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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Akiba Rubinstein
   Born:    1882-Oct
   Died:    1961-Mar
   Best World Rank:    #1 (25 different months between the May 1908 rating list and the April 1914 rating list )
   Highest Rating:    2789 on the June 1913 rating list, #1 in world, age 30y8m
   Best Individual Performance:    2818 in St. Petersburg, 1909, scoring 12.5/16 (78%) vs 2655-rated opposition
  Graph   Best Performances   Career Details   Event Details   Ratings only
    Event Name  Rating   Performance   Overall Results   Actual Results vs Rated Opponents   +/- Predicted 
    Rubinstein-Salwe I (Lodz), 1903  not rated on January 1903 list   -   = (1/2, 50%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    RUS-ch03 Kiev, 1903  not rated on January 1903 list   [2534]   +5 (11.5/18, 64%)   -1 (0/1, 0%) vs 2691-rated opposition   N/A 
    Mieses-Rubinstein I (Lodz), 1905  not rated on January 1905 list   [2665]   +2 (2/2, 100%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2642-rated opposition   N/A 
    St Petersburg, 1905  not rated on January 1905 list   -   +5 (9.5/14, 68%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Hauptturnier-A Barmen, 1905  not rated on August 1905 list   2487   +9 (13/17, 76%)   = (3/6, 50%) vs 2487-rated opposition   N/A 
    Lodz, 1906  2562 (#32 on January 1906 list)   [2608]   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +1 (2/3, 67%) vs 2617-rated opposition   +0.7 
    Ostend, 1906  2562 (#32 on January 1906 list)   2719   +3 (7.5/12, 63%)   +3 (6.5/10, 65%) vs 2665-rated opposition   +2.7 
    Lodz, 1907  2699 (#7 on January 1907 list)   [2538]   +6 (7/8, 88%)   +2 (2/2, 100%) vs 2450-rated opposition   +0.4 
    Rubinstein-Salwe II (Lodz), 1907  2699 (#7 on January 1907 list)   [2699]   +4 (4/4, 100%)   +4 (4/4, 100%) vs 2577-rated opposition   +1.4 
    Rotlewi-Rubinstein Match (Lodz), 1907  2699 (#7 on January 1907 list)   -   +1 (1/1, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Ostend, 1907  2699 (#7 on January 1907 list)   2682   +11 (19.5/28, 70%)   +5 (12.5/20, 63%) vs 2592-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Karlsbad, 1907  2724 (#5 on August 1907 list)   2769   +10 (15/20, 75%)   +8 (13/18, 72%) vs 2630-rated opposition   +2.0 
    Lodz, 1908  2769 (#2 on January 1908 list)   2711   +3 (9.5/16, 59%)   +3 (9.5/16, 59%) vs 2659-rated opposition   -0.6 
    Prague, 1908  2769 (#2 on January 1908 list)   2710   +6 (12.5/19, 66%)   +4 (9.5/15, 63%) vs 2635-rated opposition   -0.4 
    Vienna, 1908  2769 (#2 on January 1908 list)   2712   +7 (13/19, 68%)   +5 (11/17, 65%) vs 2621-rated opposition   -0.5 
    Marshall-Rubinstein Match (Warsaw), 1908  2769 (#2 on January 1908 list)   2686   +1 (4.5/8, 56%)   +1 (4.5/8, 56%) vs 2694-rated opposition   -0.2 
    Mieses-Rubinstein II (GER), 1909  2759 (#2 on January 1909 list)   2668   +2 (6/10, 60%)   +2 (6/10, 60%) vs 2634-rated opposition   -0.5 
    St. Petersburg, 1909  2759 (#2 on January 1909 list)   2818   +11 (14.5/18, 81%)   +9 (12.5/16, 78%) vs 2655-rated opposition   +2.5 
    Vilnius, 1909  2759 (#2 on January 1909 list)   [2605]   +1 (2/3, 67%)   +1 (2/3, 67%) vs 2613-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Karlsbad, 1911  2776 (#2 on January 1911 list)   2728   +9 (17/25, 68%)   +4 (10/16, 63%) vs 2657-rated opposition   -0.2 
    San Sebastian, 1911  2775 (#2 on February 1911 list)   2757   +4 (9/14, 64%)   +4 (8.5/13, 65%) vs 2687-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Bad Pistyan, 1912  2772 (#2 on January 1912 list)   2763   +11 (14/17, 82%)   +6 (8.5/11, 77%) vs 2634-rated opposition   +1.2 
    Breslau, 1912  2772 (#2 on January 1912 list)   2699   +7 (12/17, 71%)   +2 (5.5/9, 61%) vs 2673-rated opposition   =0.0 
    Vilnius (RUS Championship), 1912  2772 (#2 on January 1912 list)   2616   +2 (6.5/11, 59%)   +1 (5/9, 56%) vs 2603-rated opposition   -1.3 
    San Sebastian, 1912  2772 (#2 on January 1912 list)   2783   +6 (12.5/19, 66%)   +6 (12.5/19, 66%) vs 2686-rated opposition   +1.1 
    St. Petersburg, 1914  2784 (#1 on April 1914 list)   2645   = (5/10, 50%)   -1 (3.5/8, 44%) vs 2712-rated opposition   -1.2 
    Lodz, 1917  not rated on January 1917 list   -   +1 (2/3, 67%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Berlin, 1918  not rated on January 1918 list   2477   -4 (1/6, 17%)   -4 (1/6, 17%) vs 2645-rated opposition   N/A 
    Rubinstein-Schlechter Match (Berlin), 1918  not rated on January 1918 list   2687   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   +1 (3.5/6, 58%) vs 2704-rated opposition   N/A 
    Berlin, 1918  not rated on January 1918 list   2756   +2 (4/6, 67%)   +2 (4/6, 67%) vs 2752-rated opposition   N/A 
    Stockholm, 1919  2713 (#6 on January 1919 list)   [2637]   = (6/12, 50%)   +1 (2.5/4, 63%) vs 2651-rated opposition   +0.2 
    Warsaw, 1919  2713 (#6 on January 1919 list)   -   -1 (1/3, 33%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Gothenburg, 1920  2672 (#8 on January 1920 list)   2696   +5 (9/13, 69%)   +3 (6/9, 67%) vs 2637-rated opposition   +1.1 
    Bogoljubow-Rubinstein Match (Stockholm/Gothenburg, Gothenburg), 1920  2672 (#8 on January 1920 list)   2697   +1 (6.5/12, 54%)   +1 (6.5/12, 54%) vs 2694-rated opposition   +0.8 
    The Hague, 1921  2724 (#2 on January 1921 list)   2702   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +3 (4.5/6, 75%) vs 2640-rated opposition   +0.9 
    Triberg, 1921  2714 (#4 on December 1921 list)   2700   +4 (8/12, 67%)   +4 (8/12, 67%) vs 2618-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Hastings, 1922  2728 (#3 on January 1922 list)   2692   +4 (7/10, 70%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2630-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Teplitz-Schoenau, 1922  2728 (#3 on January 1922 list)   2662   +3 (8/13, 62%)   +2 (6.5/11, 59%) vs 2626-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Vienna, 1922  2728 (#3 on January 1922 list)   2737   +9 (11.5/14, 82%)   +4 (6.5/9, 72%) vs 2655-rated opposition   +1.2 
    London, 1922  2742 (#3 on July 1922 list)   2706   +6 (10.5/15, 70%)   +3 (6/9, 67%) vs 2648-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Hastings 2223, 1922  2758 (#3 on December 1922 list)   [2581]   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +1 (1.5/2, 75%) vs 2586-rated opposition   +0.1 
    Karlsbad, 1923  2765 (#3 on April 1923 list)   2608   -2 (7.5/17, 44%)   -1 (7/15, 47%) vs 2629-rated opposition   -2.9 
    Maehrisch Ostrau, 1923  2734 (#3 on July 1923 list)   2552   -2 (5.5/13, 42%)   -2 (4/10, 40%) vs 2615-rated opposition   -2.4 
    Berlin, 1924  2703 (#4 on January 1924 list)   2600   +1 (3.5/6, 58%)   +1 (3.5/6, 58%) vs 2592-rated opposition   -0.3 
    Meran, 1924  2703 (#4 on January 1924 list)   2609   +3 (8/13, 62%)   +3 (7/11, 64%) vs 2534-rated opposition   -0.7 
    Baden-Baden, 1925  2676 (#8 on January 1925 list)   2734   +9 (14.5/20, 73%)   +6 (11/16, 69%) vs 2623-rated opposition   +2.0 
    Marienbad, 1925  2676 (#8 on January 1925 list)   2735   +7 (11/15, 73%)   +6 (9.5/13, 73%) vs 2611-rated opposition   +2.0 
    Breslau, 1925  2691 (#6 on July 1925 list)   2654   +3 (7/11, 64%)   +2 (5/8, 63%) vs 2618-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Moscow, 1925  2697 (#6 on November 1925 list)   2601   -1 (9.5/20, 48%)   -2 (6/14, 43%) vs 2649-rated opposition   -1.8 
    Berlin, 1926  2677 (#7 on January 1926 list)   2654   +3 (6/9, 67%)   +2 (4/6, 67%) vs 2619-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Dresden, 1926  2677 (#7 on January 1926 list)   2666   +4 (6.5/9, 72%)   +3 (5.5/8, 69%) vs 2598-rated opposition   +0.8 
    Hannover, 1926  2677 (#7 on January 1926 list)   [2604]   +5 (6/7, 86%)   +2 (3/4, 75%) vs 2553-rated opposition   +0.4 
    POL-ch01 Warsaw, 1926  2677 (#7 on January 1926 list)   -   +1 (1/1, 100%)   no games vs rated opposition   N/A 
    Semmering, 1926  2677 (#7 on January 1926 list)   2636   +3 (10/17, 59%)   +2 (8/14, 57%) vs 2595-rated opposition   -0.4 
    Budapest, 1926  2683 (#7 on June 1926 list)   2590   +3 (9/15, 60%)   +2 (7.5/13, 58%) vs 2541-rated opposition   -1.2 
    POL-ch Lodz, 1927  2688 (#6 on January 1927 list)   [2623]   +8 (9/10, 90%)   +1 (1/1, 100%) vs 2663-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Bad Kissingen, 1928  2702 (#7 on August 1928 list)   2692   +2 (6.5/11, 59%)   +2 (6.5/11, 59%) vs 2662-rated opposition   +0.5 
    Berlin, 1928  2713 (#7 on October 1928 list)   2653   -1 (6/13, 46%)   -1 (6/13, 46%) vs 2690-rated opposition   -0.9 
    Rogaska Slatina, 1929  2706 (#7 on January 1929 list)   2651   +8 (10.5/13, 81%)   +3 (4.5/6, 75%) vs 2573-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Ramsgate, 1929  2705 (#7 on April 1929 list)   2579   +3 (5/7, 71%)   +2 (3.5/5, 70%) vs 2520-rated opposition   -0.1 
    Karlsbad, 1929  2702 (#7 on July 1929 list)   2727   +6 (13.5/21, 64%)   +5 (12.5/20, 63%) vs 2643-rated opposition   +1.1 
    Budapest, 1929  2718 (#6 on September 1929 list)   2708   +6 (9.5/13, 73%)   +6 (9.5/13, 73%) vs 2580-rated opposition   +0.9 
    Liege, 1930  2735 (#5 on January 1930 list)   2532   -1 (5/11, 45%)   -2 (3.5/9, 39%) vs 2598-rated opposition   -2.5 
    NED m1, 1930  2735 (#5 on January 1930 list)   [2610]   +3 (3/3, 100%)   +3 (3/3, 100%) vs 2500-rated opposition   +0.7 
    NED m2, 1930  2735 (#5 on January 1930 list)   [2581]   +2 (2.5/3, 83%)   +2 (2.5/3, 83%) vs 2518-rated opposition   +0.2 
    San Remo, 1930  2735 (#5 on January 1930 list)   2708   +5 (10/15, 67%)   +4 (9/14, 64%) vs 2632-rated opposition   +0.3 
    Scarborough, 1930  2735 (#5 on January 1930 list)   2602   +3 (7/11, 64%)   +2 (6/10, 60%) vs 2554-rated opposition   -1.1 
    Hamburg ol (Men), 1930  2722 (#6 on July 1930 list)   [2667]   +5 (6/7, 86%)   +2 (3/4, 75%) vs 2639-rated opposition   +0.6 
    Rotterdam, 1931  2721 (#6 on January 1931 list)   2502   -2 (2/6, 33%)   -2 (2/6, 33%) vs 2592-rated opposition   -1.9 
    Prague ol (Men), 1931  2707 (#7 on July 1931 list)   2617   +2 (7/12, 58%)   +1 (5/9, 56%) vs 2604-rated opposition   -0.6