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Most Dominant Player between 1940 and 1945 See more details    Mikhail Botvinnik: 2.8 years as #1 (between January 1940 and December 1944) The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1940 and 1945 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with 34 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 2.8 years). Next on the list were Alexander Alekhine (1.3 years) and Reuben Fine (0.5 years). Highest-Rated Player between 1940 and 1945 See more details    Mikhail Botvinnik: 2812 (December 1944) The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1940 and 1945 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with a rating of 2812 on the December 1944 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1940 and 1945 were achieved by Alexander Alekhine (2807 on the July 1944 list) and Paul Keres (2772 on the August 1943 list). Strongest Tournament between 1940 and 1945 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Leningrad/Moscow (Absolute Championship), 1941: Class 9 (#2, #4, #8, #10) The strongest tournament held between 1940 and 1945 was Leningrad/Moscow (Absolute Championship) 1941. This was a Class 9 tournament, including four of the top ten players in the world (from the March 1941 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Salzburg 1943 (Class 8) and New York (USA Championship) 1940 (Class 7).      Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list  #1     Leningrad/Moscow (Absolute Cha, 1941       9       #2, #4, #8, #10    #2 Mikhail Botvinnik (2756), #4 Paul Keres (2737), #8 Andor Lilienthal (2707), #10 Vassily Smyslov (2693) from March 1941 rating list  #2     Salzburg, 1943       8       #1, #4, #10    #1 Alexander Alekhine (2765), #4 Paul Keres (2742), #10 Paul Schmidt (2691) from June 1943 rating list  #3     New York (USA Championship), 1940       7       #2, #4    #2 Reuben Fine (2760), #4 Samuel Reshevsky (2743) from January 1940 rating list  #4     Moscow (URS Championship), 1944       7       #2, #6, #7    #2 Mikhail Botvinnik (2785), #6 Vladimir Makogonov (2731), #7 Vassily Smyslov (2725) from January 1944 rating list  #5     Moscow (URS Championship), 1940       6       #1, #5    #1 Mikhail Botvinnik (2769), #5 Paul Keres (2739) from September 1940 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 1940 and 1945 See more details    Bogoljubow-Euwe III (Karlsbad), 1941: #6 vs #16 The strongest match held between 1940 and 1945 was Bogoljubow-Euwe III (Karlsbad), 1941. This was a matchup of #6 vs #16, including #6 Max Euwe (2719) and #16 Efim Bogoljubow (2650) from the January 1941 rating list. Next on the list were Botvinnik-Ragozin Match (Leningrad), 1940 (#1 vs #19) and Euwe-Kramer II (NED), 1941 (#6 vs #24). Best Individual Event Performance between 1940 and 1945 See more details    Mikhail Botvinnik: 2804 in Leningrad/Moscow (Absolute Championship), 1941 The best individual event performance between 1940 and 1945 was achieved by Mikhail Botvinnik with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2804 in Leningrad/Moscow (Absolute Championship), 1941. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Mikhail Botvinnik (2801 performance) in Moscow (URS Championship), 1944, and by Alexander Alekhine (2773 performance) in Salzburg, 1942.