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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 See more details
   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).
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   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
 #11    Milan, 1975      10      #1, #3, #5, #7    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2808), #3 Mikhail Tal (2746), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2733), #7 Lajos Portisch (2721) from August 1975 rating list
 #12    Leningrad (Interzonal), 1973      10      #2, #3, #8, #9, #10    #2 Mikhail Tal (2773), #3 Anatoly Karpov (2757), #8 Viktor Korchnoi (2733), #9 Robert Hübner (2730), #10 Bent Larsen (2722) from June 1973 rating list
 #13    Tallinn, 1973      9      #2, #4, #5    #2 Mikhail Tal (2766), #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2747), #5 Boris Spassky (2745) from February 1973 rating list
 #14    Leningrad (URS Championship), 1977      9      #3, #4, #5, #7    #3 Mikhail Tal (2748), #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2747), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2738), #7 Oleg Romanishin (2728) from November 1977 rating list
 #15    Buenos Aires, 1970      7      #1, #4    #1 Bobby Fischer (2808), #4 Vassily Smyslov (2748) from July 1970 rating list
 #16    Madrid, 1973      7      #2, #4    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2777), #4 Lajos Portisch (2750) from November 1973 rating list
 #17    Las Palmas, 1977      6      #1, #5    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2825), #5 Mikhail Tal (2737) from May 1977 rating list
 #18    Leningrad, 1977      6      #1, #5    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2833), #5 Mikhail Tal (2730) from June 1977 rating list
 #19    Munich (FRG Championship), 1979      6      #1, #5    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2823), #5 Boris Spassky (2746) from February 1979 rating list
 #20    Skopje, 1976      6      #1, #6    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2796), #6 Rafael Vaganian (2740) from March 1976 rating list
 #21    Tbilisi, 1976      6      #1, #6    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2807), #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2753), #4 Tigran Petrosian (2742), #6 Mikhail Tal (2738) from April 1976 rating list
 #22    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1978      6      #2, #7, #10    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2789), #7 Lajos Portisch (2724), #10 Henrique Mecking (2721) from January 1978 rating list
 #23    Amsterdam (IBM), 1972      6      #3, #4    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2747), #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2741) from January 1972 rating list
 #24    Palma de Mallorca, 1972      6      #3, #4    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2747), #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2741) from January 1972 rating list
 #25    Las Palmas, 1975      6      #3, #4    #3 Mikhail Tal (2750), #4 Tigran Petrosian (2739) from April 1975 rating list
 #26    Leningrad (URS Championship), 1974      6      #3, #5, #9    #3 Mikhail Tal (2752), #5 Lev Polugaevsky (2739), #9 Oleg Romanishin (2718) from November 1974 rating list
 #27    Tilburg, 1978      6      #3, #7, #8, #9    #3 Boris Spassky (2754), #7 Bent Larsen (2734), #8 Lajos Portisch (2727), #9 Jan Timman (2716) from September 1978 rating list
 #28    Vinkovci, 1970      6      #4, #5, #8    #4 Bent Larsen (2745), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2740), #8 Mark Taimanov (2733) from October 1970 rating list
 #29    Biel (Interzonal), 1976      6      #5, #6, #7, #8    #5 Tigran Petrosian (2739), #6 Efim Geller (2738), #7 Mikhail Tal (2734), #8 Boris Gulko (2719) from July 1976 rating list
 #30    Lone Pine (Open), 1978      6      #5, #6, #7, #8    #5 Lev Polugaevsky (2745), #6 Tigran Petrosian (2741), #7 Lajos Portisch (2728), #8 Bent Larsen (2727) from April 1978 rating list
 #31    Manila, 1976      5      #1, #10    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2804), #10 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2713) from July 1976 rating list
 #32    Portoroz/Ljubljana, 1975      5      #1, #7    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2804), #7 Lajos Portisch (2728) from June 1975 rating list
 #33    Tilburg, 1977      5      #1, #9    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2819), #9 Vlastimil Hort (2722) from September 1977 rating list
 #34    Lone Pine (Open), 1979      5      #2, #8    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2810), #8 Bent Larsen (2725) from March 1979 rating list
 #35    Belgrade-Moscow, 1974      5      #3, #5    #3 Mikhail Tal (2752), #5 Lev Polugaevsky (2739) from November 1974 rating list
 #36    Riga (Interzonal), 1979      5      #3, #6    #3 Mikhail Tal (2754), #6 Lev Polugaevsky (2734) from September 1979 rating list
 #37    Amsterdam (IBM), 1970      5      #3, #7, #10    #3 Boris Spassky (2763), #7 Lev Polugaevsky (2734), #10 Efim Geller (2729) from July 1970 rating list
 #38    Manila (Interzonal), 1976      5      #3, #7, #10    #3 Lev Polugaevsky (2742), #7 Boris Spassky (2727), #10 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2716) from June 1976 rating list
 #39    Sochi, 1976      5      #3, #7, #9    #3 Lev Polugaevsky (2744), #7 Efim Geller (2725), #9 Vitaly Tseshkovsky (2718) from September 1976 rating list
 #40    Reykjavik, 1978      5      #3, #8, #10    #3 Lev Polugaevsky (2752), #8 Bent Larsen (2725), #10 Vlastimil Hort (2718) from February 1978 rating list
 #41    Kislovodsk, 1972      5      #4, #5    #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2741), #5 Leonid Stein (2740) from January 1972 rating list
 #42    Sochi (Chigorin Memorial), 1977      5      #4, #5    #4 Tigran Petrosian (2746), #5 Mikhail Tal (2737) from August 1977 rating list
 #43    Manila, 1974      5      #4, #7, #10    #4 Lajos Portisch (2749), #7 Tigran Petrosian (2738), #10 Bent Larsen (2721) from January 1974 rating list
 #44    Rio de Janeiro (Interzonal), 1979      5      #4, #7, #8    #4 Lajos Portisch (2749), #7 Tigran Petrosian (2731), #8 Jan Timman (2726) from September 1979 rating list
 #45    Amsterdam, 1976      4      #1    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2808) from May 1976 rating list
 #46    Montilla, 1976      4      #1    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2796) from August 1976 rating list
 #47    BBC TV Master Game ENG, 1977      4      #1    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2806), #9 Bent Larsen (2717) from January 1977 rating list
 #48    Bad Lauterberg (FRG Championsh, 1977      4      #1    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2806) from March 1977 rating list
 #49    Waddinxveen, 1979      4      #1    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2825) from June 1979 rating list
 #50    Gothenburg, 1971      4      #2    #2 Boris Spassky (2765) from July 1971 rating list
 #51    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1973      4      #2    #2 Mikhail Tal (2762) from January 1973 rating list
 #52    Hastings, 1975      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2763) from December 1975 rating list
 #53    Amsterdam (IBM), 1976      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2763) from July 1976 rating list
 #54    Leeuwarden (NED Championship), 1977      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2763) from January 1977 rating list
 #55    Montreux, 1977      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2763) from April 1977 rating list
 #56    Beersheba, 1978      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2790) from February 1978 rating list
 #57    Biel, 1979      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2813) from January 1979 rating list
 #58    Linares, 1979      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2813) from January 1979 rating list
 #59    Sao Paulo, 1979      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2813) from February 1979 rating list
 #60    Johannesburg, 1979      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2797) from May 1979 rating list
 #61    Buenos Aires, 1979      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2801) from July 1979 rating list
 #62    Tallinn (Keres Memorial), 1979      4      #3, #7    #3 Mikhail Tal (2748), #7 Tigran Petrosian (2732) from February 1979 rating list
 #63    Leiden, 1970      4      #3, #8    #3 Boris Spassky (2767), #8 Bent Larsen (2739) from January 1970 rating list
 #64    Sochi, 1970      4      #3, #9    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2753), #9 Leonid Stein (2728) from October 1970 rating list
 #65    Montilla/Moriles, 1978      4      #3, #9    #3 Boris Spassky (2755), #9 Vlastimil Hort (2717) from August 1978 rating list
 #66    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1971      4      #4, #7    #4 Viktor Korchnoi (2750), #7 Tigran Petrosian (2732) from January 1971 rating list
 #67    Leningrad (URS Championship), 1971      4      #4, #7    #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2745), #7 Leonid Stein (2734) from September 1971 rating list
 #68    Palma de Mallorca, 1971      4      #4, #9    #4 Bent Larsen (2736), #9 Lajos Portisch (2728) from November 1971 rating list
 #69    Petropolis (Interzonal), 1973      4      #4, #9    #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2749), #9 Lajos Portisch (2738) from January 1973 rating list
 #70    Amsterdam (IBM), 1973      4      #5, #6    #5 Boris Spassky (2748), #6 Tigran Petrosian (2741) from January 1973 rating list
 #71    Tbilisi (URS Championship), 1978      4      #5, #6    #5 Lev Polugaevsky (2739), #6 Mikhail Tal (2739) from December 1978 rating list
 #72    San Antonio, 1972      4      #6, #7, #9    #6 Anatoly Karpov (2737), #7 Tigran Petrosian (2736), #9 Paul Keres (2730) from January 1972 rating list
 #73    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1979      4      #6, #9, #10    #6 Lev Polugaevsky (2743), #9 Jan Timman (2725), #10 Vlastimil Hort (2709) from January 1979 rating list
 #74    Baku (URS Championship), 1972      3      #3    #3 Mikhail Tal (2750) from November 1972 rating list
 #75    Budapest, 1973      3      #3    #3 Anatoly Karpov (2754) from January 1973 rating list
 #76    Halle (DSV-Turnier), 1974      3      #3    #3 Mikhail Tal (2750) from September 1974 rating list
 #77    Vinkovci, 1976      3      #3    #3 Lev Polugaevsky (2742) from January 1976 rating list
 #78    Minsk (URS Championship), 1979      3      #3    #3 Mikhail Tal (2772) from December 1979 rating list
 #79    Riga (URS Championship), 1970      3      #4    #4 Viktor Korchnoi (2742) from November 1970 rating list
 #80    Hilversum, 1973      3      #4    #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2749) from January 1973 rating list
 #81    Lublin, 1974      3      #4    #4 Mikhail Tal (2744) from July 1974 rating list
 #82    Montilla Moriles, 1975      3      #4    #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2739) from August 1975 rating list
 #83    Sochi (Chigorin Memorial), 1973      3      #5, #10    #5 Mikhail Tal (2750), #10 Boris Spassky (2719) from September 1973 rating list
 #84    Amsterdam (IBM), 1971      3      #5, #8    #5 Paul Keres (2745), #8 Lajos Portisch (2732) from July 1971 rating list
 #85    Vilnius (Zonal), 1975      3      #5, #8    #5 Oleg Romanishin (2735), #8 Rafael Vaganian (2723) from January 1975 rating list
 #86    Las Palmas, 1976      3      #5, #8    #5 Efim Geller (2741), #8 Lajos Portisch (2723) from April 1976 rating list
 #87    Las Palmas, 1974      3      #6, #10    #6 Lev Polugaevsky (2742), #10 Bent Larsen (2721) from January 1974 rating list
 #88    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1976      3      #6, #10    #6 Mikhail Tal (2737), #10 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2709) from January 1976 rating list
 #89    Buenos Aires, 1979      3      #6, #7    #6 Boris Spassky (2735), #7 Tigran Petrosian (2732) from November 1979 rating list
 #90    Solingen, 1974      3      #6, #8    #6 Lev Polugaevsky (2742), #8 Boris Spassky (2731) from January 1974 rating list
 #91    Parnu, 1971      3      #6, #9    #6 Paul Keres (2741), #9 Leonid Stein (2723) from June 1971 rating list
 #92    Budapest, 1975      3      #6, #9    #6 Lev Polugaevsky (2734), #9 Lajos Portisch (2721) from January 1975 rating list
 #93    Vilnius, 1978      3      #6, #9    #6 Tigran Petrosian (2737), #9 Boris Gulko (2719) from July 1978 rating list
 #94    Hastings, 1970      2      #5    #5 Lajos Portisch (2736) from December 1970 rating list
 #95    Budapest (HUN Championship), 1971      2      #5    #5 Lajos Portisch (2736) from January 1971 rating list
 #96    Vrsac, 1971      2      #5    #5 Lajos Portisch (2736) from January 1971 rating list
 #97    Hastings, 1971      2      #5    #5 Viktor Korchnoi (2738) from December 1971 rating list
 #98    Reykjavik, 1972      2      #5    #5 Leonid Stein (2740) from January 1972 rating list
 #99    Zagreb, 1972      2      #5    #5 Leonid Stein (2740) from January 1972 rating list
 #100    Dortmund (FRG Championship), 1973      2      #5    #5 Boris Spassky (2748) from January 1973 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.