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Most Dominant Player between 1970 and 1980 See more details    Anatoly Karpov: 5.4 years as #1 (between August 1974 and December 1979) The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1970 and 1980 was Anatoly Karpov, with 65 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 5.4 years). Next on the list was Bobby Fischer (4.6 years), the only other player to be ranked #1 between 1970 and 1980. Highest-Rated Player between 1970 and 1980 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Bobby Fischer: 2895 (October 1971) The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1970 and 1980 was Bobby Fischer, with a rating of 2895 on the October 1971 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1970 and 1980 were achieved by Anatoly Karpov (2833 on the June 1977 list) and Viktor Korchnoi (2814 on the November 1978 list).      Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)     #1     Bobby Fischer       2895       #1 on October 1971 rating list       28y7m     #2     Anatoly Karpov       2833       #1 on June 1977 rating list       26y1m     #3     Viktor Korchnoi       2814       #2 on November 1978 rating list       47y8m     #4     Mikhail Tal       2777       #2 on April 1973 rating list       36y5m     #5     Boris Spassky       2770       #2 on February 1971 rating list       34y1m    Strongest Tournament between 1970 and 1980 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Moscow (URS Championship), 1973: Class 15 (#2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #9, #10) The strongest tournament held between 1970 and 1980 was Moscow (URS Championship) 1973. This was a Class 15 tournament, including seven of the top ten players in the world (from the October 1973 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Rovinj/Zagreb 1970 (Class 13) and Moscow (URS Championship) 1976 (Class 13).      Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list  #1     Moscow (URS Championship), 1973       15       #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #9, #10    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2778), #3 Mikhail Tal (2755), #4 Viktor Korchnoi (2752), #6 Lev Polugaevsky (2743), #7 Tigran Petrosian (2733), #9 Efim Geller (2723), #10 Boris Spassky (2721) from October 1973 rating list  #2     Rovinj/Zagreb, 1970       13       #1, #2, #4, #5    #1 Bobby Fischer (2797), #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2776), #4 Vassily Smyslov (2746), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2746) from April 1970 rating list  #3     Moscow (URS Championship), 1976       13       #1, #3, #4, #5, #7    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2796), #3 Tigran Petrosian (2747), #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2744), #5 Mikhail Tal (2733), #7 Vitaly Tseshkovsky (2721) from November 1976 rating list  #4     Palma de Mallorca (Interzonal), 1970       13       #1, #3, #5, #6, #9, #10    #1 Bobby Fischer (2827), #3 Bent Larsen (2747), #5 Lev Polugaevsky (2737), #6 Lajos Portisch (2737), #9 Mark Taimanov (2726), #10 Vassily Smyslov (2722) from November 1970 rating list  #5     Montreal, 1979       13       #1, #4, #5, #6, #8, #9    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2818), #4 Mikhail Tal (2747), #5 Lajos Portisch (2744), #6 Boris Spassky (2742), #8 Bent Larsen (2723), #9 Jan Timman (2719) from April 1979 rating list  #6     Bugojno, 1978       12       #1, #4, #6, #7, #8, #10    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2824), #4 Mikhail Tal (2747), #6 Boris Spassky (2738), #7 Lajos Portisch (2737), #8 Bent Larsen (2725), #10 Vlastimil Hort (2718) from February 1978 rating list  #7     Moscow, 1975       12       #2, #4, #5, #7, #8, #9    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2770), #4 Mikhail Tal (2739), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2734), #7 Rafael Vaganian (2729), #8 Efim Geller (2726), #9 Boris Spassky (2718) from October 1975 rating list  #8     Tilburg, 1979       11       #1, #4, #6, #8, #10    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2823), #4 Lajos Portisch (2751), #6 Boris Spassky (2735), #8 Jan Timman (2726), #10 Robert Hübner (2717) from November 1979 rating list  #9     Moscow (Alekhine Memorial), 1971       11       #2, #3, #5, #7, #10    #2 Boris Spassky (2755), #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2749), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2735), #7 Leonid Stein (2733), #10 Vladimir Savon (2726) from November 1971 rating list  #10     Yerevan (URS Championship), 1975       11       #3, #4, #5, #6, #7    #3 Lev Polugaevsky (2742), #4 Efim Geller (2741), #5 Mikhail Tal (2733), #6 Tigran Petrosian (2732), #7 Rafael Vaganian (2732) from November 1975 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 1970 and 1980 See more details    Karpov-Korchnoi II (World Championship, Baguio City), 1978: #1 vs #2 The strongest match held between 1970 and 1980 was Karpov-Korchnoi II (World Championship, Baguio City), 1978. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 Anatoly Karpov (2822) and #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2806) from the July 1978 rating list. Next on the list were Karpov-Korchnoi I (Candidates final, Moscow), 1974 (#1 vs #2) and Fischer-Larsen Match (Candidates semifinal, Denver), 1971 (#1 vs #3). Best Individual Event Performance between 1970 and 1980 See more details    Bobby Fischer: 2887 in Fischer-Larsen Match (Candidates semifinal, Denver), 1971 The best individual event performance between 1970 and 1980 was achieved by Bobby Fischer with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2887 in Fischer-Larsen Match (Candidates semifinal, Denver), 1971. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Bobby Fischer (2870 performance) in Fischer-Taimanov Match (Candidates quarterfinal, Vancouver), 1971, and by Bobby Fischer (2850 performance) in Palma de Mallorca (Interzonal), 1970.