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Most Dominant Player between 1972 and 1973 See more details
   Bobby Fischer: 1.0 years as #1 (between January 1972 and December 1972)
The only player to be ranked #1 between 1972 and 1973 was Bobby Fischer, with 12 different months as the top-ranked player.
Highest-Rated Player between 1972 and 1973 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Bobby Fischer: 2894 (February 1972)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1972 and 1973 was Bobby Fischer, with a rating of 2894 on the February 1972 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1972 and 1973 were achieved by Boris Spassky (2754 on the September 1972 list) and Anatoly Karpov (2754 on the December 1972 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Bobby Fischer      2894      #1 on February 1972 rating list      28y11m   
 #2    Boris Spassky      2754      #2 on September 1972 rating list      35y8m   
 #3    Anatoly Karpov      2754      #2 on December 1972 rating list      21y7m   
 #4    Mikhail Tal      2751      #3 on December 1972 rating list      36y1m   
 #5    Lev Polugaevsky      2748      #4 on December 1972 rating list      38y1m   
Strongest Tournament between 1972 and 1973 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Amsterdam (IBM), 1972: Class 6 (#3, #4)
The strongest tournament held between 1972 and 1973 was Amsterdam (IBM) 1972. This was a Class 6 tournament, including two of the top ten players in the world (from the January 1972 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Palma de Mallorca 1972 (Class 6) and Kislovodsk 1972 (Class 5).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list
 #1    Amsterdam (IBM), 1972      6      #3, #4    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2747), #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2741) from January 1972 rating list
 #2    Palma de Mallorca, 1972      6      #3, #4    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2747), #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2741) from January 1972 rating list
 #3    Kislovodsk, 1972      5      #4, #5    #4 Lev Polugaevsky (2741), #5 Leonid Stein (2740) from January 1972 rating list
 #4    San Antonio, 1972      4      #6, #7, #9    #6 Anatoly Karpov (2737), #7 Tigran Petrosian (2736), #9 Paul Keres (2730) from January 1972 rating list
 #5    Baku (URS Championship), 1972      3      #3    #3 Mikhail Tal (2750) from November 1972 rating list
 #6    Reykjavik, 1972      2      #5    #5 Leonid Stein (2740) from January 1972 rating list
 #7    Zagreb, 1972      2      #5    #5 Leonid Stein (2740) from January 1972 rating list
 #8    Sarajevo, 1972      2      #7, #9    #7 Tigran Petrosian (2736), #9 Paul Keres (2730) from January 1972 rating list
 #9    Sukhumi, 1972      1      #10    #10 Robert Hübner (2725) from August 1972 rating list
 #10    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1972      1      #8    #8 Vassily Smyslov (2734) from January 1972 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 1972 and 1973 See more details
   Fischer-Spassky I (World Championship, Reykjavik), 1972: #1 vs #7
The strongest match held between 1972 and 1973 was Fischer-Spassky I (World Championship, Reykjavik), 1972. This was a matchup of #1 vs #7, including #1 Bobby Fischer (2882) and #7 Boris Spassky (2739) from the July 1972 rating list. Next on the list were Mariotti-Tatai Match (Rome), 1972 (#136 vs #146) and Hamann-Jakobsen Match (Copenhagen), 1972 (#154 vs #218).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1972 and 1973 See more details
   Boris Spassky: 2802 in Fischer-Spassky I (World Championship, Reykjavik), 1972
The best individual event performance between 1972 and 1973 was achieved by Boris Spassky with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2802 in Fischer-Spassky I (World Championship, Reykjavik), 1972. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Bobby Fischer (2796 performance) in Fischer-Spassky I (World Championship, Reykjavik), 1972, and by Mikhail Tal (2762 performance) in Baku (URS Championship), 1972.