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Most Dominant Player between 1942 and 1943 See more details
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 0.8 years as #1 (between January 1942 and October 1942)
The only player to be ranked #1 between 1942 and 1943 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with 10 different months as the top-ranked player.

Highest-Rated Player between 1942 and 1943 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 2773 (January 1942)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1942 and 1943 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with a rating of 2773 on the January 1942 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1942 and 1943 were achieved by Alexander Alekhine (2763 on the October 1942 list) and Samuel Reshevsky (2761 on the December 1942 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Mikhail Botvinnik      2773      #1 on January 1942 rating list      30y5m   
 #2    Alexander Alekhine      2763      #2 on October 1942 rating list      50y0m   
 #3    Samuel Reshevsky      2761      #1 on December 1942 rating list      31y1m   
 #4    Reuben Fine      2747      #2 on January 1942 rating list      27y3m   
 #5    Max Euwe      2735      #4 on December 1942 rating list      41y7m   

Strongest Tournament between 1942 and 1943 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Munich, 1942: Class 6 (#3, #4)
The strongest tournament held between 1942 and 1943 was Munich 1942. This was a Class 6 tournament, including two of the top ten players in the world (from the September 1942 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Salzburg 1942 (Class 4) and New York (USA Championship) 1942 (Class 3).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list
 #1    Munich, 1942      6      #3, #4    #3 Alexander Alekhine (2751), #4 Paul Keres (2732) from September 1942 rating list

 #2    Salzburg, 1942      4      #5, #8, #10    #5 Paul Keres (2724), #8 Alexander Alekhine (2707), #10 Gösta Stoltz (2695) from June 1942 rating list

 #3    New York (USA Championship), 1942      3      #3    #3 Samuel Reshevsky (2736) from January 1942 rating list

 #4    Mar del Plata, 1942      3      #6, #10    #6 Gideon Ståhlberg (2719), #10 Miguel Najdorf (2692) from January 1942 rating list

 #5    Prague (Duras Memorial), 1942      1      #7    #7 Alexander Alekhine (2710) from January 1942 rating list

 #6    Moscow (Championship), 1942      1      #9    #9 Vassily Smyslov (2697) from January 1942 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 1942 and 1943 See more details
   Guimard-Rossetto Match (Buenos Aires), 1942: #35 vs #102
The strongest match held between 1942 and 1943 was Guimard-Rossetto Match (Buenos Aires), 1942. This was a matchup of #35 vs #102, including #35 Carlos Guimard (2592) and #102 Héctor Rossetto (2465) from the January 1942 rating list. There were no other matches held between 1942 and 1943 with rated players.

Best Individual Event Performance between 1942 and 1943 See more details
   Alexander Alekhine: 2773 in Salzburg, 1942
The best individual event performance between 1942 and 1943 was achieved by Alexander Alekhine with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2773 in Salzburg, 1942. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Samuel Reshevsky (2734 performance) in New York (USA Championship), 1942, and by Alexander Kotov (2718 performance) in Moscow (Championship), 1942.