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Chessmetrics Player Profile: Wilhelm Steinitz

Born:

1836-May

Died:

1900-Aug

Best World Rank:

#1 (173 different months between the September 1866 rating list and the May 1890 rating list )

Highest Rating:

2826 on the April 1876 rating list, #1 in world, age 39y11m

Best Individual Performance:

2829 in Blackburne-Steinitz III (London), 1876, scoring 7/7 (100%) vs 2648-rated opposition

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