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Most Dominant Player between 1936 and 1937 See more details
   Max Euwe: 0.7 years as #1 (between January 1936 and August 1936)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1936 and 1937 was Max Euwe, with 8 different months as the top-ranked player. Next on the list was Mikhail Botvinnik (4 months), the only other player to be ranked #1 between 1936 and 1937.
Highest-Rated Player between 1936 and 1937 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Max Euwe: 2769 (January 1936)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1936 and 1937 was Max Euwe, with a rating of 2769 on the January 1936 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1936 and 1937 were achieved by Mikhail Botvinnik (2762 on the September 1936 list) and Alexander Alekhine (2758 on the March 1936 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Max Euwe      2769      #1 on January 1936 rating list      34y8m   
 #2    Mikhail Botvinnik      2762      #1 on September 1936 rating list      25y1m   
 #3    Alexander Alekhine      2758      #2 on March 1936 rating list      43y5m   
 #4    José Capablanca      2757      #2 on September 1936 rating list      47y10m   
 #5    Salo Flohr      2754      #3 on April 1936 rating list      27y5m   
Strongest Tournament between 1936 and 1937 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Nottingham, 1936: Class 20 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)
The strongest tournament held between 1936 and 1937 was Nottingham 1936. This was a Class 20 tournament, including eight of the top ten players in the world (from the August 1936 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Moscow 1936 (Class 9) and Amsterdam 1936 (Class 8).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list
 #1    Nottingham, 1936      20      #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8    #1 Max Euwe (2753), #2 Mikhail Botvinnik (2748), #3 Alexander Alekhine (2745), #4 Salo Flohr (2744), #5 José Capablanca (2742), #6 Samuel Reshevsky (2727), #7 Reuben Fine (2693), #8 Efim Bogoljubow (2682) from August 1936 rating list
 #2    Moscow, 1936      9      #2, #5, #7, #9, #10    #2 Salo Flohr (2751), #5 Mikhail Botvinnik (2719), #7 José Capablanca (2689), #9 Emanuel Lasker (2677), #10 Andor Lilienthal (2669) from May 1936 rating list
 #3    Amsterdam, 1936      8      #1, #2    #1 Max Euwe (2769), #2 Alexander Alekhine (2758) from January 1936 rating list
 #4    Zandvoort, 1936      7      #1, #5, #9    #1 Max Euwe (2769), #5 Efim Bogoljubow (2705), #9 Paul Keres (2677) from January 1936 rating list
 #5    Podebrady, 1936      7      #2, #3    #2 Alexander Alekhine (2758), #3 Salo Flohr (2750) from January 1936 rating list
 #6    Bad Nauheim, 1936      7      #2, #5, #9    #2 Alexander Alekhine (2758), #5 Efim Bogoljubow (2705), #9 Paul Keres (2677) from January 1936 rating list
 #7    Dresden, 1936      7      #2, #5, #9    #2 Alexander Alekhine (2758), #5 Efim Bogoljubow (2705), #9 Paul Keres (2677) from January 1936 rating list
 #8    Margate, 1936      4      #3, #9    #3 Salo Flohr (2754), #9 José Capablanca (2679) from April 1936 rating list
 #9    Hastings, 1936      3      #5, #7    #5 Alexander Alekhine (2740), #7 Reuben Fine (2704) from December 1936 rating list
 #10    New York (USA Championship), 1936      3      #6, #8    #6 Samuel Reshevsky (2689), #8 Reuben Fine (2685) from April 1936 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 1936 and 1937 See more details
   Eliskases-Spielmann II (Semmering), 1936: #17 vs #22
The strongest match held between 1936 and 1937 was Eliskases-Spielmann II (Semmering), 1936. This was a matchup of #17 vs #22, including #17 Erich Eliskases (2632) and #22 Rudolf Spielmann (2618) from the January 1936 rating list. The only other match held between 1936 and 1937 with rated players was Bolbochán-Grau Match (Buenos Aires), 1936 (#47 vs #48).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1936 and 1937 See more details
   José Capablanca: 2787 in Moscow, 1936
The best individual event performance between 1936 and 1937 was achieved by José Capablanca with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2787 in Moscow, 1936. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by José Capablanca (2754 performance) in Nottingham, 1936, and by Mikhail Botvinnik (2753 performance) in Nottingham, 1936.