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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Aron Nimzowitsch
   Born:    1886-Nov
   Died:    1935-Mar
   Best World Rank:    #2 (6 different months between the February 1913 rating list and the July 1913 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2780 on the September 1929 rating list, #3 in world, age 42y10m
   Best Individual Performance:    2787 in Karlsbad, 1929, scoring 14.5/20 (73%) vs 2640-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    Barmen, 1905  not rated on January 1905 list   2404   -5 (6/17, 35%)   -4 (1.5/7, 21%) vs 2532-rated opposition   N/A 
    Vienna, 1905  not rated on January 1905 list   [2574]   +1 (1.5/2, 75%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2575-rated opposition   N/A 
    Ostend, 1907  2444 (#53 on January 1907 list)   2693   +10 (19/28, 68%)   +5 (12.5/20, 63%) vs 2605-rated opposition   +6.3 
    Karlsbad, 1907  2585 (#28 on August 1907 list)   2725   +5 (12.5/20, 63%)   +5 (11.5/18, 64%) vs 2638-rated opposition   +3.6 
    Hamburg, 1910  not rated on January 1910 list   2728   +5 (10.5/16, 66%)   +4 (8.5/13, 65%) vs 2653-rated opposition   N/A 
    Karlsbad, 1911  2713 (#7 on January 1911 list)   2676   +6 (15.5/25, 62%)   +1 (8.5/16, 53%) vs 2661-rated opposition   -0.5 
    San Sebastian, 1911  2712 (#7 on February 1911 list)   2697   +1 (7.5/14, 54%)   +1 (7/13, 54%) vs 2692-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Vilnius (RUS Championship), 1912  2719 (#6 on January 1912 list)   2678   +3 (7/11, 64%)   +3 (6.5/10, 65%) vs 2616-rated opposition   +0.3 
    San Sebastian, 1912  2719 (#6 on January 1912 list)   2771   +5 (12/19, 63%)   +5 (12/19, 63%) vs 2692-rated opposition   +1.9 
    Riga, 1913  2742 (#3 on January 1913 list)   [2545]   -1 (0/1, 0%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2707-rated opposition   -0.5 
    St Petersburg2, 1913  2742 (#3 on January 1913 list)   [2563]   +3 (3/3, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2567-rated opposition   +0.3 
    St. Petersburg, 1914  2738 (#5 on January 1914 list)   2636   +3 (6.5/10, 65%)   +2 (4.5/7, 64%) vs 2595-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Alekhine-Nimzowitsch Match (Playoff, St Petersburg), 1914  2737 (#5 on February 1914 list)   [2641]   = (1/2, 50%)   = (1/2, 50%) vs 2747-rated opposition   =0.0 
    St. Petersburg, 1914  2738 (#5 on April 1914 list)   2621   -2 (4/10, 40%)   -2 (3/8, 38%) vs 2718-rated opposition   -1.2 
    Gothenburg, 1920  not rated on January 1920 list   2523   -4 (4.5/13, 35%)   -4 (3/10, 30%) vs 2640-rated opposition   N/A 
    Nimzowitsch-Spielmann Match (Stockholm), 1920  not rated on January 1920 list   [2684]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2670-rated opposition   N/A 
    Copenhagen, 1922  2536 (#23 on December 1922 list)   -   +2 (2/2, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Copenhagen, 1923  not rated on January 1923 list   2717   +6 (8/10, 80%)   +5 (6.5/8, 81%) vs 2591-rated opposition   N/A 
    Brinckmann-Nimzowitsch Match (Kolding), 1923  not rated on January 1923 list   [2616]   +3 (3/3, 100%)   +3 (3/3, 100%) vs 2507-rated opposition   N/A 
    Karlsbad, 1923  2612 (#14 on April 1923 list)   2694   +3 (10/17, 59%)   +3 (9/15, 60%) vs 2639-rated opposition   +2.0 
    Nordisk Skakforbund Copenhagen, 1924  2695 (#5 on August 1924 list)   [2595]   +8 (8.5/9, 94%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2618-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Baden-Baden, 1925  2703 (#5 on January 1925 list)   2604   +2 (11/20, 55%)   -1 (7.5/16, 47%) vs 2621-rated opposition   -2.0 
    Marienbad, 1925  2703 (#5 on January 1925 list)   2755   +7 (11/15, 73%)   +7 (10/13, 77%) vs 2609-rated opposition   +2.1 
    Breslau, 1925  2702 (#4 on July 1925 list)   2624   +4 (7.5/11, 68%)   +1 (4.5/8, 56%) vs 2616-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Dresden, 1926  2697 (#5 on January 1926 list)   2778   +8 (8.5/9, 94%)   +7 (7.5/8, 94%) vs 2595-rated opposition   +2.5 
    Hannover, 1926  2697 (#5 on January 1926 list)   [2639]   +6 (6.5/7, 93%)   +3 (3.5/4, 88%) vs 2548-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Semmering, 1926  2697 (#5 on January 1926 list)   2696   +6 (11.5/17, 68%)   +5 (9.5/14, 68%) vs 2593-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Bad Niendorf, 1927  2742 (#5 on January 1927 list)   2648   +4 (5.5/7, 79%)   +3 (4.5/6, 75%) vs 2569-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Kecskemet, 1927  2742 (#5 on January 1927 list)   2636   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +3 (5/7, 71%) vs 2557-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Kecskemet, 1927  2742 (#5 on January 1927 list)   2642   +3 (5/7, 71%)   +3 (5/7, 71%) vs 2565-rated opposition   =0.0 
    New York, 1927  2743 (#5 on February 1927 list)   2717   +1 (10.5/20, 53%)   +1 (10.5/20, 53%) vs 2703-rated opposition   -0.4 
    Copenhagen Politiken, 1927  2751 (#4 on June 1927 list)   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    London ol (Men), 1927  2752 (#4 on July 1927 list)   -   +1 (1/1, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    London, 1927  2753 (#3 on October 1927 list)   2735   +5 (8/11, 73%)   +5 (7/9, 78%) vs 2619-rated opposition   +1.1 
    Berlin, 1928  2766 (#3 on January 1928 list)   2652   +7 (10/13, 77%)   +3 (6/9, 67%) vs 2582-rated opposition   -0.4 
    Bad Kissingen, 1928  2771 (#3 on August 1928 list)   2663   +1 (6/11, 55%)   +1 (6/11, 55%) vs 2656-rated opposition   -1.0 
    Berlin, 1928  2761 (#3 on October 1928 list)   2717   +2 (7/12, 58%)   +2 (7/12, 58%) vs 2691-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Karlsbad, 1929  2772 (#3 on July 1929 list)   2787   +9 (15/21, 71%)   +9 (14.5/20, 73%) vs 2640-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Frankfurt, 1930  2779 (#3 on January 1930 list)   2737   +8 (9.5/11, 86%)   +7 (8.5/10, 85%) vs 2567-rated opposition   +1.0 
    Liege, 1930  2779 (#3 on January 1930 list)   2555   +1 (6/11, 55%)   -1 (4/9, 44%) vs 2593-rated opposition   -2.5 
    San Remo, 1930  2779 (#3 on January 1930 list)   2726   +6 (10.5/15, 70%)   +5 (9.5/14, 68%) vs 2629-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Bled, 1931  2762 (#3 on January 1931 list)   2660   +2 (14/26, 54%)   = (12/24, 50%) vs 2651-rated opposition   -3.1 
    Aarhus, 1933  2698 (#6 on January 1933 list)   [2513]   +1 (1/1, 100%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2487-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Copenhagen Politiken, 1933  2691 (#7 on May 1933 list)   [2512]   +3 (4/5, 80%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2486-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Nimzowitsch-Ståhlberg Match (Gothenburg), 1934  2657 (#14 on January 1934 list)   2516   -2 (3/8, 38%)   -2 (3/8, 38%) vs 2587-rated opposition   -1.7 
    Zuerich, 1934  2657 (#14 on January 1934 list)   2602   +3 (9/15, 60%)   +1 (7/13, 54%) vs 2580-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Nordisk Skakforbund Copenhagen, 1934  2631 (#18 on August 1934 list)   [2623]   +3 (3/3, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2579-rated opposition   +0.9