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Most Dominant Player between 1938 and 1939 See more details
   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.

Highest-Rated Player between 1938 and 1939 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 2768 (December 1938)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1938 and 1939 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with a rating of 2768 on the December 1938 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1938 and 1939 were achieved by Alexander Alekhine (2761 on the June 1938 list) and Reuben Fine (2751 on the December 1938 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Mikhail Botvinnik      2768      #1 on December 1938 rating list      27y4m   
 #2    Alexander Alekhine      2761      #1 on June 1938 rating list      45y8m   
 #3    Reuben Fine      2751      #3 on December 1938 rating list      24y2m   
 #4    Samuel Reshevsky      2748      #4 on December 1938 rating list      27y1m   
 #5    Max Euwe      2744      #2 on February 1938 rating list      36y9m   

Strongest Tournament between 1938 and 1939 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   AVRO, 1938: Class 20 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)
The strongest tournament held between 1938 and 1939 was AVRO 1938. This was a Class 20 tournament, including eight of the top ten players in the world (from the November 1938 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Noordwijk 1938 (Class 5) and Carrasco 1938 (Class 4).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list
 #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

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 1938 and 1939 See more details
   Keres-Ståhlberg Match (Gothenburg), 1938: #8 vs #17
The strongest match held between 1938 and 1939 was Keres-Ståhlberg Match (Gothenburg), 1938. This was a matchup of #8 vs #17, including #8 Paul Keres (2717) and #17 Gideon Ståhlberg (2631) from the January 1938 rating list. Next on the list were Horowitz-Kashdan Match (New York), 1938 (#9 vs #45) and Guimard-Piazzini Match (Necochea), 1938 (#42 vs #124).

Best Individual Event Performance between 1938 and 1939 See more details
   Paul Keres: 2780 in AVRO, 1938
The best individual event performance between 1938 and 1939 was achieved by Paul Keres with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2780 in AVRO, 1938. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Reuben Fine (2778 performance) in AVRO, 1938, and by Erich Eliskases (2762 performance) in Noordwijk, 1938.