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Most Dominant Player between 1900 and 2000 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Garry Kasparov: 17.1 years as #1 (between September 1982 and December 1999)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1900 and 2000 was Garry Kasparov, with 205 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 17.1 years). Next on the list were Emanuel Lasker (14.8 years) and Mikhail Botvinnik (10.9 years).
    Player Name   Ranked #1   Earliest/Latest as #1   Ranked #2   Earliest/Latest as #2   Ranked #3   Ranked #4   Ranked #5 
 #1  Garry Kasparov  17.1 years  1982-Sep to 1999-Dec  0.9 years  1982-Jan to 1985-Jan 1.5 years  0.2 years  0.3 years 
 #2  Emanuel Lasker  14.8 years  1900-Jan to 1926-Dec  4.2 years  1903-Jan to 1927-Feb 1.7 years  1.7 years  1.4 years 
 #3  Mikhail Botvinnik  10.9 years  1936-Sep to 1958-May  6.3 years  1936-Jun to 1963-Dec 4.1 years  4.0 years  2.2 years 
 #4  Alexander Alekhine  10.2 years  1924-Jan to 1944-Jul  7.6 years  1913-Sep to 1945-Dec 8.2 years  2.3 years  1.3 years 
 #5  Bobby Fischer  9.1 years  1964-Feb to 1974-Jul  0.6 years  1963-Aug to 1974-Aug 0.4 years  0.9 years  0.6 years 
Highest-Rated Player between 1900 and 2000 See more details
   Bobby Fischer: 2895 (October 1971)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1900 and 2000 was Bobby Fischer, with a rating of 2895 on the October 1971 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1900 and 2000 were achieved by Garry Kasparov (2886 on the March 1993 list) and Mikhail Botvinnik (2885 on the October 1945 list).
Strongest Tournament between 1900 and 2000 See more details
   Linares, 1993: Class 21 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10)
The strongest tournament held between 1900 and 2000 was Linares 1993. This was a Class 21 tournament, including nine of the top ten players in the world (from the February 1993 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Nottingham 1936 (Class 20) and AVRO 1938 (Class 20).
Strongest Match between 1900 and 2000 See more details
   Karpov-Kasparov V (World Championship, Lyon/New York), 1990: #1 vs #2
The strongest match held between 1900 and 2000 was Karpov-Kasparov V (World Championship, Lyon/New York), 1990. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 Garry Kasparov (2877) and #2 Anatoly Karpov (2827) from the October 1990 rating list. Next on the list were Karpov-Kasparov III (World Championship, London/Leningrad), 1986 (#1 vs #2) and Karpov-Kasparov IV (World Championship, Sevilla), 1987 (#1 vs #2).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1900 and 2000 See more details
   Anatoly Karpov: 2899 in Linares, 1994
The best individual event performance between 1900 and 2000 was achieved by Anatoly Karpov with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2899 in Linares, 1994. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Bobby Fischer (2887 performance) in Fischer-Larsen Match (Candidates semifinal, Denver), 1971, and by Garry Kasparov (2881 performance) in Tilburg, 1989.