)   [2434]   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2360-rated opposition   +0.3 
    New York (USA Championship), 1942  2569 (#49 on January 1942 list)   2526   +1 (4/7, 57%)   -1 (2/5, 40%) vs 2591-rated opposition   -0.4 
    USA-URS radio m URS, 1945  not rated on September 1945 list   [2635]   -2 (0/2, 0%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2879-rated opposition   N/A 
    Hastings 4546, 1945  not rated on December 1945 list   [2547]   +3 (7/11, 64%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2541-rated opposition   N/A 
    London-B, 1946  2563 (#52 on January 1946 list)   [2482]   +3 (7/11, 64%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2438-rated opposition   -0.1 
    URS-USA Moscow, 1946  2563 (#52 on January 1946 list)   [2549]   -2 (0/2, 0%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2751-rated opposition   -0.6 
    New York (USA Championship), 1946  2563 (#52 on January 1946 list)   2583   +8 (18/28, 64%)   +2 (10.5/19, 55%) vs 2535-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Groningen (Staunton Memorial), 1946  2579 (#50 on August 1946 list)   2607   = (9.5/19, 50%)   -2 (7/16, 44%) vs 2646-rated opposition   +0.3 
    La Plata-New York radio m, 1947  2626 (#27 on January 1947 list)   [2539]   = (0.5/1, 50%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2613-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Mar del Plata, 1948  2598 (#44 on January 1948 list)   2497   -5 (6/17, 35%)   -6 (4/14, 29%) vs 2622-rated opposition   -2.6 
    New York, 1948  2598 (#44 on January 1948 list)   2455   -5 (2/9, 22%)   -5 (1.5/8, 19%) vs 2617-rated opposition   -2.3 
    YUG-USA m radio USA, 1950  2509 (#135 on January 1950 list)   [2459]   -1 (0/1, 0%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2570-rated opposition   -0.4 
    USA-URS New York, 1954  not rated on June 1954 list   [2531]   -3 (0/3, 0%)   -3 (0/3, 0%) vs 2751-rated opposition   N/A 
    Manhattan CC-ch 5556 New York, 1955  not rated on December 1955 list   [2512]   +5 (10/15, 67%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2554-rated opposition   N/A 
    New York (USA Championship), 1957  2468 (#240 on January 1957 list)   2561   = (6.5/13, 50%)   +1 (6.5/12, 54%) vs 2532-rated opposition   +1.4 
    New York (USA Championship), 1959  2505 (#200 on January 1959 list)   2411   -5 (3/11, 27%)   -6 (2/10, 20%) vs 2565-rated opposition   -2.3 
    US-op Lincoln, 1969  not rated on August 1969 list   [2509]   -1 (3/7, 43%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2620-rated opposition   N/A 
    Ventura (USA Championship), 1971  not rated on January 1971 list   [2469]   +6 (8.5/11, 77%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2631-rated opposition   N/A 
    Hoogovens-B Wijk aan Zee, 1971  not rated on January 1971 list   2428   -6 (4.5/15, 30%)   -5 (4.5/14, 32%) vs 2517-rated opposition   N/A 
    USA op, 1972  2398 (#460 on January 1972 list)   [2524]   +5 (8/11, 73%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2590-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens-B), 1972  2398 (#460 on January 1972 list)   2364   -7 (4/15, 27%)   -7 (3.5/14, 25%) vs 2490-rated opposition   -2.0 
    Lone Pine op, 1972  2359 (#517 on March 1972 list)   -   +1 (4/7, 57%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    USA op Chicago, 1973  2362 (#613 on January 1973 list)   [2462]   +1 (2.5/4, 63%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2576-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Lone Pine op, 1974  2370 (#593 on January 1974 list)   [2518]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2495-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Lone Pine (Open), 1975  not rated on April 1975 list   2547   +1 (5.5/10, 55%)   = (4/8, 50%) vs 2555-rated opposition   N/A 
    Lone Pine (Open), 1976  2489 (#294 on March 1976 list)   2511   = (3.5/7, 50%)   = (2.5/5, 50%) vs 2524-rated opposition   +0.2 
    US-op Columbus, 1977  2490 (#314 on January 1977 list)   -   +3 (4/5, 80%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Lone Pine, 1977  2489 (#315 on March 1977 list)   2507   -1 (4/9, 44%)   = (4/8, 50%) vs 2505-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Lone Pine (Open), 1979  not rated on March 1979 list   [2357]   -4 (2/8, 25%)   -3 (0.5/4, 13%) vs 2478-rated opposition   N/A 
    Gausdal Int, 1982  not rated on August 1982 list   [2495]   -2 (2.5/7, 36%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2599-rated opposition   N/A 
    US open Pasadena, 1983  not rated on August 1983 list   [2443]   = (1/2, 50%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2545-rated opposition   N/A 
    USA op Fort Worth, 1984  not rated on January 1984 list   [2437]   -1 (0/1, 0%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2535-rated opposition   N/A 
    New York (Open), 1984  not rated on April 1984 list   [2362]   -4 (0/4, 0%)   -3 (0/3, 0%) vs 2509-rated opposition   N/A 
    US op USA, 1987  not rated on January 1987 list   -   +1 (3/5, 60%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    US op Boston, 1988  not rated on August 1988 list   [2385]   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2434-rated opposition   N/A 
    New York (Open), 1989  not rated on March 1989 list   2456   -1 (3/7, 43%)   -2 (2/6, 33%) vs 2532-rated opposition   N/A 
    Palma de Mallorca (Open), 1989  2397 (#1302 on December 1989 list)   2346   -5 (2/9, 22%)   -5 (1/7, 14%) vs 2497-rated opposition   -1.7 
    USA op, 1990  2363 (#1437 on January 1990 list)   [2469]   +2 (6.5/11, 59%)   -1 (1/3, 33%) vs 2541-rated opposition   +0.1 
    New York (Open), 1990  2386 (#1314 on April 1990 list)   2402   -4 (1/6, 17%)   -4 (1/6, 17%) vs 2547-rated opposition   -0.9 
    Los Angeles (Open), 1991  2388 (#1478 on July 1991 list)   [2465]   -2 (1/4, 25%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2625-rated opposition   -0.4 
    USA-op Dearborn, 1992  2385 (#1529 on January 1992 list)   [2343]   +4 (7/10, 70%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2385-rated opposition   -0.5 
    New York op, 1994  not rated on March 1994 list   [2390]   -2 (0.5/3, 17%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2512-rated opposition   N/A 
    USA-op Chicago, 1994  not rated on August 1994 list   [2320]   +4 (7/10, 70%)   -2 (0/2, 0%) vs 2407-rated opposition   N/A 
    Las Vegas Seniors, 1995  not rated on January 1995 list   [2462]   +2 (3/4, 75%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2491-rated opposition   N/A 
    National op Las Vegas, 1995  not rated on January 1995 list   [2465]   = (2.5/5, 50%)   = (1.5/3, 50%) vs 2475-rated opposition   N/A 
    US-op Concord, 1995  not rated on January 1995 list   -   +6 (7.5/9, 83%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New York op Newark, 1995  not rated on April 1995 list   [2553]   = (1/2, 50%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2635-rated opposition   N/A 
    World op Philadelphia, 1995  not rated on June 1995 list   [2442]   +2 (4/6, 67%)   = (1.5/3, 50%) vs 2441-rated opposition   N/A 
    Staunton mem Groningen, 1996  2394 (#1610 on January 1996 list)   [2515]   = (1.5/3, 50%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2575-rated opposition   +0.2 
    US op Alexandria, 1996  2394 (#1610 on January 1996 list)   -   +1 (1/1, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Cardoza US op Kona, 1998  not rated on August 1998 list   -   -1 (0/1, 0%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    US op Reno, 1999  not rated on January 1999 list   [2501]   = (1/2, 50%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2638-rated opposition   N/A 
    US op Boston, 2001  not rated on August 2001 list   [2406]   +4 (4.5/5, 90%)   = (0.5/1, 50%) vs 2400-rated opposition   N/A