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Most Dominant Player between 1875 and 1905 See more details
   Emanuel Lasker: 12.6 years as #1 (between June 1890 and December 1902)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1875 and 1905 was Emanuel Lasker, with 151 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 12.6 years). Next on the list were Wilhelm Steinitz (9.7 years) and Johannes Zukertort (4.7 years).
Highest-Rated Player between 1875 and 1905 See more details
   Emanuel Lasker: 2878 (May 1894)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1875 and 1905 was Emanuel Lasker, with a rating of 2878 on the May 1894 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1875 and 1905 were achieved by Wilhelm Steinitz (2826 on the April 1876 list) and Siegbert Tarrasch (2824 on the June 1895 list).
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   Vienna, 1882: Class 21 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10)
The strongest tournament held between 1875 and 1905 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    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
 #5    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
 #6    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
 #7    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
 #8    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
 #9    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
 #10    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
 #11    Cambridge Springs, 1904      13      #1, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8    #1 Harry Pillsbury (2771), #3 Mikhail Chigorin (2759), #5 Dawid Janowsky (2750), #6 Carl Schlechter (2727), #7 Richard Teichmann (2705), #8 Emanuel Lasker (2675) from April 1904 rating list
 #12    St. Petersburg, 1895      12      #1, #3, #4, #5    #1 Emanuel Lasker (2842), #3 Mikhail Chigorin (2794), #4 Wilhelm Steinitz (2746), #5 Harry Pillsbury (2727) from December 1895 rating list
 #13    Paris, 1878      12      #1, #3, #4, #6    #1 James Mason (2702), #3 Johannes Zukertort (2663), #4 Adolf Anderssen (2638), #6 Joseph Blackburne (2617) from June 1878 rating list
 #14    Monte Carlo, 1903      12      #1, #3, #4, #8, #9    #1 Harry Pillsbury (2790), #3 Géza Maróczy (2775), #4 Carl Schlechter (2755), #8 Richard Teichmann (2677), #9 Siegbert Tarrasch (2677) from January 1903 rating list
 #15    Budapest, 1896      12      #2, #3, #5, #6, #9    #2 Siegbert Tarrasch (2792), #3 Géza Maróczy (2758), #5 Harry Pillsbury (2753), #6 Mikhail Chigorin (2748), #9 Dawid Janowsky (2685) from October 1896 rating list
 #16    Wiesbaden, 1880      12      #2, #3, #6, #7, #8, #10    #2 Louis Paulsen (2666), #3 Joseph Blackburne (2664), #6 Szymon Winawer (2625), #7 Berthold Englisch (2623), #8 James Mason (2616), #10 Henry Bird (2600) from July 1880 rating list
 #17    New York, 1889      11      #2, #3, #5, #7, #8    #2 Isidor Gunsberg (2732), #3 Joseph Blackburne (2728), #5 Mikhail Chigorin (2675), #7 Miksa Weiss (2671), #8 Amos Burn (2651) from March 1889 rating list
 #18    Munich, 1900      11      #2, #4, #6, #8, #9    #2 Harry Pillsbury (2802), #4 Géza Maróczy (2750), #6 Dawid Janowsky (2732), #8 Amos Burn (2720), #9 Carl Schlechter (2711) from July 1900 rating list
 #19    Berlin, 1881      10      #1, #4, #6, #9    #1 Johannes Zukertort (2763), #4 Joseph Blackburne (2654), #6 Louis Paulsen (2645), #9 James Mason (2606) from August 1881 rating list
 #20    London, 1886      10      #2, #3, #5, #8    #2 Johannes Zukertort (2745), #3 Joseph Blackburne (2737), #5 Isidor Gunsberg (2660), #8 James Mason (2643) from July 1886 rating list
 #21    Breslau, 1889      10      #2, #5, #6, #8, #10    #2 Isidor Gunsberg (2744), #5 Joseph Blackburne (2726), #6 Amos Burn (2683), #8 Curt von Bardeleben (2666), #10 Johann Berger (2625) from July 1889 rating list
 #22    Nuremberg, 1883      9      #3, #4, #6, #10    #3 Joseph Blackburne (2710), #4 James Mason (2689), #6 Szymon Winawer (2676), #10 Vincenz Hrubý (2612) from July 1883 rating list
 #23    Cologne, 1898      9      #4, #5, #6, #8, #9    #4 Dawid Janowsky (2750), #5 Wilhelm Steinitz (2741), #6 Mikhail Chigorin (2735), #8 Rezsö Charousek (2711), #9 Carl Schlechter (2694) from July 1898 rating list
 #24    London, 1887      8      #2, #4, #9    #2 Joseph Blackburne (2730), #4 Isidor Gunsberg (2686), #9 Amos Burn (2641) from November 1887 rating list
 #25    Hannover, 1902      8      #2, #5, #6    #2 Harry Pillsbury (2811), #5 Dawid Janowsky (2720), #6 Mikhail Chigorin (2718) from January 1902 rating list
 #26    Leipzig, 1894      8      #2, #5, #7, #8    #2 Siegbert Tarrasch (2793), #5 Joseph Blackburne (2685), #7 James Mason (2670), #8 Carl Walbrodt (2668) from September 1894 rating list
 #27    Hamburg, 1885      8      #3, #5, #6, #9    #3 Joseph Blackburne (2719), #5 James Mason (2694), #6 Berthold Englisch (2669), #9 George Mackenzie (2642) from July 1885 rating list
 #28    London, 1892      7      #1, #5, #9    #1 Emanuel Lasker (2774), #5 Isidor Gunsberg (2703), #9 Joseph Blackburne (2665) from January 1892 rating list
 #29    Monte Carlo, 1904      7      #2, #6, #9    #2 Géza Maróczy (2758), #6 Carl Schlechter (2719), #9 Georg Marco (2667) from January 1904 rating list
 #30    Berlin, 1897      7      #2, #7, #9, #10    #2 Mikhail Chigorin (2774), #7 Dawid Janowsky (2706), #9 Carl Schlechter (2693), #10 Berthold Englisch (2684) from September 1897 rating list
 #31    Nottingham, 1886      7      #3, #4, #8    #3 Johannes Zukertort (2702), #4 Isidor Gunsberg (2678), #8 Amos Burn (2648) from August 1886 rating list
 #32    Hereford, 1885      7      #3, #4, #9    #3 Joseph Blackburne (2715), #4 James Mason (2697), #9 George Mackenzie (2636) from August 1885 rating list
 #33    Berlin, 1890      5      #1, #8    #1 Emanuel Lasker (2738), #8 Curt von Bardeleben (2676) from July 1890 rating list
 #34    Dresden, 1892      5      #2, #10    #2 Siegbert Tarrasch (2744), #10 Joseph Blackburne (2668) from July 1892 rating list
 #35    Leipzig, 1879      5      #2, #9    #2 Louis Paulsen (2688), #9 Berthold Englisch (2571) from July 1879 rating list
 #36    London, 1886      5      #3, #6    #3 Joseph Blackburne (2717), #6 James Mason (2669) from February 1886 rating list
 #37    Monte Carlo, 1901      5      #5, #7, #8, #9    #5 Carl Schlechter (2737), #7 Mikhail Chigorin (2715), #8 Dawid Janowsky (2712), #9 Georg Marco (2666) from January 1901 rating list
 #38    Manchester, 1890      5      #5, #7, #9, #10    #5 Isidor Gunsberg (2710), #7 Joseph Blackburne (2684), #9 Siegbert Tarrasch (2669), #10 George Mackenzie (2664) from August 1890 rating list
 #39    London, 1892      4      #1    #1 Emanuel Lasker (2788) from March 1892 rating list
 #40    New York, 1893      4      #1    #1 Emanuel Lasker (2820) from September 1893 rating list
 #41    Braunschweig, 1880      4      #2    #2 Louis Paulsen (2666) from July 1880 rating list
 #42    New York, 1894      3      #4    #4 Wilhelm Steinitz (2747) from October 1894 rating list
 #43    Budapest, 1898      3      #5, #8    #5 Géza Maróczy (2738), #8 Rezsö Charousek (2704) from January 1898 rating list
 #44    Vienna, 1899      3      #5, #9    #5 Géza Maróczy (2735), #9 Carl Schlechter (2711) from December 1899 rating list
 #45    Coburg, 1904      3      #6, #9    #6 Carl Schlechter (2719), #9 Georg Marco (2667) from January 1904 rating list
 #46    Vienna, 1896      2      #6    #6 Miksa Weiss (2717) from January 1896 rating list
 #47    Leipzig, 1888      2      #7, #9    #7 Siegbert Tarrasch (2664), #9 Curt von Bardeleben (2651) from January 1888 rating list
 #48    Berlin, 1891      2      #8, #10    #8 Berthold Lasker (2675), #10 Theodor von Scheve (2659) from December 1891 rating list
 #49    London, 1876      2      #9, #10    #3 John Wisker (2622), #5 Joseph Blackburne (2607), #9 George MacDonnell (2567), #10 William Potter (2551) from March 1876 rating list
 #50    Vienna, 1897      1      #10    #10 Carl Schlechter (2694) from November 1897 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 1875 and 1905 See more details
   Steinitz-Zukertort II (World Championship, USA), 1886: #1 vs #2
The strongest match held between 1875 and 1905 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 1875 and 1905 See more details
   Emanuel Lasker: 2882 in Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896
The best individual event performance between 1875 and 1905 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.