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Most Dominant Player between 1840 and 2005 |
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Emanuel Lasker: 24.3 years as #1 (between June 1890 and December 1926) |
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1840 and 2005 was Emanuel Lasker, with 292 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 24.3 years). Next on the list were Garry Kasparov (21.9 years) and Wilhelm Steinitz (14.4 years). |
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Highest-Rated Player between 1840 and 2005 |
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Bobby Fischer: 2895 (October 1971) |
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Strongest Tournament between 1840 and 2005 |
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Vienna, 1882: Class 21 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10) |
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Specific participants from top ten on rating list |
#1 | Vienna, 1882 | 21 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10 | #1 Johannes Zukertort (2755), #2 Joseph Blackburne (2716), #3 Adolf Schwarz (2657), #4 Berthold Englisch (2646), #5 George Mackenzie (2643), #6 Mikhail Chigorin (2631), #7 James Mason (2628), #8 Szymon Winawer (2625), #10 Louis Paulsen (2616) from May 1882 rating list |
| #2 | Linares, 1993 | 21 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2877), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2812), #3 Vassily Ivanchuk (2798), #4 Viswanathan Anand (2762), #5 Boris Gelfand (2755), #6 Valery Salov (2752), #7 Evgeny Bareev (2743), #8 Vladimir Kramnik (2735), #10 Artur Jussupow (2726) from February 1993 rating list |
| #3 | Nottingham, 1936 | 20 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 | #1 Max Euwe (2753), #2 Mikhail Botvinnik (2748), #3 Alexander Alekhine (2745), #4 Salo Flohr (2744), #5 José Capablanca (2742), #6 Samuel Reshevsky (2727), #7 Reuben Fine (2693), #8 Efim Bogoljubow (2682) from August 1936 rating list |
| #4 | AVRO, 1938 | 20 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 | #1 Mikhail Botvinnik (2763), #2 Alexander Alekhine (2754), #3 Samuel Reshevsky (2745), #4 Reuben Fine (2737), #5 José Capablanca (2732), #6 Salo Flohr (2727), #7 Paul Keres (2718), #8 Max Euwe (2716) from November 1938 rating list |
| #5 | Linares, 1992 | 20 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2864), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2807), #3 Vassily Ivanchuk (2795), #4 Boris Gelfand (2761), #5 Valery Salov (2744), #6 Evgeny Bareev (2739), #7 Nigel Short (2736), #8 Viswanathan Anand (2735) from February 1992 rating list |
| #6 | Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2001 | 20 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2850), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2820), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2815), #4 Peter Leko (2768), #5 Alexander Morozevich (2757), #6 Alexei Shirov (2750), #7 Vassily Ivanchuk (2749), #8 Michael Adams (2743) from January 2001 rating list |
| #7 | London, 1883 | 19 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 | #1 Wilhelm Steinitz (2794), #2 Johannes Zukertort (2736), #3 Szymon Winawer (2708), #4 Joseph Blackburne (2703), #5 George Mackenzie (2702), #6 James Mason (2698), #7 Berthold Englisch (2628) from April 1883 rating list |
| #8 | Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1999 | 19 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2840), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2825), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2803), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2754), #5 Alexei Shirov (2746), #6 Veselin Topalov (2745), #7 Peter Svidler (2744) from January 1999 rating list |
| #9 | Linares, 1994 | 19 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2864), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2799), #3 Viswanathan Anand (2784), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2778), #5 Vladimir Kramnik (2765), #7 Boris Gelfand (2746), #8 Alexei Shirov (2743), #9 Gata Kamsky (2737) from February 1994 rating list |
| #10 | Hastings, 1895 | 19 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9 | #1 Emanuel Lasker (2860), #2 Siegbert Tarrasch (2823), #3 Wilhelm Steinitz (2763), #4 Mikhail Chigorin (2743), #6 Richard Teichmann (2713), #7 Curt von Bardeleben (2708), #8 Joseph Blackburne (2701), #9 Carl Walbrodt (2678) from August 1895 rating list |
| #11 | St. Petersburg, 1914 | 18 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6 | #1 Akiba Rubinstein (2784), #2 José Capablanca (2771), #3 Frank Marshall (2754), #4 Alexander Alekhine (2753), #5 Aron Nimzowitsch (2738), #6 Siegbert Tarrasch (2723) from April 1914 rating list |
| #12 | Reggio Emilia, 1991 | 18 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #9 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2869), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2811), #3 Vassily Ivanchuk (2799), #4 Boris Gelfand (2755), #5 Valery Salov (2743), #7 Mikhail Gurevich (2729), #9 Viswanathan Anand (2728) from December 1991 rating list |
| #13 | Linares, 1998 | 18 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #10 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2861), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2828), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2817), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2774), #6 Veselin Topalov (2761), #7 Alexei Shirov (2731), #10 Peter Svidler (2723) from February 1998 rating list |
| #14 | Linares, 1999 | 18 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2857), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2832), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2800), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2753), #6 Peter Svidler (2741), #7 Veselin Topalov (2739), #8 Michael Adams (2735) from February 1999 rating list |
| #15 | Baden-Baden, 1870 | 18 | #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9 | #1 Adolf Anderssen (2714), #2 Gustav Neumann (2703), #3 Wilhelm Steinitz (2696), #5 Louis Paulsen (2638), #6 Szymon Winawer (2614), #7 Cecil de Vere (2601), #8 Joseph Blackburne (2578), #9 Samuel Rosenthal (2544) from July 1870 rating list |
| #16 | Zurich (Candidates), 1953 | 18 | #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10 | #1 Samuel Reshevsky (2781), #3 Vassily Smyslov (2765), #4 Miguel Najdorf (2753), #5 Efim Geller (2734), #6 Alexander Kotov (2727), #7 David Bronstein (2724), #8 Isaak Boleslavsky (2722), #9 Gideon Stĺhlberg (2722), #10 Paul Keres (2721) from August 1953 rating list |
| #17 | San Sebastian, 1911 | 18 | #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10 | #2 Akiba Rubinstein (2775), #3 Carl Schlechter (2763), #4 José Capablanca (2740), #5 Oldrich Duras (2738), #6 Richard Teichmann (2733), #7 Aron Nimzowitsch (2712), #8 Frank Marshall (2703), #9 Rudolf Spielmann (2701), #10 Milan Vidmar Sr (2678) from February 1911 rating list |
| #18 | Karlsbad, 1929 | 18 | #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10 | #2 José Capablanca (2801), #3 Aron Nimzowitsch (2772), #4 Efim Bogoljubow (2759), #5 Max Euwe (2739), #6 Milan Vidmar Sr (2709), #7 Akiba Rubinstein (2702), #8 Saviely Tartakower (2689), #9 Rudolf Spielmann (2673), #10 Friedrich Sämisch (2665) from July 1929 rating list |
| #19 | Nurnberg, 1896 | 17 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7 | #1 Emanuel Lasker (2836), #2 Siegbert Tarrasch (2786), #3 Mikhail Chigorin (2759), #4 Wilhelm Steinitz (2750), #5 Harry Pillsbury (2736), #7 Richard Teichmann (2700) from July 1896 rating list |
| #20 | Belfort (World Cup), 1988 | 17 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2856), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2820), #3 Alexander Beliavsky (2756), #4 Jan Timman (2751), #5 Artur Jussupow (2736), #7 Nigel Short (2734) from June 1988 rating list |
| #21 | Las Palmas, 1996 | 17 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2841), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2805), #3 Anatoly Karpov (2800), #4 Vladimir Kramnik (2791), #5 Vassily Ivanchuk (2790), #7 Veselin Topalov (2757) from December 1996 rating list |
| #22 | London, 1922 | 17 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #10 | #1 José Capablanca (2827), #2 Alexander Alekhine (2789), #3 Akiba Rubinstein (2742), #4 Saviely Tartakower (2705), #6 Efim Bogoljubow (2689), #10 Richard Réti (2658) from July 1922 rating list |
| #23 | Linares, 1991 | 17 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #7, #8, #10 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2870), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2826), #3 Vassily Ivanchuk (2790), #4 Boris Gelfand (2755), #7 Valery Salov (2732), #8 Mikhail Gurevich (2728), #10 Alexander Beliavsky (2724) from February 1991 rating list |
| #24 | Linares, 1997 | 17 | #1, #2, #4, #5, #6, #8, #9 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2848), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2810), #4 Vladimir Kramnik (2794), #5 Vassily Ivanchuk (2786), #6 Veselin Topalov (2762), #8 Alexei Shirov (2735), #9 Boris Gelfand (2726) from February 1997 rating list |
| #25 | Frankfurt, 1887 | 17 | #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9, #10 | #2 Joseph Blackburne (2738), #3 Isidor Gunsberg (2726), #4 Amos Burn (2670), #5 Johannes Zukertort (2666), #6 Emil Schallopp (2650), #7 George Mackenzie (2642), #9 Miksa Weiss (2635), #10 Siegbert Tarrasch (2635) from July 1887 rating list |
| #26 | Linares, 2000 | 16 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2875), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2810), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2797), #4 Peter Leko (2755), #5 Alexei Shirov (2754) from February 2000 rating list |
| #27 | Ostend, 1905 | 16 | #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #8, #9 | #1 Géza Maróczy (2781), #2 Dawid Janowsky (2770), #3 Siegbert Tarrasch (2744), #6 Carl Schlechter (2733), #7 Mikhail Chigorin (2723), #8 Frank Marshall (2715), #9 Richard Teichmann (2703) from January 1905 rating list |
| #28 | Paris, 1900 | 16 | #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 | #1 Emanuel Lasker (2851), #3 Harry Pillsbury (2801), #4 Géza Maróczy (2748), #5 Dawid Janowsky (2745), #6 Mikhail Chigorin (2718), #7 Carl Schlechter (2716), #8 Amos Burn (2713) from May 1900 rating list |
| #29 | Dos Hermanas, 1996 | 16 | #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2832), #3 Viswanathan Anand (2795), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2788), #5 Vladimir Kramnik (2780), #6 Gata Kamsky (2774), #7 Veselin Topalov (2735), #8 Alexei Shirov (2732) from May 1996 rating list |
| #30 | Moscow, 1925 | 16 | #1, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10 | #1 Emanuel Lasker (2795), #3 José Capablanca (2756), #4 Efim Bogoljubow (2726), #6 Akiba Rubinstein (2697), #7 Frank Marshall (2682), #8 Ernst Grünfeld (2669), #9 Richard Réti (2668), #10 Saviely Tartakower (2666) from November 1925 rating list |
| #31 | Tilburg, 1983 | 16 | #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 | #2 Anatoly Karpov (2806), #3 Ulf Andersson (2743), #4 Rafael Vaganian (2734), #5 Boris Spassky (2732), #6 Lajos Portisch (2731), #7 Jan Timman (2728), #8 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2727) from October 1983 rating list |
| #32 | Vienna, 1898 | 16 | #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9 | #2 Harry Pillsbury (2756), #3 Mikhail Chigorin (2742), #4 Géza Maróczy (2737), #5 Siegbert Tarrasch (2728), #6 Wilhelm Steinitz (2725), #7 Dawid Janowsky (2723), #9 Carl Walbrodt (2689) from May 1898 rating list |
| #33 | Bad Kissingen, 1928 | 16 | #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10 | #2 José Capablanca (2791), #3 Aron Nimzowitsch (2771), #4 Efim Bogoljubow (2735), #6 Max Euwe (2721), #7 Akiba Rubinstein (2702), #8 Saviely Tartakower (2684), #9 Frank Marshall (2674), #10 Rudolf Spielmann (2667) from August 1928 rating list |
| #34 | Linares, 2003 | 15 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #7 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2847), #2 Vladimir Kramnik (2800), #3 Viswanathan Anand (2793), #4 Peter Leko (2753), #7 Ruslan Ponomariov (2744) from February 2003 rating list |
| #35 | Moscow (Alekhine Memorial), 1956 | 15 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #9 | #1 Vassily Smyslov (2793), #2 Paul Keres (2782), #3 David Bronstein (2770), #4 Mikhail Botvinnik (2756), #9 Mark Taimanov (2714) from January 1956 rating list |
| #36 | Amsterdam (Candidates), 1956 | 15 | #1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #8 | #1 Vassily Smyslov (2793), #2 Paul Keres (2782), #3 David Bronstein (2770), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2755), #7 Efim Geller (2720), #8 Boris Spassky (2714) from January 1956 rating list |
| #37 | Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2000 | 15 | #1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #9 | #1 Garry Kasparov (2868), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2810), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2796), #5 Alexander Morozevich (2748), #7 Peter Leko (2739), #9 Michael Adams (2736) from January 2000 rating list |
| #38 | Moscow (URS Championship), 1952 | 15 | #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #8 | #1 Vassily Smyslov (2776), #2 David Bronstein (2774), #3 Paul Keres (2769), #6 Mikhail Botvinnik (2748), #7 Isaak Boleslavsky (2719), #8 Efim Geller (2712) from January 1952 rating list |
| #39 | Moscow (URS Championship), 1955 | 15 | #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #9 | #1 Vassily Smyslov (2793), #2 Mikhail Botvinnik (2778), #3 Paul Keres (2766), #6 Tigran Petrosian (2739), #7 Mark Taimanov (2732), #9 Viktor Korchnoi (2711) from February 1955 rating list |
| #40 | New York, 1924 | 15 | #1, #2, #3, #7, #8, #9, #10 | #1 Alexander Alekhine (2776), #2 José Capablanca (2765), #3 Emanuel Lasker (2738), #7 Efim Bogoljubow (2689), #8 Saviely Tartakower (2677), #9 Géza Maróczy (2675), #10 Richard Réti (2673) from March 1924 rating list |
| #41 | St. Petersburg, 1909 | 15 | #1, #2, #4, #5, #7, #8 | #1 Emanuel Lasker (2814), #2 Akiba Rubinstein (2759), #4 Carl Schlechter (2744), #5 Oldrich Duras (2738), #7 Richard Teichmann (2700), #8 Milan Vidmar Sr (2696) from January 1909 rating list |
| #42 | Moscow, 1981 | 15 | #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 | #1 Anatoly Karpov (2813), #3 Garry Kasparov (2755), #4 Jan Timman (2739), #5 Lajos Portisch (2736), #6 Alexander Beliavsky (2733), #7 Lev Polugaevsky (2729) from April 1981 rating list |
| #43 | Ostend, 1906 | 15 | #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #9 | #1 Géza Maróczy (2817), #3 Dawid Janowsky (2764), #4 Carl Schlechter (2745), #5 Frank Marshall (2726), #6 Richard Teichmann (2713), #9 Ossip Bernstein (2688), #10 Georg Marco (2663) from January 1906 rating list |
| #44 | San Remo, 1930 | 15 | #1, #3, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9 | #1 Alexander Alekhine (2821), #3 Aron Nimzowitsch (2779), #4 Efim Bogoljubow (2735), #5 Akiba Rubinstein (2735), #7 Rudolf Spielmann (2699), #8 Milan Vidmar Sr (2691), #9 Saviely Tartakower (2680) from January 1930 rating list |
| #45 | London, 1899 | 15 | #1, #3, #4, #5, #7, #9, #10 | #1 Emanuel Lasker (2813), #3 Harry Pillsbury (2794), #4 Wilhelm Steinitz (2737), #5 Dawid Janowsky (2735), #7 Mikhail Chigorin (2726), #9 Géza Maróczy (2711), #10 Carl Schlechter (2697) from May 1899 rating list |
| #46 | Bled, 1931 | 15 | #1, #3, #4, #5, #8, #9, #10 | #1 Alexander Alekhine (2850), #3 Aron Nimzowitsch (2762), #4 Isaac Kashdan (2731), #5 Efim Bogoljubow (2726), #8 Saviely Tartakower (2693), #9 Rudolf Spielmann (2661), #10 Milan Vidmar Sr (2654) from January 1931 rating list |
| #47 | Monte Carlo, 1902 | 15 | #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #10 | #2 Harry Pillsbury (2811), #3 Géza Maróczy (2761), #4 Carl Schlechter (2747), #5 Dawid Janowsky (2720), #6 Mikhail Chigorin (2718), #10 Theodor von Scheve (2669) from January 1902 rating list |
| #48 | Bradford, 1888 | 15 | #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 | #2 Joseph Blackburne (2747), #3 Isidor Gunsberg (2719), #4 Miksa Weiss (2696), #5 Curt von Bardeleben (2677), #6 George Mackenzie (2676), #7 Amos Burn (2664) from August 1888 rating list |
| #49 | Buenos Aires Sicilian, 1994 | 15 | #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #8 | #2 Anatoly Karpov (2814), #3 Viswanathan Anand (2792), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2784), #5 Gata Kamsky (2772), #6 Valery Salov (2759), #8 Alexei Shirov (2750) from October 1994 rating list |
| #50 | Dortmund, 1997 | 15 | #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #9 | #2 Viswanathan Anand (2823), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2810), #4 Anatoly Karpov (2784), #5 Vassily Ivanchuk (2777), #6 Veselin Topalov (2762), #9 Boris Gelfand (2723) from July 1997 rating list |
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Strongest Match between 1840 and 2005 |
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Karpov-Kasparov V (World Championship, Lyon/New York), 1990: #1 vs #2 |
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Best Individual Event Performance between 1840 and 2005 |
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Anatoly Karpov: 2899 in Linares, 1994 |
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