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Most Dominant Player between 1840 and 1900 See more details
   Wilhelm Steinitz: 14.4 years as #1 (between September 1866 and May 1890)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1840 and 1900 was Wilhelm Steinitz, with 173 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 14.4 years). Next on the list were Emanuel Lasker (9.6 years) and Howard Staunton (6.3 years).
Highest-Rated Player between 1840 and 1900 See more details
   Emanuel Lasker: 2878 (May 1894)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1840 and 1900 was Emanuel Lasker, with a rating of 2878 on the May 1894 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1840 and 1900 were achieved by Wilhelm Steinitz (2826 on the April 1876 list) and Siegbert Tarrasch (2824 on the June 1895 list).
Strongest Tournament between 1840 and 1900 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Vienna, 1882: Class 21 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10)
The strongest tournament held between 1840 and 1900 was Vienna 1882. This was a Class 21 tournament, including nine of the top ten players in the world (from the May 1882 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were London 1883 (Class 19) and Hastings 1895 (Class 19).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    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    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
 #3    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
 #4    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
 #5    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
NOTE: "Class" is a Chessmetrics formula used to rank the strength of a tournament, by using the participation of top-10 players from the rating list (rather than just using the average rating of all participants). For more details, go here.
Strongest Match between 1840 and 1900 See more details
   Steinitz-Zukertort II (World Championship, USA), 1886: #1 vs #2
The strongest match held between 1840 and 1900 was Steinitz-Zukertort II (World Championship, USA), 1886. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 Wilhelm Steinitz (2777) and #2 Johannes Zukertort (2757) from the January 1886 rating list. Next on the list were Blackburne-Zukertort I (London), 1881 (#1 vs #2) and Blackburne-Steinitz III (London), 1876 (#1 vs #2).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1840 and 1900 See more details
   Emanuel Lasker: 2882 in Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896
The best individual event performance between 1840 and 1900 was achieved by Emanuel Lasker with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2882 in Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Emanuel Lasker (2878 performance) in London, 1899, and by Siegbert Tarrasch (2853 performance) in Tarrasch-Walbrodt Match (Nuremberg), 1894.