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Most Dominant Player between 1926 and 1927 See more details
   Emanuel Lasker: 1.0 years as #1 (between January 1926 and December 1926)
The only player to be ranked #1 between 1926 and 1927 was Emanuel Lasker, with 12 different months as the top-ranked player.
Highest-Rated Player between 1926 and 1927 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Emanuel Lasker: 2787 (January 1926)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1926 and 1927 was Emanuel Lasker, with a rating of 2787 on the January 1926 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1926 and 1927 were achieved by Efim Bogoljubow (2766 on the December 1926 list) and Alexander Alekhine (2765 on the April 1926 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Emanuel Lasker      2787      #1 on January 1926 rating list      57y1m   
 #2    Efim Bogoljubow      2766      #2 on December 1926 rating list      37y8m   
 #3    Alexander Alekhine      2765      #2 on April 1926 rating list      33y6m   
 #4    José Capablanca      2756      #3 on August 1926 rating list      37y9m   
 #5    Aron Nimzowitsch      2739      #5 on December 1926 rating list      40y1m   
Strongest Tournament between 1926 and 1927 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Semmering, 1926: Class 9 (#2, #5, #7, #8, #9)
The strongest tournament held between 1926 and 1927 was Semmering 1926. This was a Class 9 tournament, including five of the top ten players in the world (from the January 1926 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Dresden 1926 (Class 8) and Lake Hopatcong 1926 (Class 5).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list
 #1    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
 #2    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
 #3    Lake Hopatcong, 1926      5      #4, #6    #4 José Capablanca (2741), #6 Frank Marshall (2695) from July 1926 rating list
 #4    Berlin, 1926      4      #3, #7    #3 Efim Bogoljubow (2757), #7 Akiba Rubinstein (2677) from January 1926 rating list
 #5    Budapest, 1926      3      #7, #9, #10    #7 Akiba Rubinstein (2683), #9 Saviely Tartakower (2667), #10 Richard Réti (2664) from June 1926 rating list
 #6    Ghent, 1926      1      #8    #8 Saviely Tartakower (2669) from January 1926 rating list
 #7    Meran, 1926      1      #8    #8 Saviely Tartakower (2669) from January 1926 rating list
 #8    Bardejov, 1926      1      #9    #9 Saviely Tartakower (2660) from July 1926 rating list
 #9    Weston, 1926      0      (none)    No top-ten players from January 1926 rating list
 #10    Hastings, 1926      0      (none)    No top-ten players from December 1926 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 1926 and 1927 See more details
   Alekhine-Euwe I (Amsterdam), 1926: #2 vs #14
The strongest match held between 1926 and 1927 was Alekhine-Euwe I (Amsterdam), 1926. This was a matchup of #2 vs #14, including #2 Alexander Alekhine (2761) and #14 Max Euwe (2639) from the January 1926 rating list. There were no other matches held between 1926 and 1927 with rated players.
Best Individual Event Performance between 1926 and 1927 See more details
   Aron Nimzowitsch: 2778 in Dresden, 1926
The best individual event performance between 1926 and 1927 was achieved by Aron Nimzowitsch with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2778 in Dresden, 1926. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Alexander Alekhine (2773 performance) in Semmering, 1926, and by Rudolf Spielmann (2761 performance) in Semmering, 1926.