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Most Dominant Player between 1950 and 1960 See more details    Vassily Smyslov: 4.9 years as #1 (between January 1952 and September 1958) The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1950 and 1960 was Vassily Smyslov, with 59 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 4.9 years). Next on the list were David Bronstein (1.6 years) and Mikhail Botvinnik (1.4 years). Highest-Rated Player between 1950 and 1960 See more details    Mikhail Botvinnik: 2806 (January 1950) The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1950 and 1960 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with a rating of 2806 on the January 1950 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1950 and 1960 were achieved by Vassily Smyslov (2800 on the September 1956 list) and Mikhail Tal (2797 on the December 1959 list). Strongest Tournament between 1950 and 1960 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Zurich (Candidates), 1953: Class 18 (#1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10) The strongest tournament held between 1950 and 1960 was Zurich (Candidates) 1953. This was a Class 18 tournament, including nine of the top ten players in the world (from the August 1953 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Moscow (Alekhine Memorial) 1956 (Class 15) and Amsterdam (Candidates) 1956 (Class 15).      Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list  #1     Zurich (Candidates), 1953       18       #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10    #1 Samuel Reshevsky (2781), #3 Vassily Smyslov (2765), #4 Miguel Najdorf (2753), #5 Efim Geller (2734), #6 Alexander Kotov (2727), #7 David Bronstein (2724), #8 Isaak Boleslavsky (2722), #9 Gideon Stċhlberg (2722), #10 Paul Keres (2721) from August 1953 rating list  #2     Moscow (Alekhine Memorial), 1956       15       #1, #2, #3, #4, #9    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2793), #2 Paul Keres (2782), #3 David Bronstein (2770), #4 Mikhail Botvinnik (2756), #9 Mark Taimanov (2714) from January 1956 rating list  #3     Amsterdam (Candidates), 1956       15       #1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #8    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2793), #2 Paul Keres (2782), #3 David Bronstein (2770), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2755), #7 Efim Geller (2720), #8 Boris Spassky (2714) from January 1956 rating list  #4     Moscow (URS Championship), 1952       15       #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #8    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2776), #2 David Bronstein (2774), #3 Paul Keres (2769), #6 Mikhail Botvinnik (2748), #7 Isaak Boleslavsky (2719), #8 Efim Geller (2712) from January 1952 rating list  #5     Moscow (URS Championship), 1955       15       #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #9    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2793), #2 Mikhail Botvinnik (2778), #3 Paul Keres (2766), #6 Tigran Petrosian (2739), #7 Mark Taimanov (2732), #9 Viktor Korchnoi (2711) from February 1955 rating list  #6     Budapest (Candidates), 1950       15       #2, #3, #4, #5, #7, #9, #10    #2 Vassily Smyslov (2760), #3 David Bronstein (2754), #4 Alexander Kotov (2753), #5 Miguel Najdorf (2741), #7 Gideon Stċhlberg (2732), #9 Isaak Boleslavsky (2722), #10 Paul Keres (2722) from April 1950 rating list  #7     Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (Candidat, 1959       14       #1, #2, #3, #5, #7    #1 Mikhail Tal (2766), #2 Vassily Smyslov (2762), #3 Tigran Petrosian (2753), #5 Paul Keres (2743), #7 Svetozar Gligoric (2736) from September 1959 rating list  #8     Tbilisi (URS Championship), 1959       13       #1, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9, #10    #1 Mikhail Tal (2773), #4 Paul Keres (2755), #5 David Bronstein (2747), #7 Tigran Petrosian (2738), #8 Viktor Korchnoi (2724), #9 Efim Geller (2718), #10 Mark Taimanov (2715) from January 1959 rating list  #9     Moscow (URS Championship), 1951       11       #1, #3, #5, #6    #1 David Bronstein (2780), #3 Vassily Smyslov (2754), #5 Alexander Kotov (2747), #6 Paul Keres (2738) from January 1951 rating list  #10     Budapest, 1952       11       #1, #3, #6, #8, #10    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2776), #3 Paul Keres (2769), #6 Mikhail Botvinnik (2748), #8 Efim Geller (2712), #10 Gideon Stċhlberg (2708) from January 1952 rating list  #11     Gothenburg (Interzonal), 1955       11       #2, #5, #6, #8, #9, #10    #2 Paul Keres (2775), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2756), #6 David Bronstein (2749), #8 Miguel Najdorf (2726), #9 Boris Spassky (2720), #10 Efim Geller (2718) from September 1955 rating list  #12     Moscow (URS Championship), 1957       11       #3, #4, #5, #6, #9    #3 Paul Keres (2774), #4 David Bronstein (2764), #5 Mark Taimanov (2742), #6 Tigran Petrosian (2741), #9 Viktor Korchnoi (2715) from January 1957 rating list  #13     Leningrad, 1957       11       #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10    #3 Paul Keres (2774), #4 David Bronstein (2764), #5 Mark Taimanov (2742), #6 Tigran Petrosian (2741), #7 Svetozar Gligoric (2721), #8 Efim Geller (2718), #9 Viktor Korchnoi (2715), #10 Borislav Ivkov (2713) from January 1957 rating list  #14     Riga (URS Championship), 1958       10       #3, #5, #6, #7, #9, #10    #3 David Bronstein (2763), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2734), #6 Mark Taimanov (2733), #7 Viktor Korchnoi (2730), #9 Mikhail Tal (2725), #10 Boris Spassky (2712) from January 1958 rating list  #15     Portoroz (Interzonal), 1958       9       #3, #4, #6, #7    #3 David Bronstein (2763), #4 Mikhail Tal (2760), #6 Tigran Petrosian (2743), #7 Svetozar Gligoric (2724) from August 1958 rating list  #16     Zurich, 1959       8       #1, #5, #6    #1 Mikhail Tal (2777), #5 Paul Keres (2740), #6 Svetozar Gligoric (2733) from May 1959 rating list  #17     Garga (URS Training), 1953       8       #3, #5, #7, #8, #10    #3 Vassily Smyslov (2765), #5 Efim Geller (2736), #7 Alexander Kotov (2734), #8 Paul Keres (2732), #10 Isaak Boleslavsky (2723) from January 1953 rating list  #18     Hastings, 1954       7       #1, #4    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2790), #4 Paul Keres (2758) from December 1954 rating list  #19     Venice, 1950       7       #2, #4    #2 Vassily Smyslov (2760), #4 Alexander Kotov (2750) from January 1950 rating list  #20     New York (Wertheim Memorial), 1951       7       #2, #4    #2 Samuel Reshevsky (2758), #4 Miguel Najdorf (2753) from January 1951 rating list  #21     Riga, 1959       6       #1, #6    #1 Mikhail Tal (2797), #6 Boris Spassky (2740) from December 1959 rating list  #22     Moscow (Alekhine Memorial), 1959       6       #2, #5    #2 Vassily Smyslov (2769), #5 David Bronstein (2747) from January 1959 rating list  #23     Moscow (URS Championship), 1950       6       #2, #8, #9    #2 Vassily Smyslov (2760), #8 Isaak Boleslavsky (2728), #9 Paul Keres (2722) from January 1950 rating list  #24     Hastings, 1957       5       #2, #8    #2 Paul Keres (2764), #8 Svetozar Gligoric (2728) from December 1957 rating list  #25     Havana, 1952       5       #4, #5    #4 Samuel Reshevsky (2758), #5 Miguel Najdorf (2750) from January 1952 rating list  #26     Zagreb, 1955       4       #1    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2793) from January 1955 rating list  #27     Bucharest, 1953       4       #3, #10    #3 Vassily Smyslov (2765), #10 Isaak Boleslavsky (2723) from January 1953 rating list  #28     Belgrade, 1954       4       #5, #6    #5 David Bronstein (2743), #6 Tigran Petrosian (2743) from January 1954 rating list  #29     Amsterdam, 1950       4       #6, #7, #10    #6 Miguel Najdorf (2738), #7 Gideon Stċhlberg (2730), #10 Samuel Reshevsky (2722) from January 1950 rating list  #30     Leningrad (Chigorin Memorial), 1951       3       #3    #3 Vassily Smyslov (2754) from January 1951 rating list  #31     Leningrad, 1951       3       #3    #3 Vassily Smyslov (2754) from January 1951 rating list  #32     Parnu, 1955       3       #3    #3 Paul Keres (2766) from January 1955 rating list  #33     Mar del Plata, 1957       3       #3    #3 Paul Keres (2774) from January 1957 rating list  #34     Gotha, 1957       3       #3    #3 David Bronstein (2766) from September 1957 rating list  #35     Wageningen, 1958       3       #3    #3 Mikhail Botvinnik (2764) from November 1958 rating list  #36     Mar del Plata, 1953       3       #4    #4 Miguel Najdorf (2745) from January 1953 rating list  #37     Mar del Plata, 1954       3       #4    #4 Miguel Najdorf (2752) from January 1954 rating list  #38     New York, 1955       3       #4    #4 Samuel Reshevsky (2765) from January 1955 rating list  #39     Tbilisi, 1956       3       #5, #7    #5 Tigran Petrosian (2741), #7 Viktor Korchnoi (2723) from November 1956 rating list  #40     Szczawno Zdroj (Przepiorka Mem, 1950       3       #6, #10    #6 Paul Keres (2734), #10 Efim Geller (2704) from June 1950 rating list  #41     Kiev (URS Championship), 1954       3       #6, #7    #6 Tigran Petrosian (2743), #7 Efim Geller (2740) from January 1954 rating list  #42     Kiev, 1957       3       #6, #8    #6 Tigran Petrosian (2741), #8 Efim Geller (2718) from January 1957 rating list  #43     Saltsjobaden (Interzonal), 1952       3       #8, #9, #10    #8 Efim Geller (2712), #9 Alexander Kotov (2711), #10 Gideon Stċhlberg (2708) from January 1952 rating list  #44     Moscow (URS Training), 1952       2       #5    #4 David Bronstein (2753), #5 Mikhail Botvinnik (2751) from July 1952 rating list  #45     Hastings, 1953       2       #5    #5 David Bronstein (2744) from December 1953 rating list  #46     Moscow, 1956       2       #5    #3 David Bronstein (2770), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2755) from January 1956 rating list  #47     Leningrad, 1957       2       #5    #5 Mark Taimanov (2742) from January 1957 rating list  #48     Bled, 1950       2       #6    #6 Miguel Najdorf (2738) from January 1950 rating list  #49     Moscow, 1953       2       #6    #6 David Bronstein (2735) from January 1953 rating list  #50     New York, 1956       2       #6    #6 Samuel Reshevsky (2752) from January 1956 rating list  #51     Kragujevac (JUG Championship), 1959       2       #6    #6 Svetozar Gligoric (2742) from January 1959 rating list  #52     Gorky, 1954       2       #7, #10    #7 Efim Geller (2740), #10 Isaak Boleslavsky (2726) from January 1954 rating list  #53     Sombor (JUG Championship), 1957       2       #7, #10    #7 Svetozar Gligoric (2721), #10 Borislav Ivkov (2713) from January 1957 rating list  #54     Birmingham (Staunton Memorial), 1951       2       #8, #10    #8 Gideon Stċhlberg (2723), #10 Svetozar Gligoric (2705) from January 1951 rating list  #55     Leningrad, 1956       2       #8, #10    #8 Boris Spassky (2714), #10 Alexander Kotov (2712) from January 1956 rating list  #56     Mar del Plata, 1955       2       #8, #9    #8 Miguel Najdorf (2725), #9 László Szabó (2712) from January 1955 rating list  #57     Leningrad (URS Championship), 1956       2       #8, #9    #8 Boris Spassky (2714), #9 Mark Taimanov (2714) from January 1956 rating list  #58     Dresden, 1959       2       #9, #10    #9 Efim Geller (2718), #10 Mark Taimanov (2715) from January 1959 rating list  #59     Bad Pyrmont (Zonal), 1951       1       #10    #10 Svetozar Gligoric (2705) from January 1951 rating list  #60     Ljubljana (JUG Championship), 1951       1       #10    #10 Svetozar Gligoric (2705) from January 1951 rating list  #61     Yerevan (URS Championship), 1955       1       #10    #10 Viktor Korchnoi (2710) from January 1955 rating list  #62     Wageningen (Zonal), 1957       1       #10    #10 Borislav Ivkov (2713) from January 1957 rating list  #63     Sverdlovsk, 1951       1       #7    #7 Isaak Boleslavsky (2737) from January 1951 rating list  #64     Moscow (URS Training), 1951       1       #7    #1 David Bronstein (2780), #2 Vassily Smyslov (2760), #6 Paul Keres (2743), #7 Mikhail Botvinnik (2743) from March 1951 rating list  #65     Leningrad, 1955       1       #7    #7 Mark Taimanov (2732) from January 1955 rating list  #66     Hastings, 1955       1       #7    #7 Mark Taimanov (2721) from December 1955 rating list  #67     Dallas, 1957       1       #7    #7 Svetozar Gligoric (2721) from January 1957 rating list  #68     Dublin (Zonal), 1957       1       #7    #7 Svetozar Gligoric (2721) from January 1957 rating list  #69     Sochi, 1958       1       #7    #7 Viktor Korchnoi (2730) from January 1958 rating list  #70     Tashkent, 1958       1       #7    #7 Viktor Korchnoi (2730) from January 1958 rating list  #71     Hastings, 1959       1       #7    #7 Svetozar Gligoric (2726) from December 1959 rating list  #72     Buenos Aires (ARG Championship, 1955       1       #8    #8 Miguel Najdorf (2725) from January 1955 rating list  #73     Sarajevo (JUG Championship), 1958       1       #8    #8 Svetozar Gligoric (2729) from January 1958 rating list  #74     Krakow, 1959       1       #8    #8 Viktor Korchnoi (2724) from January 1959 rating list  #75     Cheliabinsk, 1959       1       #8    #8 Viktor Korchnoi (2724), #10 Mark Taimanov (2715) from January 1959 rating list  #76     Marianske Lazne (Zonal), 1951       1       #9    #9 László Szabó (2706) from January 1951 rating list  #77     Sarajevo (JUG Championship), 1951       1       #9    #9 Svetozar Gligoric (2711) from November 1951 rating list  #78     Moscow, 1952       1       #9    #9 Alexander Kotov (2711) from January 1952 rating list  #79     Buenos Aires, 1955       1       #9    #9 László Szabó (2712) from January 1955 rating list  #80     Prague, 1955       1       #9    #9 László Szabó (2712) from January 1955 rating list  #81     Sverdlovsk, 1957       1       #9    #9 Viktor Korchnoi (2715) from January 1957 rating list  #82     Latvia (LAT Championship), 1958       1       #9    #9 Mikhail Tal (2725) from January 1958 rating list  #83     Moscow, 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1950 rating list  #84     Amsterdam (NED Championship), 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1950 rating list  #85     Southsea, 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1950 rating list  #86     Gorky, 1950       0       (none)    #8 Isaak Boleslavsky (2728) from January 1950 rating list  #87     Kiev-ch, 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1950 rating list  #88     Leningrad, 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1950 rating list  #89     Tartu, 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1950 rating list  #90     URS-ch sf Tula, 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1950 rating list  #91     Vienna, 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1950 rating list  #92     Beverwijk (Hoogovens), 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1950 rating list  #93     Mar del Plata, 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from March 1950 rating list  #94     Bad Pyrmont (FRG Championship), 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from May 1950 rating list  #95     Budapest (HUN Championship), 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from September 1950 rating list  #96     Hastings, 1950       0       (none)    No top-ten players from December 1950 rating list  #97     Augsburg, 1951       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1951 rating list  #98     Madrid, 1951       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1951 rating list  #99     Mar del Plata (Zonal), 1951       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1951 rating list  #100     Moscow, 1951       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1951 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 1950 and 1960 See more details    Botvinnik-Smyslov I (World Championship, Moscow), 1954: #1 vs #3 The strongest match held between 1950 and 1960 was Botvinnik-Smyslov I (World Championship, Moscow), 1954. This was a matchup of #1 vs #3, including #1 Vassily Smyslov (2790) and #3 Mikhail Botvinnik (2779) from the March 1954 rating list. Next on the list were Botvinnik-Smyslov II (World Championship, Moscow), 1957 (#1 vs #4) and Najdorf-Reshevsky II (Buenos Aires), 1953 (#2 vs #4). Best Individual Event Performance between 1950 and 1960 See more details    Mikhail Tal: 2869 in Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (Candidates), 1959 The best individual event performance between 1950 and 1960 was achieved by Mikhail Tal with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2869 in Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (Candidates), 1959. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Paul Keres (2836 performance) in Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (Candidates), 1959, and by Alexander Kotov (2832 performance) in Saltsjobaden (Interzonal), 1952.