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Most Dominant Player between 1900 and 1930 See more details    Emanuel Lasker: 14.8 years as #1 (between January 1900 and December 1926) The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1900 and 1930 was Emanuel Lasker, with 177 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 14.8 years). Next on the list were José Capablanca (6.8 years) and Géza Maróczy (2.5 years). Highest-Rated Player between 1900 and 1930 See more details    José Capablanca: 2877 (May 1921) The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1900 and 1930 was José Capablanca, with a rating of 2877 on the May 1921 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1900 and 1930 were achieved by Emanuel Lasker (2869 on the July 1900 list) and Alexander Alekhine (2821 on the December 1929 list). Strongest Tournament between 1900 and 1930 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    St. Petersburg, 1914: Class 18 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6) The strongest tournament held between 1900 and 1930 was St. Petersburg 1914. This was a Class 18 tournament, including six of the top ten players in the world (from the April 1914 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were San Sebastian 1911 (Class 18) and Karlsbad 1929 (Class 18).      Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list  #1     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  #2     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  #3     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  #4     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  #5     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  #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     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  #8     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  #9     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  #10     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  #11     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  #12     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  #13     Karlsbad, 1911       15       #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10    #2 Akiba Rubinstein (2776), #3 Carl Schlechter (2764), #5 Oldrich Duras (2740), #6 Richard Teichmann (2731), #7 Aron Nimzowitsch (2713), #8 Frank Marshall (2701), #9 Rudolf Spielmann (2700), #10 Milan Vidmar Sr (2678) from January 1911 rating list  #14     Karlsbad, 1923       14       #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #9    #2 Alexander Alekhine (2788), #3 Akiba Rubinstein (2765), #4 Saviely Tartakower (2689), #5 Efim Bogoljubow (2686), #7 Rudolf Spielmann (2680), #9 Ernst Grünfeld (2673) from April 1923 rating list  #15     San Sebastian, 1912       14       #2, #3, #5, #6, #8, #9, #10    #2 Akiba Rubinstein (2772), #3 Carl Schlechter (2755), #5 Richard Teichmann (2744), #6 Aron Nimzowitsch (2719), #8 Frank Marshall (2711), #9 Siegbert Tarrasch (2700), #10 Rudolf Spielmann (2694) from January 1912 rating list  #16     Karlsbad, 1907       14       #2, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9    #2 Géza Maróczy (2768), #4 Carl Schlechter (2740), #5 Akiba Rubinstein (2724), #6 Frank Marshall (2715), #7 Oldrich Duras (2704), #8 Richard Teichmann (2692), #9 Dawid Janowsky (2672) from August 1907 rating list  #17     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  #18     Prague, 1908       13       #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8    #2 Akiba Rubinstein (2769), #3 Géza Maróczy (2767), #5 Carl Schlechter (2729), #6 Oldrich Duras (2705), #7 Richard Teichmann (2696), #8 Frank Marshall (2694) from January 1908 rating list  #19     Vienna, 1908       13       #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8    #2 Akiba Rubinstein (2769), #3 Géza Maróczy (2767), #5 Carl Schlechter (2729), #6 Oldrich Duras (2705), #7 Richard Teichmann (2696), #8 Frank Marshall (2694) from January 1908 rating list  #20     Baden-Baden, 1925       13       #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10    #3 Alexander Alekhine (2770), #4 Ernst Grünfeld (2709), #5 Aron Nimzowitsch (2703), #6 Efim Bogoljubow (2693), #7 Richard Réti (2690), #8 Akiba Rubinstein (2676), #10 Saviely Tartakower (2667) from January 1925 rating list  #21     Barmen, 1905       12       #1, #2, #6, #7, #8    #1 Géza Maróczy (2781), #2 Dawid Janowsky (2770), #6 Carl Schlechter (2733), #7 Mikhail Chigorin (2723), #8 Frank Marshall (2715) from January 1905 rating list  #22     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  #23     Nuremberg, 1906       12       #2, #3, #4, #5    #2 Siegbert Tarrasch (2814), #3 Dawid Janowsky (2764), #4 Carl Schlechter (2745), #5 Frank Marshall (2726) from January 1906 rating list  #24     Breslau, 1912       12       #2, #3, #5, #8, #9, #10    #2 Akiba Rubinstein (2772), #3 Carl Schlechter (2755), #5 Richard Teichmann (2744), #8 Frank Marshall (2711), #9 Siegbert Tarrasch (2700), #10 Rudolf Spielmann (2694) from January 1912 rating list  #25     Vienna, 1922       12       #2, #3, #6, #7, #8, #9    #2 Alexander Alekhine (2788), #3 Akiba Rubinstein (2728), #6 Saviely Tartakower (2703), #7 Efim Bogoljubow (2679), #8 Richard Réti (2667), #9 Ernst Grünfeld (2647) from January 1922 rating list  #26     Ostend, 1907       11       #2, #3, #4, #8    #2 Carl Schlechter (2761), #3 Siegbert Tarrasch (2753), #4 Frank Marshall (2738), #8 Dawid Janowsky (2675) from January 1907 rating list  #27     Bad Pistyan, 1912       11       #2, #3, #5, #8, #10    #2 Akiba Rubinstein (2772), #3 Carl Schlechter (2755), #5 Richard Teichmann (2744), #8 Frank Marshall (2711), #10 Rudolf Spielmann (2694) from January 1912 rating list  #28     Berlin, 1928       11       #2, #3, #7, #8, #9, #10    #2 José Capablanca (2788), #3 Aron Nimzowitsch (2761), #7 Akiba Rubinstein (2713), #8 Saviely Tartakower (2679), #9 Frank Marshall (2662), #10 Richard Réti (2657) from October 1928 rating list  #29     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  #30     The Hague, 1921       11       #2, #4, #6, #8, #9    #2 Akiba Rubinstein (2724), #4 Saviely Tartakower (2719), #6 Boris Kostic (2704), #8 Géza Maróczy (2647), #9 Jacques Mieses (2625) from January 1921 rating list  #31     Maehrisch Ostrau, 1923       11       #3, #4, #5, #6, #10    #3 Akiba Rubinstein (2734), #4 Efim Bogoljubow (2700), #5 Ernst Grünfeld (2686), #6 Saviely Tartakower (2681), #10 Richard Réti (2656) from July 1923 rating list  #32     Vienna, 1907       10       #1, #2, #5    #1 Géza Maróczy (2807), #2 Carl Schlechter (2761), #5 Oldrich Duras (2718) from January 1907 rating list  #33     New York, 1927       10       #3, #4, #5, #7, #8    #3 Alexander Alekhine (2755), #4 José Capablanca (2746), #5 Aron Nimzowitsch (2743), #7 Frank Marshall (2680), #8 Milan Vidmar Sr (2680) from February 1927 rating list  #34     Teplitz-Schoenau, 1922       10       #3, #5, #6, #8, #9, #10    #3 Akiba Rubinstein (2728), #5 Boris Kostic (2705), #6 Saviely Tartakower (2703), #8 Richard Réti (2667), #9 Ernst Grünfeld (2647), #10 Richard Teichmann (2639) from January 1922 rating list  #35     Semmering, 1926       9       #2, #5, #7, #8, #9    #2 Alexander Alekhine (2761), #5 Aron Nimzowitsch (2697), #7 Akiba Rubinstein (2677), #8 Saviely Tartakower (2669), #9 Richard Réti (2664) from January 1926 rating list  #36     Bad Pistyan, 1922       9       #2, #6, #7, #8, #9    #2 Alexander Alekhine (2788), #6 Saviely Tartakower (2703), #7 Efim Bogoljubow (2679), #8 Richard Réti (2667), #9 Ernst Grünfeld (2647) from January 1922 rating list  #37     London, 1927       9       #3, #4, #6, #10    #3 Aron Nimzowitsch (2753), #4 Efim Bogoljubow (2747), #6 Milan Vidmar Sr (2715), #10 Saviely Tartakower (2669) from October 1927 rating list  #38     Breslau, 1925       9       #4, #5, #6, #7, #8    #4 Aron Nimzowitsch (2702), #5 Efim Bogoljubow (2698), #6 Akiba Rubinstein (2691), #7 Ernst Grünfeld (2687), #8 Richard Réti (2682) from July 1925 rating list  #39     Hastings, 1922       8       #2, #3, #7    #2 Alexander Alekhine (2788), #3 Akiba Rubinstein (2728), #7 Efim Bogoljubow (2679) from January 1922 rating list  #40     Hannover, 1902       8       #2, #5, #6    #2 Harry Pillsbury (2811), #5 Dawid Janowsky (2720), #6 Mikhail Chigorin (2718) from January 1902 rating list  #41     Dresden, 1926       8       #2, #5, #7, #8    #2 Alexander Alekhine (2761), #5 Aron Nimzowitsch (2697), #7 Akiba Rubinstein (2677), #8 Saviely Tartakower (2669) from January 1926 rating list  #42     Budapest, 1921       8       #3, #4, #6    #3 Efim Bogoljubow (2724), #4 Saviely Tartakower (2719), #6 Boris Kostic (2704) from January 1921 rating list  #43     Mannheim, 1914       8       #4, #5, #6, #10    #4 Alexander Alekhine (2764), #5 Frank Marshall (2744), #6 Siegbert Tarrasch (2725), #10 Rudolf Spielmann (2699) from July 1914 rating list  #44     Marienbad, 1925       8       #4, #5, #7, #8, #10    #4 Ernst Grünfeld (2709), #5 Aron Nimzowitsch (2703), #7 Richard Réti (2690), #8 Akiba Rubinstein (2676), #10 Saviely Tartakower (2667) from January 1925 rating list  #45     Monte Carlo, 1904       7       #2, #6, #9    #2 Géza Maróczy (2758), #6 Carl Schlechter (2719), #9 Georg Marco (2667) from January 1904 rating list  #46     Budapest, 1929       7       #2, #6, #9    #2 José Capablanca (2795), #6 Akiba Rubinstein (2718), #9 Saviely Tartakower (2676) from September 1929 rating list  #47     Berlin, 1928       7       #3, #4, #8    #3 Aron Nimzowitsch (2766), #4 Efim Bogoljubow (2733), #8 Saviely Tartakower (2686) from January 1928 rating list  #48     Budapest, 1912       7       #3, #5, #7, #8    #3 Carl Schlechter (2755), #5 Richard Teichmann (2744), #7 Milan Vidmar Sr (2712), #8 Frank Marshall (2711) from January 1912 rating list  #49     Hamburg, 1910       7       #5, #6, #7, #8, #10    #5 Oldrich Duras (2726), #6 Carl Schlechter (2724), #7 Richard Teichmann (2703), #8 Siegbert Tarrasch (2694), #10 Frank Marshall (2686) from January 1910 rating list  #50     New York, 1915       6       #2, #5    #2 José Capablanca (2817), #5 Frank Marshall (2739) from April 1915 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 1900 and 1930 See more details    Alekhine-Capablanca Match (World Championship, Buenos Aires), 1927: #1 vs #2 The strongest match held between 1900 and 1930 was Alekhine-Capablanca Match (World Championship, Buenos Aires), 1927. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 José Capablanca (2798) and #2 Alexander Alekhine (2766) from the September 1927 rating list. Next on the list were Alekhine-Bogoljubow I (World Championship, GER/NLD), 1929 (#1 vs #4) and Janowsky-Schlechter II (Karlsbad), 1902 (#4 vs #5). Best Individual Event Performance between 1900 and 1930 See more details    Emanuel Lasker: 2876 in Lasker-Marshall I (World Championship, USA), 1907 The best individual event performance between 1900 and 1930 was achieved by Emanuel Lasker with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2876 in Lasker-Marshall I (World Championship, USA), 1907. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Emanuel Lasker (2853 performance) in St. Petersburg, 1914, and by Géza Maróczy (2837 performance) in Ostend, 1905.