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Most Dominant Player between 1939 and 1940 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 1.0 years as #1 (between January 1939 and December 1939)
The only player to be ranked #1 between 1939 and 1940 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with 12 different months as the top-ranked player.
    Player Name   Ranked #1   Earliest/Latest as #1   Ranked #2   Earliest/Latest as #2   Ranked #3   Ranked #4   Ranked #5 
 #1  Mikhail Botvinnik  1.0 years  1939-Jan to 1939-Dec  0.0 years   0.0 years  0.0 years  0.0 years 
 #2  Reuben Fine  0.0 years    1.0 years  1939-Jan to 1939-Dec 0.0 years  0.0 years  0.0 years 
 #3  Alexander Alekhine  0.0 years    0.0 years   1.0 years  0.0 years  0.0 years 
 #4  Samuel Reshevsky  0.0 years    0.0 years   0.0 years  1.0 years  0.0 years 
 #5  Paul Keres  0.0 years    0.0 years   0.0 years  0.0 years  0.8 years 
Highest-Rated Player between 1939 and 1940 See more details
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 2780 (June 1939)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1939 and 1940 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with a rating of 2780 on the June 1939 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1939 and 1940 were achieved by Reuben Fine (2760 on the October 1939 list) and Alexander Alekhine (2753 on the September 1939 list).
Strongest Tournament between 1939 and 1940 See more details
   Leningrad/Moscow, 1939: Class 6 (#4, #5, #8)
The strongest tournament held between 1939 and 1940 was Leningrad/Moscow 1939. This was a Class 6 tournament, including three of the top ten players in the world (from the January 1939 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Leningrad (URS Championship) 1939 (Class 5) and Margate 1939 (Class 4).
Strongest Match between 1939 and 1940 See more details
   Euwe-Keres Match (NED), 1939: #5 vs #7
The strongest match held between 1939 and 1940 was Euwe-Keres Match (NED), 1939. This was a matchup of #5 vs #7, including #5 Paul Keres (2732) and #7 Max Euwe (2718) from the January 1939 rating list. Next on the list were Bogoljubow-Eliskases Match (GER, Germany), 1939 (#9 vs #11) and Euwe-Landau II (NED), 1939 (#7 vs #42).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1939 and 1940 See more details
   Salo Flohr: 2733 in Leningrad/Moscow, 1939
The best individual event performance between 1939 and 1940 was achieved by Salo Flohr with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2733 in Leningrad/Moscow, 1939. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Mikhail Botvinnik (2728 performance) in Leningrad (URS Championship), 1939, and by Paul Keres (2722 performance) in Euwe-Keres Match (NED), 1939.