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Most Dominant Player between 1931 and 1936 See more details
   Alexander Alekhine: 5.0 years as #1 (between January 1931 and December 1935)
The only player to be ranked #1 between 1931 and 1936 was Alexander Alekhine, with 60 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 5.0 years).
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   Alexander Alekhine: 2860 (May 1931)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1931 and 1936 was Alexander Alekhine, with a rating of 2860 on the May 1931 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1931 and 1936 were achieved by José Capablanca (2786 on the May 1931 list) and Aron Nimzowitsch (2762 on the January 1931 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Alexander Alekhine      2860      #1 on May 1931 rating list      38y7m   
 #2    José Capablanca      2786      #2 on May 1931 rating list      42y6m   
 #3    Aron Nimzowitsch      2762      #3 on January 1931 rating list      44y2m   
 #4    Max Euwe      2761      #2 on December 1935 rating list      34y7m   
 #5    Salo Flohr      2753      #3 on December 1935 rating list      27y1m   
 #6    Isaac Kashdan      2742      #3 on March 1932 rating list      26y4m   
 #7    Efim Bogoljubow      2733      #4 on August 1931 rating list      42y4m   
 #8    Mikhail Botvinnik      2731      #3 on April 1935 rating list      23y8m   
 #9    Akiba Rubinstein      2721      #6 on January 1931 rating list      48y3m   
 #10    Andor Lilienthal      2710      #6 on December 1934 rating list      23y7m   
 #11    Samuel Reshevsky      2707      #6 on August 1935 rating list      23y9m   
 #12    Mir Sultan Khan      2699      #7 on November 1932 rating list      27y10m   
 #13    Emanuel Lasker      2697      #6 on April 1935 rating list      66y4m   
 #14    Saviely Tartakower      2693      #8 on January 1931 rating list      43y11m   
 #15    Paul Keres      2688      #8 on September 1935 rating list      19y8m   
 #16    László Szabó      2680      #11 on September 1935 rating list      18y6m   
 #17    Arnold Denker      2677      #8 on January 1935 rating list      20y11m   
 #18    Esteban Canal      2675      #8 on March 1934 rating list      37y11m   
 #19    Vasja Pirc      2672      #9 on February 1935 rating list      27y2m   
 #20    Rudolf Spielmann      2670      #9 on May 1934 rating list      51y0m   
 #21    Milan Vidmar Sr      2666      #10 on October 1933 rating list      48y4m   
 #22    Géza Maróczy      2657      #12 on June 1933 rating list      63y3m   
 #23    Ossip Bernstein      2656      #12 on June 1934 rating list      51y8m   
 #24    Gösta Stoltz      2656      #13 on July 1932 rating list      28y2m   
 #25    Arthur Dake      2654      #12 on December 1935 rating list      25y8m   
 #26    Carl Ahues      2651      #11 on January 1931 rating list      47y1m   
 #27    Albert Becker      2651      #13 on January 1933 rating list      36y4m   
 #28    Gideon Stĺhlberg      2646      #14 on October 1934 rating list      26y9m   
 #29    Lajos Steiner      2643      #16 on December 1935 rating list      32y6m   
 #30    Reuben Fine      2640      #17 on December 1935 rating list      21y2m   
 #31    Erich Eliskases      2639      #15 on December 1932 rating list      19y10m   
 #32    Peter Romanovsky      2637      #12 on July 1935 rating list      43y0m   
 #33    Ernst Grünfeld      2630      #15 on June 1931 rating list      37y7m   
 #34    Grigory Levenfish      2630      #17 on April 1935 rating list      46y1m   
 #35    Nikolay Riumin      2627      #18 on August 1935 rating list      26y11m   
 #36    Boris Kostic      2626      #17 on February 1932 rating list      45y0m   
 #37    Paulin Frydman      2625      #20 on February 1935 rating list      29y9m   
 #38    Josek Kolski      2623      #22 on December 1935 rating list      35y11m   
 #39    Jácobo Bolbochán      2621      #18 on February 1932 rating list      25y2m   
 #40    Ilya Rabinovich      2620      #23 on December 1935 rating list      44y11m   
 #41    Kurt Richter      2619      #23 on August 1935 rating list      34y9m   
 #42    Karel Opocenský      2616      #28 on December 1935 rating list      43y10m   
 #43    Ilia Kan      2613      #30 on December 1935 rating list      26y7m   
 #44    Wilhelm Ernst      2612      #29 on September 1935 rating list      31y8m   
 #45    Vladas Mikenas      2611      #22 on October 1933 rating list      23y6m   
 #46    Hans Kmoch      2610      #16 on April 1931 rating list      36y9m   
 #47    Hermanis Matisons      2610      #19 on September 1931 rating list      36y9m   
 #48    Ludwig Rödl      2609      #21 on July 1933 rating list      26y3m   
 #49    Eero Böök      2607      #33 on November 1935 rating list      25y9m   
 #50    Carlos Skalicka      2606      #20 on January 1932 rating list      35y2m   
 #51    Edgar Colle      2605      #17 on April 1931 rating list      33y11m   
 #52    Friedrich Sämisch      2604      #19 on January 1931 rating list      34y4m   
 #53    Frank Marshall      2604      #26 on August 1933 rating list      56y0m   
 #54    Dawid Przepiórka      2601      #21 on April 1931 rating list      50y4m   
 #55    Paul List      2601      #20 on January 1931 rating list      44y0m   
 #56    Viacheslav Ragozin      2600      #31 on August 1935 rating list      26y10m   
 #57    Baldur Hönlinger      2599      #26 on December 1933 rating list      28y5m   
 #58    George Koltanowski      2598      #38 on December 1935 rating list      32y3m   
 #59    Josef Lokvenc      2596      #24 on April 1931 rating list      31y11m   
 #60    Pablo Michel      2593      #38 on September 1935 rating list      29y9m   
 #61    Miguel Najdorf      2592      #39 on September 1935 rating list      25y5m   
 #62    Vladimir Alatortsev      2589      #31 on April 1935 rating list      25y11m   
 #63    Karl Helling      2589      #29 on October 1933 rating list      29y2m   
 #64    Al Horowitz      2589      #24 on August 1931 rating list      23y9m   
 #65    Ernö Gereben      2589      #35 on August 1935 rating list      28y2m   
 #66    Erik Lundin      2588      #43 on October 1935 rating list      31y3m   
 #67    Karl Gilg      2585      #43 on November 1935 rating list      34y10m   
 #68    Endre Steiner      2584      #31 on October 1933 rating list      32y4m   
 #69    Conel Alexander      2584      #24 on December 1932 rating list      23y8m   
 #70    Georgy Lisitsin      2584      #38 on August 1935 rating list      25y10m   
 #71    Carl Carls      2584      #25 on January 1931 rating list      50y4m   
 #72    Paul Johner      2583      #25 on February 1931 rating list      43y5m   
 #73    Herbert Heinicke      2580      #39 on August 1935 rating list      30y5m   
 #74    Arpád Vajda      2580      #28 on January 1931 rating list      34y8m   
 #75    Frederick Yates      2579      #28 on April 1931 rating list      47y3m   
 #76    Alexander Kevitz      2578      #30 on September 1931 rating list      29y0m   
 #77    Kornél Havasi      2577      #30 on February 1931 rating list      39y1m   
 #78    Isaías Pleci      2576      #49 on November 1935 rating list      28y1m   
 #79    Ludwig Rellstab Sr      2576      #26 on June 1932 rating list      27y7m   
 #80    Ramon Rey Ardid      2575      #33 on July 1934 rating list      30y7m   
 #81    Luis Piazzini      2574      #34 on January 1934 rating list      28y8m   
 #82    Eugene Znosko-Borovsky      2574      #32 on January 1931 rating list      46y5m   
 #83    Johannes van den Bosch      2572      #34 on June 1934 rating list      28y2m   
 #84    Karel Treybal      2571      #30 on April 1933 rating list      48y2m   
 #85    Fedor Bohatirchuk      2571      #43 on August 1935 rating list      42y9m   
 #86    Abraham Kupchik      2571      #32 on September 1931 rating list      39y6m   
 #87    Daniël Noteboom      2570      #34 on March 1931 rating list      21y1m   
 #88    Emil Zinner      2569      #37 on September 1934 rating list      25y1m   
 #89    Fricis Apšenieks      2569      #52 on December 1935 rating list      41y8m   
 #90    Roberto Grau      2569      #53 on December 1935 rating list      35y9m   
 #91    Berthold Koch      2568      #36 on November 1934 rating list      35y9m   
 #92    George Thomas      2567      #34 on August 1931 rating list      50y2m   
 #93    Victor Goglidze      2567      #55 on December 1935 rating list      30y1m   
 #94    Jan Foltys      2566      #41 on September 1934 rating list      25y11m   
 #95    Josef Rejfír      2566      #35 on December 1931 rating list      22y3m   
 #96    Imre König      2564      #36 on June 1931 rating list      30y4m   
 #97    Aaron Schwartzman      2564      #55 on October 1935 rating list         -   
 #98    Lajos Asztalos      2563      #38 on October 1933 rating list      44y3m   
 #99    Georg Kieninger      2563      #39 on October 1933 rating list      31y4m   
 #100    Herman Steiner      2562      #38 on September 1933 rating list      28y5m   
Strongest Tournament between 1931 and 1936 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Bled, 1931: Class 15 (#1, #3, #4, #5, #8, #9, #10)
The strongest tournament held between 1931 and 1936 was Bled 1931. This was a Class 15 tournament, including seven of the top ten players in the world (from the January 1931 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Zuerich 1934 (Class 12) and Bern 1932 (Class 11).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list
 #1    Bled, 1931      15      #1, #3, #4, #5, #8, #9, #10    #1 Alexander Alekhine (2850), #3 Aron Nimzowitsch (2762), #4 Isaac Kashdan (2731), #5 Efim Bogoljubow (2726), #8 Saviely Tartakower (2693), #9 Rudolf Spielmann (2661), #10 Milan Vidmar Sr (2654) from January 1931 rating list
 #2    Zuerich, 1934      12      #1, #3, #4, #5    #1 Alexander Alekhine (2787), #3 Salo Flohr (2721), #4 Max Euwe (2702), #5 Efim Bogoljubow (2698) from January 1934 rating list
 #3    Bern, 1932      11      #1, #4, #6, #7, #10    #1 Alexander Alekhine (2849), #4 Efim Bogoljubow (2729), #6 Max Euwe (2695), #7 Salo Flohr (2686), #10 Mir Sultan Khan (2666) from January 1932 rating list
 #4    London, 1932      10      #1, #3, #7, #9, #10    #1 Alexander Alekhine (2846), #3 Isaac Kashdan (2741), #7 Salo Flohr (2686), #9 Saviely Tartakower (2669), #10 Mir Sultan Khan (2667) from February 1932 rating list
 #5    Hastings, 1934      10      #2, #3, #6, #7    #2 Max Euwe (2744), #3 Salo Flohr (2737), #6 Andor Lilienthal (2710), #7 Mikhail Botvinnik (2679) from December 1934 rating list
 #6    Hastings, 1933      7      #1, #3    #1 Alexander Alekhine (2796), #3 Salo Flohr (2716) from December 1933 rating list
 #7    Ujpest, 1934      6      #3, #6, #10    #3 Salo Flohr (2721), #6 Andor Lilienthal (2680), #10 Saviely Tartakower (2666) from January 1934 rating list
 #8    Moscow, 1935      6      #3, #6, #9    #3 Salo Flohr (2741), #6 Andor Lilienthal (2702), #9 Vasja Pirc (2672) from February 1935 rating list
 #9    Hastings, 1931      6      #5, #6, #8, #10    #5 Isaac Kashdan (2723), #6 Max Euwe (2708), #8 Mir Sultan Khan (2678), #10 Salo Flohr (2662) from December 1931 rating list
 #10    Paris, 1933      5      #1, #9    #1 Alexander Alekhine (2817), #9 Saviely Tartakower (2664) from January 1933 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 1931 and 1936 See more details
   Alekhine-Euwe II (World Championship, NLD), 1935: #1 vs #3
The strongest match held between 1931 and 1936 was Alekhine-Euwe II (World Championship, NLD), 1935. This was a matchup of #1 vs #3, including #1 Alexander Alekhine (2767) and #3 Max Euwe (2724) from the October 1935 rating list. Next on the list were Alekhine-Bogoljubow II (World Championship, Germany), 1934 (#1 vs #5) and Capablanca-Euwe Match (Amsterdam), 1931 (#2 vs #6).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1931 and 1936 See more details
   Alexander Alekhine: 2859 in Bled, 1931
The best individual event performance between 1931 and 1936 was achieved by Alexander Alekhine with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2859 in Bled, 1931. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Max Euwe (2783 performance) in Alekhine-Euwe II (World Championship, NLD), 1935, and by Alexander Alekhine (2770 performance) in Alekhine-Bogoljubow II (World Championship, Germany), 1934.