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Most Dominant Player between 1973 and 1978 See more details
   Anatoly Karpov: 3.4 years as #1 (between August 1974 and December 1977)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1973 and 1978 was Anatoly Karpov, with 41 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 3.4 years). Next on the list was Bobby Fischer (1.6 years), the only other player to be ranked #1 between 1973 and 1978.
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   Bobby Fischer: 2865 (January 1973)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1973 and 1978 was Bobby Fischer, with a rating of 2865 on the January 1973 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1973 and 1978 were achieved by Anatoly Karpov (2833 on the June 1977 list) and Viktor Korchnoi (2786 on the December 1977 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Bobby Fischer      2865      #1 on January 1973 rating list      29y10m   
 #2    Anatoly Karpov      2833      #1 on June 1977 rating list      26y1m   
 #3    Viktor Korchnoi      2786      #2 on December 1977 rating list      46y9m   
 #4    Mikhail Tal      2777      #2 on April 1973 rating list      36y5m   
 #5    Lev Polugaevsky      2761      #3 on June 1977 rating list      42y7m   
 #6    Tigran Petrosian      2754      #3 on January 1977 rating list      47y7m   
 #7    Lajos Portisch      2751      #4 on September 1973 rating list      36y5m   
 #8    Boris Spassky      2748      #5 on January 1973 rating list      36y0m   
 #9    Efim Geller      2741      #5 on April 1976 rating list      51y1m   
 #10    Henrique Mecking      2740      #4 on July 1976 rating list      24y6m   
 #11    Rafael Vaganian      2740      #6 on March 1976 rating list      24y5m   
 #12    Leonid Stein      2740      #7 on March 1973 rating list      38y4m   
 #13    Oleg Romanishin      2735      #5 on January 1975 rating list      23y0m   
 #14    Robert Hübner      2732      #9 on April 1973 rating list      24y5m   
 #15    Bent Larsen      2730      #5 on July 1977 rating list      42y4m   
 #16    Vlastimil Hort      2725      #7 on July 1977 rating list      33y6m   
 #17    Boris Gulko      2724      #8 on June 1976 rating list      29y4m   
 #18    Ljubomir Ljubojevic      2723      #7 on March 1977 rating list      26y4m   
 #19    Vitaly Tseshkovsky      2721      #7 on December 1976 rating list      32y3m   
 #20    Robert Byrne      2720      #11 on January 1974 rating list      45y9m   
 #21    Yury Balashov      2715      #11 on July 1977 rating list      28y4m   
 #22    Vladimir Savon      2715      #12 on March 1973 rating list      32y6m   
 #23    Paul Keres      2714      #12 on January 1973 rating list      57y0m   
 #24    Gennady Kuzmin      2708      #12 on November 1975 rating list      29y10m   
 #25    Iosif Dorfman      2708      #13 on December 1977 rating list      25y7m   
 #26    Vassily Smyslov      2707      #15 on August 1976 rating list      55y5m   
 #27    Jan Smejkal      2704      #11 on January 1976 rating list      29y10m   
 #28    Zoltán Ribli      2698      #18 on December 1977 rating list      26y3m   
 #29    Jan Timman      2698      #17 on April 1977 rating list      25y4m   
 #30    Semen Furman      2697      #18 on August 1975 rating list      54y8m   
 #31    Lubomir Kavalek      2695      #18 on February 1974 rating list      30y6m   
 #32    Svetozar Gligoric      2694      #18 on October 1975 rating list      52y8m   
 #33    Evgeny Vasiukov      2693      #20 on July 1975 rating list      42y4m   
 #34    Ulf Andersson      2691      #20 on November 1976 rating list      25y5m   
 #35    Alexander Beliavsky      2691      #22 on June 1976 rating list      22y6m   
 #36    Mark Dvoretsky      2690      #20 on February 1975 rating list      27y2m   
 #37    Evgeny Sveshnikov      2690      #20 on November 1977 rating list      27y9m   
 #38    Ratmir Kholmov      2690      #20 on January 1977 rating list      51y8m   
 #39    Vladimir Tukmakov      2680      #23 on November 1977 rating list      31y8m   
 #40    Mark Taimanov      2678      #18 on January 1973 rating list      46y11m   
 #41    Oscar Panno      2677      #22 on May 1973 rating list      38y2m   
 #42    Wolfgang Uhlmann      2676      #27 on November 1977 rating list      42y8m   
 #43    David Bronstein      2675      #22 on April 1973 rating list      49y2m   
 #44    Alexander Kochiev      2674      #29 on November 1977 rating list      21y8m   
 #45    Nikolay Krogius      2674      #27 on September 1975 rating list      45y2m   
 #46    Gyula Sax      2673      #30 on March 1977 rating list      25y9m   
 #47    Vladimir Bagirov      2672      #26 on December 1977 rating list      41y4m   
 #48    Anatoly Lutikov      2672      #24 on April 1975 rating list      42y2m   
 #49    Srdjan Marangunic      2672      #32 on June 1977 rating list      33y8m   
 #50    László Szabó      2672      #24 on July 1973 rating list      56y4m   
 #51    Aivars Gipslis      2671      #23 on January 1973 rating list      35y11m   
 #52    Fridrik Olafsson      2671      #28 on April 1976 rating list      41y3m   
 #53    Walter Browne      2670      #28 on November 1975 rating list      26y10m   
 #54    Anthony Miles      2669      #33 on November 1977 rating list      22y7m   
 #55    Vladimir Karasev      2668      #30 on October 1976 rating list      38y4m   
 #56    Mikhail Mukhin      2668      #26 on January 1973 rating list      24y11m   
 #57    Lev Alburt      2667      #29 on October 1975 rating list      30y2m   
 #58    Yury Averbakh      2666      #26 on April 1974 rating list      52y2m   
 #59    Vladimir Liberzon      2665      #32 on April 1976 rating list      39y1m   
 #60    Borislav Ivkov      2664      #29 on February 1973 rating list      39y3m   
 #61    Eduard Gufeld      2664      #33 on March 1977 rating list      41y0m   
 #62    Florin Gheorghiu      2663      #32 on February 1977 rating list      32y10m   
 #63    Dragoljub Velimirovic      2662      #31 on January 1976 rating list      33y8m   
 #64    Gennadi Sosonko      2660      #35 on June 1977 rating list      34y1m   
 #65    Mikhail Shereshevsky      2659      #31 on January 1975 rating list      24y9m   
 #66    Gennady Timoshchenko      2659      #34 on November 1976 rating list      27y7m   
 #67    Igor Zaitsev      2657      #36 on January 1977 rating list      38y8m   
 #68    Alexey Suetin      2657      #37 on June 1976 rating list      49y7m   
 #69    Bruno Parma      2656      #38 on July 1977 rating list      35y7m   
 #70    Yury Razuvaev      2656      #38 on March 1977 rating list      31y5m   
 #71    Bojan Kurajica      2656      #39 on June 1976 rating list      28y7m   
 #72    Helmut Pfleger      2656      #36 on January 1976 rating list      32y5m   
 #73    John Grefe      2655      #32 on October 1973 rating list      26y1m   
 #74    Anatoly Lein      2654      #37 on June 1973 rating list      42y3m   
 #75    András Adorján      2652      #40 on October 1976 rating list      26y7m   
 #76    Juraj Nikolac      2651      #42 on February 1976 rating list      43y10m   
 #77    Enver Bukic      2647      #47 on February 1977 rating list      39y2m   
 #78    Sergey Makarichev      2646      #49 on November 1977 rating list      24y0m   
 #79    István Csom      2645      #40 on June 1974 rating list      34y0m   
 #80    Burkhard Malich      2644      #48 on January 1977 rating list      40y2m   
 #81    Wolfgang Unzicker      2643      #49 on May 1976 rating list      50y11m   
 #82    Larry Evans      2643      #52 on March 1977 rating list      45y0m   
 #83    Albin Planinc      2641      #43 on July 1974 rating list      30y3m   
 #84    Tamaz Georgadze      2640      #53 on November 1977 rating list         -   
 #85    Norman Weinstein      2638      #38 on January 1974 rating list      23y3m   
 #86    Milan Vukic      2638      #59 on February 1977 rating list      33y6m   
 #87    Samuel Reshevsky      2638      #42 on April 1973 rating list      61y5m   
 #88    Roman Dzindzichashvili      2636      #51 on July 1975 rating list      31y2m   
 #89    Miguel Najdorf      2636      #43 on May 1973 rating list      63y1m   
 #90    Iivo Nei      2635      #44 on January 1975 rating list      43y3m   
 #91    A Sakharov      2635      #59 on January 1977 rating list         -   
 #92    Milan Matulovic      2634      #55 on April 1976 rating list      40y10m   
 #93    Pal Benko      2632      #44 on June 1973 rating list      44y11m   
 #94    Janis Klovans      2630      #55 on November 1975 rating list      40y7m   
 #95    Lothar Vogt      2630      #62 on July 1977 rating list      25y6m   
 #96    Aleksandar Matanovic      2628      #59 on March 1976 rating list      45y10m   
 #97    Viktor Kupreichik      2627      #49 on February 1973 rating list      23y7m   
 #98    Valery Chekhov      2627      #59 on June 1976 rating list      20y7m   
 #99    Karen Grigorian      2626      #50 on October 1974 rating list      27y1m   
 #100    Georgy Tringov      2626      #64 on November 1977 rating list      40y8m   
Strongest Tournament between 1973 and 1978 See more details
   Moscow (URS Championship), 1973: Class 15 (#2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #9, #10)
The strongest tournament held between 1973 and 1978 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 Moscow (URS Championship) 1976 (Class 13) and Moscow 1975 (Class 12).
Strongest Match between 1973 and 1978 See more details
   Karpov-Korchnoi I (Candidates final, Moscow), 1974: #1 vs #2
The strongest match held between 1973 and 1978 was Karpov-Korchnoi I (Candidates final, Moscow), 1974. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 Anatoly Karpov (2800) and #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2765) from the September 1974 rating list. Next on the list were Korchnoi-Petrosian III (Candidates quarterfinal, Ciocco), 1977 (#2 vs #3) and Korchnoi-Polugaevsky I (Candidates semifinal, Evian), 1977 (#2 vs #3).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1973 and 1978 See more details
   Viktor Korchnoi: 2825 in Leningrad (Interzonal), 1973
The best individual event performance between 1973 and 1978 was achieved by Viktor Korchnoi with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2825 in Leningrad (Interzonal), 1973. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Anatoly Karpov (2824 performance) in Leningrad (Interzonal), 1973, and by Viktor Korchnoi (2817 performance) in Korchnoi-Polugaevsky I (Candidates semifinal, Evian), 1977.