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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Dawid Janowsky
   Born:    1868-Jun
   Died:    1927-Jan
   Best World Rank:    #1 (5 different months between the May 1904 rating list and the September 1904 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2776 on the July 1904 rating list, #1 in world, age 36y1m
   Best Individual Performance:    2811 in London, 1899, scoring 15.5/22 (70%) vs 2674-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    Janowsky-Sittenfeld Match, Paris, 1891  not rated on January 1891 list   -   +2 (3.5/5, 70%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Paris, 1892  not rated on January 1892 list   [2493]   +12 (16.5/21, 79%)   = (1.5/3, 50%) vs 2515-rated opposition   N/A 
    Janowsky-Sittenfeld Match (Paris), 1892  not rated on January 1892 list   2460   -2 (7.5/17, 44%)   -2 (7.5/17, 44%) vs 2474-rated opposition   N/A 
    Janowsky-Sittenfeld Match, Paris, 1893  not rated on January 1893 list   -   = (3/6, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Leipzig, 1894  not rated on September 1894 list   2711   +4 (10.5/17, 62%)   +4 (8.5/13, 65%) vs 2633-rated opposition   N/A 
    Janowsky-Mieses Match (Paris), 1895  2638 (#19 on January 1895 list)   2600   = (7/14, 50%)   = (7/14, 50%) vs 2600-rated opposition   -0.6 
    Hastings, 1895  2643 (#14 on August 1895 list)   2662   -2 (9.5/21, 45%)   = (8.5/17, 50%) vs 2665-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Paris, 1896  2619 (#20 on January 1896 list)   [2522]   +18 (20/22, 91%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2498-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Vienna, 1896  2619 (#20 on January 1896 list)   [2612]   +2 (3.5/5, 70%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2616-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Janowsky-Schlechter I (Vienna), 1896  2619 (#20 on January 1896 list)   2615   = (3.5/7, 50%)   = (3.5/7, 50%) vs 2646-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Janowsky-Winawer Match (Vienna), 1896  2619 (#20 on January 1896 list)   -   +3 (5/7, 71%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Nurnberg, 1896  2641 (#18 on July 1896 list)   2776   +5 (11.5/18, 64%)   +5 (9.5/14, 68%) vs 2687-rated opposition   +3.3 
    Budapest, 1896  2685 (#9 on October 1896 list)   2658   +2 (7/12, 58%)   = (5/10, 50%) vs 2682-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Janowsky-Walbrodt Match (Vienna), 1897  2697 (#7 on January 1897 list)   2702   +2 (5/8, 63%)   +2 (5/8, 63%) vs 2678-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Berlin, 1897  2706 (#7 on September 1897 list)   2693   +5 (11.5/18, 64%)   +4 (10/16, 63%) vs 2617-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Janowsky-Showalter I (New York), 1898  2715 (#7 on January 1898 list)   2759   +5 (9/13, 69%)   +5 (9/13, 69%) vs 2665-rated opposition   +1.7 
    Vienna, 1898  2723 (#7 on May 1898 list)   2810   +16 (26.5/37, 72%)   +14 (24.5/35, 70%) vs 2651-rated opposition   +4.0 
    Cologne, 1898  2750 (#4 on July 1898 list)   2566   = (7.5/15, 50%)   -2 (5/12, 42%) vs 2618-rated opposition   -2.9 
    Janowsky-Marshall I (New York), 1899  2749 (#4 on January 1899 list)   [2476]   +2 (3/4, 75%)   +2 (3/4, 75%) vs 2376-rated opposition   -0.8 
    Janowsky-Showalter II (New York), 1899  2749 (#4 on January 1899 list)   2537   -2 (2/6, 33%)   -2 (2/6, 33%) vs 2637-rated opposition   -1.8 
    Janowsky-Showalter III (Brooklyn), 1899  2749 (#4 on January 1899 list)   2547   -2 (2.5/7, 36%)   -2 (2.5/7, 36%) vs 2637-rated opposition   -1.9 
    Janowsky-Lipschütz Match (New York), 1899  2749 (#4 on January 1899 list)   2660   +2 (3.5/5, 70%)   +2 (3.5/5, 70%) vs 2628-rated opposition   +0.3 
    London, 1899  2735 (#5 on May 1899 list)   2811   +8 (17/26, 65%)   +9 (15.5/22, 70%) vs 2674-rated opposition   +2.9 
    Paris, 1900  2745 (#5 on May 1900 list)   2614   +2 (9.5/17, 56%)   -2 (5.5/13, 42%) vs 2668-rated opposition   -2.2 
    Munich, 1900  2732 (#6 on July 1900 list)   2581   = (7.5/15, 50%)   -2 (5/12, 42%) vs 2636-rated opposition   -2.4 
    Janowsky-Lasker I (Manchester), 1901  2712 (#8 on January 1901 list)   [2669]   -1 (0.5/2, 25%)   -1 (0.5/2, 25%) vs 2859-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Monte Carlo, 1901  2712 (#8 on January 1901 list)   2722   +8 (11.5/15, 77%)   +5 (8.5/12, 71%) vs 2617-rated opposition   +1.2 
    RUS-ch02 Moscow, 1901  2712 (#8 on January 1901 list)   [2609]   +10 (13.5/17, 79%)   +2 (2.5/3, 83%) vs 2559-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Hannover, 1902  2720 (#5 on January 1902 list)   2750   +10 (13.5/17, 79%)   +7 (9.5/12, 79%) vs 2598-rated opposition   +1.8 
    Janowsky-Schlechter II (Karlsbad), 1902  2720 (#5 on January 1902 list)   2586   -5 (2.5/10, 25%)   -5 (2.5/10, 25%) vs 2747-rated opposition   -2.2 
    Monte Carlo, 1902  2720 (#5 on January 1902 list)   2755   +10 (16/22, 73%)   +7 (12.5/18, 69%) vs 2633-rated opposition   +1.7 
    Janowsky-Taubenhaus I (Paris), 1903  2738 (#5 on January 1903 list)   -   +4 (6/8, 75%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Cambridge Springs, 1904  2750 (#5 on April 1904 list)   2768   +7 (11/15, 73%)   +4 (6.5/9, 72%) vs 2692-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Barmen, 1905  2770 (#2 on January 1905 list)   2705   +6 (10.5/15, 70%)   +4 (8.5/13, 65%) vs 2626-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Ostend, 1905  2770 (#2 on January 1905 list)   2779   +10 (18/26, 69%)   +7 (14.5/22, 66%) vs 2672-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Janowsky-Taubenhaus II (Paris), 1905  2770 (#2 on January 1905 list)   2570   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   +1 (3.5/6, 58%) vs 2553-rated opposition   -1.0 
    Janowsky-Marshall II (Paris), 1905  2770 (#2 on January 1905 list)   2653   -3 (7/17, 41%)   -3 (7/17, 41%) vs 2715-rated opposition   -2.6 
    Janowsky-Taubenhaus III (Paris), 1905  2770 (#2 on January 1905 list)   2675   +4 (4.5/5, 90%)   +4 (4.5/5, 90%) vs 2553-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Nuremberg, 1906  2764 (#3 on January 1906 list)   2504   -7 (5/17, 29%)   -5 (4.5/14, 32%) vs 2606-rated opposition   -5.1 
    Ostend, 1906  2764 (#3 on January 1906 list)   2516   -5 (3.5/12, 29%)   -6 (2.5/11, 23%) vs 2678-rated opposition   -4.1 
    Ostend, 1907  2675 (#8 on January 1907 list)   2754   +3 (11.5/20, 58%)   +3 (11.5/20, 58%) vs 2710-rated opposition   +2.3 
    Karlsbad, 1907  2672 (#9 on August 1907 list)   2619   -3 (8.5/20, 43%)   -1 (8.5/18, 47%) vs 2633-rated opposition   -1.3 
    Prague, 1908  2648 (#14 on January 1908 list)   2659   +2 (10.5/19, 55%)   +1 (8/15, 53%) vs 2643-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Janowsky-Marshall III (Suresne), 1908  2648 (#14 on January 1908 list)   2742   +3 (6.5/10, 65%)   +3 (6.5/10, 65%) vs 2694-rated opposition   +2.0 
    Janowsky-Lasker II (Paris), 1909  2652 (#13 on January 1909 list)   [2717]   = (2/4, 50%)   = (2/4, 50%) vs 2814-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Janowsky-Lasker III (Paris), 1909  2661 (#13 on October 1909 list)   2623   -6 (2/10, 20%)   -6 (2/10, 20%) vs 2822-rated opposition   -1.1 
    Esser-Janowsky Match (Paris), 1910  2660 (#12 on January 1910 list)   [2396]   -1 (1/3, 33%)   -1 (1/3, 33%) vs 2436-rated opposition   -1.3 
    Janowsky-Lasker IV (World Championship, Berlin), 1910  2647 (#14 on November 1910 list)   2587   -8 (1.5/11, 14%)   -8 (1.5/11, 14%) vs 2820-rated opposition   -1.8 
    San Sebastian, 1911  2627 (#17 on February 1911 list)   2660   -2 (6/14, 43%)   -1 (6/13, 46%) vs 2698-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Janowsky-Marshall IV (Biarritz), 1912  2614 (#17 on January 1912 list)   2544   -5 (2/9, 22%)   -5 (2/9, 22%) vs 2711-rated opposition   -1.5 
    Paris game, 1912  2614 (#17 on January 1912 list)   [2616]   -1 (0/1, 0%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2822-rated opposition   -0.3 
    New York National, 1913  2551 (#38 on January 1913 list)   [2493]   +5 (9/13, 69%)   -2 (1/4, 25%) vs 2612-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Havana, 1913  2545 (#42 on February 1913 list)   2602   +4 (9/14, 64%)   +1 (5.5/10, 55%) vs 2585-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Scheveningen, 1913  2590 (#21 on July 1913 list)   2612   +9 (11/13, 85%)   +2 (3.5/5, 70%) vs 2564-rated opposition   +0.8 
    St. Petersburg, 1914  2634 (#15 on April 1914 list)   2574   -3 (3.5/10, 35%)   -4 (2/8, 25%) vs 2731-rated opposition   -1.1 
    Mannheim, 1914  2627 (#15 on July 1914 list)   2703   +3 (7/11, 64%)   +3 (6/9, 67%) vs 2645-rated opposition   +1.7 
    Janowsky-Showalter Match (Lexington), 1916  2649 (#15 on January 1916 list)   -   +5 (8/11, 73%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Jaffe-Janowsky I (New York), 1916  2649 (#15 on January 1916 list)   -   +1 (7/13, 54%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Janowsky-Marshall V (New York), 1916  2649 (#15 on January 1916 list)   2620   -3 (2.5/8, 31%)   -3 (2.5/8, 31%) vs 2752-rated opposition   -0.5 
    New York, 1916  2644 (#15 on February 1916 list)   2623   +5 (11/17, 65%)   +5 (11/17, 65%) vs 2519-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Jaffe-Janowsky II (New York), 1917  2653 (#7 on January 1917 list)   2699   +6 (10/14, 71%)   +6 (10/14, 71%) vs 2574-rated opposition   +1.7 
    Chajes-Janowsky Match (New York), 1918  2671 (#7 on January 1918 list)   2557   -2 (9/20, 45%)   -2 (9/20, 45%) vs 2576-rated opposition   -3.2 
    New York, 1918  2658 (#8 on November 1918 list)   [2591]   -4 (4/12, 33%)   -1 (1.5/4, 38%) vs 2694-rated opposition   -0.3 
    New York CCI, 1922  not rated on January 1922 list   -   -1 (1.5/4, 38%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New York Metropolitan tt, 1922  not rated on January 1922 list   -   = (0.5/1, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New York Metropolitan tt, 1923  not rated on January 1923 list   -   -2 (0/2, 0%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    New York, 1924  not rated on March 1924 list   2511   -10 (5/20, 25%)   -10 (5/20, 25%) vs 2666-rated opposition   N/A 
    Marienbad, 1925  2505 (#42 on January 1925 list)   2513   -4 (5.5/15, 37%)   -5 (4/13, 31%) vs 2624-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Hastings, 1925  2505 (#42 on January 1925 list)   2474   -3 (3/9, 33%)   -2 (3/8, 38%) vs 2535-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Ghent, 1926  2494 (#48 on January 1926 list)   2521   -1 (4.5/10, 45%)   -1 (3.5/8, 44%) vs 2558-rated opposition   +0.1 
    Semmering, 1926  2494 (#48 on January 1926 list)   2627   = (8.5/17, 50%)   +1 (7.5/14, 54%) vs 2608-rated opposition   +2.4