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Most Dominant Player between 1938 and 1939 |
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Alexander Alekhine: 0.8 years as #1 (between January 1938 and October 1938) |
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1938 and 1939 was Alexander Alekhine, with 10 different months as the top-ranked player. Next on the list was Mikhail Botvinnik (2 months), the only other player to be ranked #1 between 1938 and 1939. |
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Highest-Rated Player between 1938 and 1939 |
Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100 |
Mikhail Botvinnik: 2768 (December 1938) |
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Strongest Tournament between 1938 and 1939 |
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AVRO, 1938: Class 20 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8) |
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#1 | AVRO, 1938 | 20 | #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 | #1 Mikhail Botvinnik (2763), #2 Alexander Alekhine (2754), #3 Samuel Reshevsky (2745), #4 Reuben Fine (2737), #5 José Capablanca (2732), #6 Salo Flohr (2727), #7 Paul Keres (2718), #8 Max Euwe (2716) from November 1938 rating list |
| #2 | Noordwijk, 1938 | 5 | #3, #8, #9 | #3 Max Euwe (2741), #8 Paul Keres (2713), #9 Saviely Tartakower (2662) from June 1938 rating list |
| #3 | Carrasco, 1938 | 4 | #1 | #1 Alexander Alekhine (2760) from January 1938 rating list |
| #4 | Margate, 1938 | 4 | #1 | #1 Alexander Alekhine (2760) from January 1938 rating list |
| #5 | New York (USA Championship), 1938 | 4 | #6, #7, #9 | #6 Samuel Reshevsky (2733), #7 Reuben Fine (2725), #9 Isaac Kashdan (2683) from January 1938 rating list |
| #6 | Leningrad, 1938 | 3 | #3 | #3 Mikhail Botvinnik (2741) from January 1938 rating list |
| #7 | Hastings, 1938 | 2 | #7, #10 | #7 Max Euwe (2720), #10 Vasja Pirc (2672) from December 1938 rating list |
| #8 | Amsterdam (NED Championship), 1938 | 1 | #7 | #7 Max Euwe (2727) from July 1938 rating list |
| #9 | Bad Oeynhausen (GER Championsh, 1938 | 1 | #9 | #9 Erich Eliskases (2671) from July 1938 rating list |
| #10 | Moscow 4m, 1938 | 0 | (none) | No top-ten players from January 1938 rating list |
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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. |
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Strongest Match between 1938 and 1939 |
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Keres-Ståhlberg Match (Gothenburg), 1938: #8 vs #17 |
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Best Individual Event Performance between 1938 and 1939 |
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Paul Keres: 2780 in AVRO, 1938 |
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