Summary: 1933 - 1934 How to use this page
Duration: covering

Most Dominant Player between 1933 and 1934 See more details
   Alexander Alekhine: 1.0 years as #1 (between January 1933 and December 1933)
The only player to be ranked #1 between 1933 and 1934 was Alexander Alekhine, with 12 different months as the top-ranked player.

Highest-Rated Player between 1933 and 1934 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Alexander Alekhine: 2817 (January 1933)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1933 and 1934 was Alexander Alekhine, with a rating of 2817 on the January 1933 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1933 and 1934 were achieved by Isaac Kashdan (2741 on the November 1933 list) and José Capablanca (2726 on the January 1933 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Alexander Alekhine      2817      #1 on January 1933 rating list      40y3m   
 #2    Isaac Kashdan      2741      #2 on November 1933 rating list      28y0m   
 #3    José Capablanca      2726      #3 on January 1933 rating list      44y2m   
 #4    Salo Flohr      2720      #3 on October 1933 rating list      24y11m   
 #5    Max Euwe      2708      #5 on May 1933 rating list      32y0m   

 #6    Efim Bogoljubow      2701      #5 on October 1933 rating list      44y6m   
 #7    Aron Nimzowitsch      2698      #6 on January 1933 rating list      46y2m   
 #8    Mir Sultan Khan      2692      #7 on June 1933 rating list      28y5m   
 #9    Saviely Tartakower      2671      #8 on October 1933 rating list      46y8m   
 #10    Esteban Canal      2669      #8 on December 1933 rating list      37y8m   

 #11    Milan Vidmar Sr      2666      #10 on October 1933 rating list      48y4m   
 #12    Rudolf Spielmann      2666      #10 on December 1933 rating list      50y7m   
 #13    Mikhail Botvinnik      2660      #13 on December 1933 rating list      22y4m   
 #14    Géza Maróczy      2657      #12 on June 1933 rating list      63y3m   
 #15    Akiba Rubinstein      2654      #12 on January 1933 rating list      50y3m   

 #16    Gösta Stoltz      2654      #13 on June 1933 rating list      29y1m   
 #17    Albert Becker      2651      #13 on January 1933 rating list      36y4m   
 #18    Andor Lilienthal      2650      #14 on November 1933 rating list      22y6m   
 #19    Ossip Bernstein      2647      #17 on December 1933 rating list      51y2m   
 #20    Erich Eliskases      2637      #16 on January 1933 rating list      19y11m   

 #21    Lajos Steiner      2624      #17 on March 1933 rating list      29y9m   
 #22    Boris Kostic      2622      #19 on April 1933 rating list      46y2m   
 #23    Kurt Richter      2614      #20 on November 1933 rating list      33y0m   
 #24    Vladas Mikenas      2611      #22 on October 1933 rating list      23y6m   
 #25    Vasja Pirc      2610      #22 on April 1933 rating list      25y4m   

 #26    Ludwig Rödl      2609      #21 on July 1933 rating list      26y3m   
 #27    Frank Marshall      2604      #26 on August 1933 rating list      56y0m   
 #28    Jácobo Bolbochán      2603      #22 on February 1933 rating list      26y2m   
 #29    Baldur Hönlinger      2599      #26 on December 1933 rating list      28y5m   
 #30    Carl Ahues      2593      #23 on January 1933 rating list      49y1m   

 #31    Gideon Stĺhlberg      2592      #27 on October 1933 rating list      25y9m   
 #32    Ernst Grünfeld      2592      #27 on November 1933 rating list      40y0m   
 #33    Arthur Dake      2590      #28 on July 1933 rating list      23y3m   
 #34    Karl Helling      2589      #29 on October 1933 rating list      29y2m   
 #35    Endre Steiner      2584      #31 on October 1933 rating list      32y4m   

 #36    George Koltanowski      2584      #25 on June 1933 rating list      29y9m   
 #37    Karel Treybal      2571      #30 on April 1933 rating list      48y2m   
 #38    Reuben Fine      2571      #36 on December 1933 rating list      19y2m   
 #39    Luis Piazzini      2571      #37 on December 1933 rating list      28y7m   
 #40    Friedrich Sämisch      2570      #35 on November 1933 rating list      37y2m   

 #41    Ludwig Rellstab Sr      2569      #33 on March 1933 rating list      28y4m   
 #42    Carl Carls      2568      #35 on October 1933 rating list      53y1m   
 #43    Lajos Asztalos      2563      #38 on October 1933 rating list      44y3m   
 #44    Georg Kieninger      2563      #39 on October 1933 rating list      31y4m   
 #45    Herman Steiner      2562      #38 on September 1933 rating list      28y5m   

 #46    Berthold Koch      2560      #43 on December 1933 rating list      34y10m   
 #47    Gerhard Weissgerber      2559      #44 on December 1933 rating list      28y11m   
 #48    Carlos Skalicka      2556      #43 on July 1933 rating list      36y8m   
 #49    Emil Zinner      2552      #46 on December 1933 rating list      24y4m   
 #50    Imre König      2552      #44 on July 1933 rating list      32y5m   

 #51    Vladimirs Petrovs      2551      #45 on July 1933 rating list      25y10m   
 #52    Conel Alexander      2550      #38 on May 1933 rating list      24y1m   
 #53    Josef Lokvenc      2549      #39 on January 1933 rating list      33y8m   
 #54    Karel Opocenský      2549      #44 on August 1933 rating list      41y6m   
 #55    Paulin Frydman      2545      #47 on August 1933 rating list      28y3m   

 #56    Dawid Przepiórka      2541      #43 on February 1933 rating list      52y2m   
 #57    Josef Rejfír      2540      #50 on August 1933 rating list      23y11m   
 #58    Hans Müller      2539      #51 on December 1933 rating list      37y0m   
 #59    Abraham Baratz      2538      #53 on December 1933 rating list         -   
 #60    Walter Schwinner      2537      #54 on December 1933 rating list         -   

 #61    Paul Robitsek      2536      #55 on December 1933 rating list         -   
 #62    Jan Foltys      2536      #56 on December 1933 rating list      25y2m   
 #63    Eduard Glass      2536      #57 on December 1933 rating list         -   
 #64    Louis Betbeder Matibet      2536      #58 on December 1933 rating list      32y4m   
 #65    George Thomas      2529      #46 on April 1933 rating list      51y10m   

 #66    Johannes van den Bosch      2528      #57 on November 1933 rating list      27y7m   
 #67    Erik Sr Andersen      2527      #57 on October 1933 rating list      29y6m   
 #68    Erik Lundin      2524      #63 on December 1933 rating list      29y5m   
 #69    Imre Koródy Keresztély      2524      #50 on March 1933 rating list      27y6m   
 #70    Kazimierz Makarczyk      2523      #57 on August 1933 rating list      32y7m   

 #71    William Fairhurst      2522      #59 on October 1933 rating list      30y2m   
 #72    Jacques Mieses      2520      #49 on June 1933 rating list      68y4m   
 #73    Reginald Michell      2516      #51 on June 1933 rating list      60y2m   
 #74    Hans Johner      2515      #63 on October 1933 rating list      44y9m   
 #75    Amos Pokorný      2514      #61 on August 1933 rating list      43y5m   

 #76    Virgilio Fenoglio      2514      #53 on February 1933 rating list      31y0m   
 #77    Karl Gilg      2511      #69 on December 1933 rating list      32y11m   
 #78    Eugene Znosko-Borovsky      2511      #55 on January 1933 rating list      48y5m   
 #79    Isaías Pleci      2510      #55 on February 1933 rating list      25y4m   
 #80    Vera Menchik      2509      #65 on November 1933 rating list      27y9m   

 #81    Mario Monticelli      2509      #70 on December 1933 rating list      31y9m   
 #82    Ludwig Engels      2506      #73 on December 1933 rating list      28y0m   
 #83    Salo Landau      2504      #58 on January 1933 rating list      29y9m   
 #84    Willi Schlage      2504      #56 on June 1933 rating list      44y6m   
 #85    Paul Johner      2502      #59 on January 1933 rating list      45y4m   

 #86    Josef Kolnhofer      2501      #74 on December 1933 rating list         -   
 #87    Paul Vaitonis      2501      #75 on December 1933 rating list      22y4m   
 #88    Fricis Apšenieks      2500      #76 on December 1933 rating list      39y8m   
 #89    Paul List      2497      #63 on April 1933 rating list      46y3m   
 #90    Stefano Rosselli del Turco      2496      #61 on June 1933 rating list      55y11m   

 #91    Alejandro Nogues Acuna      2496      #64 on January 1933 rating list         -   
 #92    Yosef Porat      2496      #76 on November 1933 rating list      24y5m   
 #93    Herbert Heinicke      2496      #75 on September 1933 rating list      28y6m   
 #94    Jakob Seitz      2495      #80 on December 1933 rating list      35y10m   
 #95    Karl Berndtsson-Kullberg      2493      #81 on December 1933 rating list      41y9m   

 #96    Jose Maria Cristia      2493      #66 on January 1933 rating list         -   
 #97    Oskar Naegeli      2493      #82 on December 1933 rating list      48y10m   
 #98    Max Walter      2493      #83 on December 1933 rating list      37y10m   
 #99    Hans Kmoch      2491      #67 on January 1933 rating list      38y6m   
 #100    Kornél Havasi      2491      #78 on July 1933 rating list      41y6m   

Strongest Tournament between 1933 and 1934 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Hastings, 1933: Class 7 (#1, #3)
The strongest tournament held between 1933 and 1934 was Hastings 1933. This was a Class 7 tournament, including two of the top ten players in the world (from the December 1933 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Paris 1933 (Class 5) and Bad Aachen 1933 (Class 1).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list
 #1    Hastings, 1933      7      #1, #3    #1 Alexander Alekhine (2796), #3 Salo Flohr (2716) from December 1933 rating list

 #2    Paris, 1933      5      #1, #9    #1 Alexander Alekhine (2817), #9 Saviely Tartakower (2664) from January 1933 rating list

 #3    Bad Aachen, 1933      1      #8    #8 Efim Bogoljubow (2682) from January 1933 rating list

 #4    Bad Pyrmont (GER Championship), 1933      1      #8    #8 Efim Bogoljubow (2683) from June 1933 rating list

 #5    Berlin-ch, 1933      0      (none)    No top-ten players 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 1933 and 1934 See more details
   Flohr-Grob Match (Arosa), 1933: #4 vs #95
The strongest match held between 1933 and 1934 was Flohr-Grob Match (Arosa), 1933. This was a matchup of #4 vs #95, including #4 Salo Flohr (2714) and #95 Henry Grob (2456) from the January 1933 rating list. Next on the list were Flohr-Naegeli Match (Bern), 1933 (#4 vs #106) and Bolbochán-Piazzini Match (Buenos Aires), 1933 (#25 vs #142).

Best Individual Event Performance between 1933 and 1934 See more details
   Isaac Kashdan: 2701 in Folkestone ol (Men), 1933
The best individual event performance between 1933 and 1934 was achieved by Isaac Kashdan with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2701 in Folkestone ol (Men), 1933. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Mikhail Botvinnik (2696 performance) in Botvinnik-Flohr Match (Moscow/Leningrad), 1933, and by Alexander Alekhine (2694 performance) in Folkestone ol (Men), 1933.