Summary: 1948 - 1949 How to use this page
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Most Dominant Player between 1948 and 1949 See more details
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 1.0 years as #1 (between January 1948 and December 1948)
The only player to be ranked #1 between 1948 and 1949 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with 12 different months as the top-ranked player.

Highest-Rated Player between 1948 and 1949 See more details
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 2854 (June 1948)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1948 and 1949 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with a rating of 2854 on the June 1948 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1948 and 1949 were achieved by Miguel Najdorf (2797 on the February 1948 list) and Gideon Ståhlberg (2762 on the March 1948 list).

Strongest Tournament between 1948 and 1949 See more details
   The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948: Class 10 (#1, #4, #6, #7)
The strongest tournament held between 1948 and 1949 was The Hague/Moscow (World Championship) 1948. This was a Class 10 tournament, including four of the top ten players in the world (from the March 1948 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Saltsjobaden (Interzonal) 1948 (Class 10) and Mar del Plata 1948 (Class 8).

Strongest Match between 1948 and 1949 See more details
   Bolbochán-Rossetto Match (Buenos Aires), 1948: #25 vs #46
The strongest match held between 1948 and 1949 was Bolbochán-Rossetto Match (Buenos Aires), 1948. This was a matchup of #25 vs #46, including #25 Julio Bolbochán (2638) and #46 Héctor Rossetto (2598) from the January 1948 rating list. Next on the list were Euwe-van Scheltinga Match (Amsterdam), 1948 (#7 vs #149) and Hönlinger-Unzicker Match (Velbert), 1948 (#28 vs #217).

Best Individual Event Performance between 1948 and 1949 See more details
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 2850 in The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948
The best individual event performance between 1948 and 1949 was achieved by Mikhail Botvinnik with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2850 in The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Reuben Fine (2795 performance) in New York, 1948, and by David Bronstein (2788 performance) in Saltsjobaden (Interzonal), 1948.