Summary: 1955 - 2005

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Duration: All years 20th century 19th century 50-year span 40-year span 30-year span 20-year span 10-year span 5-year span 3-year span 1-year span covering 1955-Jan through 2004-Dec 1950-Jan through 1999-Dec 1945-Jan through 1994-Dec 1940-Jan through 1989-Dec 1935-Jan through 1984-Dec 1930-Jan through 1979-Dec 1925-Jan through 1974-Dec 1920-Jan through 1969-Dec 1915-Jan through 1964-Dec 1910-Jan through 1959-Dec 1905-Jan through 1954-Dec 1900-Jan through 1949-Dec 1895-Jan through 1944-Dec 1890-Jan through 1939-Dec 1885-Jan through 1934-Dec 1880-Jan through 1929-Dec 1875-Jan through 1924-Dec 1870-Jan through 1919-Dec 1865-Jan through 1914-Dec 1860-Jan through 1909-Dec 1855-Jan through 1904-Dec 1850-Jan through 1899-Dec 1845-Jan through 1894-Dec 1840-Jan through 1889-Dec

Most Dominant Player between 1955 and 2005 See more details    Garry Kasparov: 21.9 years as #1 (between September 1982 and October 2004) The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1955 and 2005 was Garry Kasparov, with 263 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 21.9 years). Next on the list were Bobby Fischer (9.1 years) and Anatoly Karpov (8.3 years). Highest-Rated Player between 1955 and 2005 See more details    Bobby Fischer: 2895 (October 1971) The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1955 and 2005 was Bobby Fischer, with a rating of 2895 on the October 1971 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1955 and 2005 were achieved by Garry Kasparov (2886 on the March 1993 list) and Anatoly Karpov (2848 on the March 1989 list). Strongest Tournament between 1955 and 2005 See more details    Linares, 1993: Class 21 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10) The strongest tournament held between 1955 and 2005 was Linares 1993. This was a Class 21 tournament, including nine of the top ten players in the world (from the February 1993 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Linares 1992 (Class 20) and Wijk aan Zee (Corus) 2001 (Class 20). Strongest Match between 1955 and 2005 See more details    Karpov-Kasparov V (World Championship, Lyon/New York), 1990: #1 vs #2 The strongest match held between 1955 and 2005 was Karpov-Kasparov V (World Championship, Lyon/New York), 1990. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 Garry Kasparov (2877) and #2 Anatoly Karpov (2827) from the October 1990 rating list. Next on the list were Karpov-Kasparov III (World Championship, London/Leningrad), 1986 (#1 vs #2) and Karpov-Kasparov IV (World Championship, Sevilla), 1987 (#1 vs #2). Best Individual Event Performance between 1955 and 2005 See more details    Anatoly Karpov: 2899 in Linares, 1994 The best individual event performance between 1955 and 2005 was achieved by Anatoly Karpov with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2899 in Linares, 1994. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Bobby Fischer (2887 performance) in Fischer-Larsen Match (Candidates semifinal, Denver), 1971, and by Garry Kasparov (2881 performance) in Tilburg, 1989.