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Most Dominant Player between 1980 and 1990 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 7.1 years as #1 (between September 1982 and December 1989)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1980 and 1990 was Garry Kasparov, with 85 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 7.1 years). Next on the list was Anatoly Karpov (2.9 years), the only other player to be ranked #1 between 1980 and 1990.
Highest-Rated Player between 1980 and 1990 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 2885 (December 1989)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1980 and 1990 was Garry Kasparov, with a rating of 2885 on the December 1989 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1980 and 1990 were achieved by Anatoly Karpov (2848 on the March 1989 list) and Viktor Korchnoi (2800 on the May 1981 list).
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   Belfort (World Cup), 1988: Class 17 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7)
The strongest tournament held between 1980 and 1990 was Belfort (World Cup) 1988. This was a Class 17 tournament, including six of the top ten players in the world (from the June 1988 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Tilburg 1983 (Class 16) and Moscow 1981 (Class 15).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list
 #1    Belfort (World Cup), 1988      17      #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7    #1 Garry Kasparov (2856), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2820), #3 Alexander Beliavsky (2756), #4 Jan Timman (2751), #5 Artur Jussupow (2736), #7 Nigel Short (2734) from June 1988 rating list
 #2    Tilburg, 1983      16      #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2806), #3 Ulf Andersson (2743), #4 Rafael Vaganian (2734), #5 Boris Spassky (2732), #6 Lajos Portisch (2731), #7 Jan Timman (2728), #8 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2727) from October 1983 rating list
 #3    Moscow, 1981      15      #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2813), #3 Garry Kasparov (2755), #4 Jan Timman (2739), #5 Lajos Portisch (2736), #6 Alexander Beliavsky (2733), #7 Lev Polugaevsky (2729) from April 1981 rating list
 #4    Brussels, 1987      14      #1, #2, #5, #6, #7, #8    #1 Garry Kasparov (2849), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2821), #5 Jan Timman (2738), #6 Viktor Korchnoi (2737), #7 Mikhail Tal (2734), #8 Nigel Short (2730) from April 1987 rating list
 #5    Niksic, 1983      14      #1, #3, #4, #5, #7, #9    #1 Garry Kasparov (2822), #3 Ulf Andersson (2742), #4 Boris Spassky (2733), #5 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2731), #7 Jan Timman (2731), #9 Lajos Portisch (2725) from August 1983 rating list
 #6    Linares, 1989      14      #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #9, #10    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2845), #3 Alexander Beliavsky (2749), #5 Nigel Short (2742), #6 Vassily Ivanchuk (2738), #7 Jan Timman (2738), #9 Lajos Portisch (2723), #10 Artur Jussupow (2721) from January 1989 rating list
 #7    Moscow (URS Championship), 1988      13      #1, #2, #3, #7, #8    #1 Garry Kasparov (2876), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2834), #3 Alexander Beliavsky (2748), #7 Vassily Ivanchuk (2733), #8 Valery Salov (2731) from July 1988 rating list
 #8    Skelleftea (World Cup), 1989      13      #1, #2, #5, #7, #8, #9    #1 Garry Kasparov (2867), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2838), #5 Valery Salov (2747), #7 Nigel Short (2743), #8 Viktor Korchnoi (2726), #9 Jaan Ehlvest (2723) from August 1989 rating list
 #9    Barcelona (World Cup), 1989      13      #1, #4, #5, #6, #8, #9    #1 Garry Kasparov (2878), #4 Alexander Beliavsky (2746), #5 Nigel Short (2745), #6 Valery Salov (2744), #8 Jonathan Speelman (2734), #9 Viktor Korchnoi (2720) from March 1989 rating list
 #10    Brussels (World Cup), 1988      13      #2, #3, #4, #8, #9, #10    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2812), #3 Jan Timman (2757), #4 Alexander Beliavsky (2752), #8 Lajos Portisch (2732), #9 Mikhail Tal (2728), #10 Jonathan Speelman (2725) from April 1988 rating list
 #11    Montpellier (Candidates), 1985      13      #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #9, #10    #3 Rafael Vaganian (2757), #4 Alexander Beliavsky (2756), #5 Jan Timman (2753), #6 Viktor Korchnoi (2738), #7 Lajos Portisch (2738), #9 Zoltán Ribli (2718), #10 Boris Spassky (2718) from October 1985 rating list
 #12    Reykjavik (World Cup), 1988      12      #1, #4, #5, #8, #9, #10    #1 Garry Kasparov (2874), #4 Alexander Beliavsky (2743), #5 Jan Timman (2740), #8 Jonathan Speelman (2732), #9 Viktor Korchnoi (2727), #10 Artur Jussupow (2726) from October 1988 rating list
 #13    London, 1984      12      #2, #3, #5, #6, #8    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2806), #3 Rafael Vaganian (2747), #5 Ulf Andersson (2735), #6 Viktor Korchnoi (2735), #8 Jan Timman (2733) from April 1984 rating list
 #14    Bugojno, 1986      12      #2, #3, #5, #8, #9, #10    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2821), #3 Artur Jussupow (2752), #5 Jan Timman (2746), #8 Lajos Portisch (2732), #9 Andrey Sokolov (2728), #10 Boris Spassky (2724) from May 1986 rating list
 #15    Tilburg (Interpolis), 1981      12      #3, #4, #5, #6, #8, #9    #3 Garry Kasparov (2766), #4 Jan Timman (2745), #5 Lajos Portisch (2739), #6 Alexander Beliavsky (2728), #8 Ulf Andersson (2721), #9 Robert Hübner (2720) from October 1981 rating list
 #16    Amsterdam (Optiebeurs), 1988      11      #1, #2, #4    #1 Garry Kasparov (2840), #2 Anatoly Karpov (2817), #4 Jan Timman (2751) from May 1988 rating list
 #17    Moscow, 1981      11      #1, #3, #6, #7, #8    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2814), #3 Garry Kasparov (2750), #6 Alexander Beliavsky (2734), #7 Boris Spassky (2729), #8 Lev Polugaevsky (2722), #10 Mikhail Tal (2713) from February 1981 rating list
 #18    Tilburg, 1980      11      #1, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2821), #5 Lajos Portisch (2739), #6 Boris Spassky (2730), #7 Jan Timman (2729), #8 Mikhail Tal (2727), #10 Robert Hübner (2722) from September 1980 rating list
 #19    Rotterdam (World Cup), 1989      11      #2, #4, #5, #6    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2843), #4 Valery Salov (2750), #5 Nigel Short (2747), #6 Jan Timman (2744) from June 1989 rating list
 #20    Tilburg, 1982      11      #2, #4, #6, #7, #9    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2798), #4 Lajos Portisch (2742), #6 Ulf Andersson (2728), #7 Jan Timman (2727), #9 Tigran Petrosian (2718) from September 1982 rating list
 #21    Tilburg, 1986      11      #2, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2831), #5 Viktor Korchnoi (2741), #6 Alexander Beliavsky (2738), #7 Jan Timman (2736), #8 Lajos Portisch (2733), #10 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2722) from October 1986 rating list
 #22    Moscow (Interzonal), 1982      10      #1, #3, #6, #10    #1 Garry Kasparov (2799), #3 Alexander Beliavsky (2746), #6 Ulf Andersson (2728), #10 Mikhail Tal (2717) from September 1982 rating list
 #23    Amsterdam, 1981      10      #1, #4, #5, #7    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2816), #4 Lajos Portisch (2738), #5 Lev Polugaevsky (2735), #7 Jan Timman (2732) from May 1981 rating list
 #24    Mar del Plata, 1982      10      #1, #4, #5, #9    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2816), #4 Lajos Portisch (2739), #5 Jan Timman (2737), #9 Ulf Andersson (2717) from February 1982 rating list
 #25    Moscow (URS Championship), 1983      10      #2, #3, #6, #10    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2805), #3 Alexander Beliavsky (2743), #6 Mikhail Tal (2729), #10 Lev Polugaevsky (2721) from April 1983 rating list
 #26    Reggio Emilia, 1989      10      #2, #3, #6, #9    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2838), #3 Vassily Ivanchuk (2760), #6 Alexander Beliavsky (2746), #9 Mikhail Gurevich (2725) from December 1989 rating list
 #27    Linares, 1988      10      #3, #4, #5, #6    #3 Jan Timman (2757), #4 Alexander Beliavsky (2751), #5 Artur Jussupow (2743), #6 Lajos Portisch (2734) from February 1988 rating list
 #28    London (Phillips & Drew), 1982      9      #1, #5, #6, #8    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2804), #5 Jan Timman (2743), #6 Lajos Portisch (2739), #8 Ulf Andersson (2718) from April 1982 rating list
 #29    Bugojno, 1980      9      #1, #5, #6, #9    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2812), #5 Lev Polugaevsky (2744), #6 Mikhail Tal (2738), #9 Jan Timman (2719) from May 1980 rating list
 #30    Linares, 1983      9      #2, #4, #8, #9    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2808), #4 Ulf Andersson (2739), #8 Jan Timman (2726), #9 Boris Spassky (2725) from February 1983 rating list
 #31    Vienna (Open), 1986      9      #2, #5, #6, #9    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2823), #5 Viktor Korchnoi (2750), #6 Alexander Beliavsky (2746), #9 Boris Spassky (2725) from January 1986 rating list
 #32    Tilburg, 1988      9      #2, #5, #6, #9    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2832), #5 Jan Timman (2742), #6 Lajos Portisch (2737), #9 Nigel Short (2728) from September 1988 rating list
 #33    Linares, 1985      9      #3, #5, #6, #7, #8    #3 Rafael Vaganian (2759), #5 Jan Timman (2745), #6 Lajos Portisch (2731), #7 Lev Polugaevsky (2729), #8 Viktor Korchnoi (2727) from March 1985 rating list
 #34    Indonesia, 1983      9      #3, #5, #6, #8, #10    #3 Ulf Andersson (2739), #5 Lajos Portisch (2735), #6 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2735), #8 Jan Timman (2725), #10 Oleg Romanishin (2717) from November 1983 rating list
 #35    Tilburg, 1984      9      #3, #5, #6, #8, #9    #3 Jan Timman (2749), #5 Lajos Portisch (2743), #6 Alexander Beliavsky (2736), #8 Zoltán Ribli (2727), #9 Ulf Andersson (2726) from October 1984 rating list
 #36    Linares, 1981      8      #1, #3, #7    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2811), #3 Lajos Portisch (2752), #7 Boris Spassky (2733) from January 1981 rating list
 #37    Tilburg, 1989      8      #1, #3, #8    #1 Garry Kasparov (2862), #3 Vassily Ivanchuk (2760), #8 Viktor Korchnoi (2723) from September 1989 rating list
 #38    Belgrade (Investbank), 1989      8      #1, #4, #7    #1 Garry Kasparov (2875), #4 Jan Timman (2753), #7 Nigel Short (2745) from November 1989 rating list
 #39    Turin, 1982      8      #1, #5, #7, #9    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2800), #5 Lajos Portisch (2736), #7 Robert Hübner (2722), #9 Ulf Andersson (2721) from June 1982 rating list
 #40    Amsterdam (Euwe Memorial), 1988      8      #2, #3, #8    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2816), #3 Jan Timman (2768), #8 Nigel Short (2727) from March 1988 rating list
 #41    Brussels (SWIFT), 1986      8      #2, #5, #6    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2812), #5 Viktor Korchnoi (2745), #6 Jan Timman (2745) from March 1986 rating list
 #42    Amsterdam (Euwe Memorial), 1987      8      #2, #5, #6    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2823), #5 Jan Timman (2743), #6 Viktor Korchnoi (2739) from May 1987 rating list
 #43    Bugojno, 1982      8      #2, #5, #7, #8    #2 Garry Kasparov (2784), #5 Jan Timman (2741), #7 Ulf Andersson (2723), #8 Robert Hübner (2722) from May 1982 rating list
 #44    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1985      8      #4, #5, #6, #7    #4 Alexander Beliavsky (2749), #5 Jan Timman (2739), #6 Lajos Portisch (2735), #7 Viktor Korchnoi (2734) from January 1985 rating list
 #45    Amsterdam (OHRA), 1985      7      #2, #3    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2818), #3 Jan Timman (2756) from July 1985 rating list
 #46    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1988      7      #2, #6, #9    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2817), #6 Mikhail Tal (2738), #9 Predrag Nikolic (2733) from January 1988 rating list
 #47    Belgrade, 1987      7      #3, #5, #7, #10    #3 Jan Timman (2749), #5 Alexander Beliavsky (2746), #7 Viktor Korchnoi (2736), #10 Valery Salov (2725) from October 1987 rating list
 #48    Tilburg (Interpolis), 1987      7      #4, #5, #6    #4 Artur Jussupow (2746), #5 Jan Timman (2743), #6 Viktor Korchnoi (2740) from September 1987 rating list
 #49    Bugojno, 1984      7      #4, #5, #8, #10    #4 Jan Timman (2736), #5 Alexander Beliavsky (2735), #8 Ulf Andersson (2728), #10 Vassily Smyslov (2725) from May 1984 rating list
 #50    Reggio Emilia, 1987      7      #4, #7, #8, #9, #10    #4 Alexander Beliavsky (2750), #7 Viktor Korchnoi (2736), #8 Predrag Nikolic (2735), #9 Lajos Portisch (2732), #10 Rafael Vaganian (2730) from December 1987 rating list
 #51    Bad Kissingen, 1980      6      #1, #6    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2823), #6 Boris Spassky (2731) from January 1980 rating list
 #52    Brussels (OHRA), 1986      6      #1, #6    #1 Garry Kasparov (2839), #6 Lajos Portisch (2737) from December 1986 rating list
 #53    Amsterdam (IBM), 1980      6      #1, #9, #10    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2819), #9 Jan Timman (2722), #10 Bent Larsen (2716) from June 1980 rating list
 #54    Las Palmas, 1981      6      #2, #5    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2798), #5 Jan Timman (2738) from June 1981 rating list
 #55    London (Phillips & Drew), 1980      6      #2, #8, #9    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2788), #8 Jan Timman (2721), #9 Bent Larsen (2718) from April 1980 rating list
 #56    Bilbao, 1987      6      #2, #9, #10    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2825), #9 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2726), #10 Andrey Sokolov (2723) from June 1987 rating list
 #57    Minsk (URS Championship), 1987      6      #3, #4    #3 Artur Jussupow (2756), #4 Alexander Beliavsky (2743) from March 1987 rating list
 #58    Reykjavik, 1987      6      #6, #7, #8, #9, #10    #6 Jan Timman (2735), #7 Viktor Korchnoi (2733), #8 Mikhail Tal (2726), #9 Lajos Portisch (2725), #10 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2724) from February 1987 rating list
 #59    Buenos Aires, 1980      5      #1, #7    #1 Anatoly Karpov (2826), #7 Jan Timman (2734) from October 1980 rating list
 #60    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1980      5      #2, #8    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2795), #8 Jan Timman (2726) from January 1980 rating list
 #61    Johannesburg, 1981      5      #2, #9    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2783), #9 Robert Hübner (2718) from August 1981 rating list
 #62    Frunze (URS Championship), 1981      5      #3, #6    #3 Garry Kasparov (2765), #6 Alexander Beliavsky (2740) from December 1981 rating list
 #63    Tunis (Interzonal), 1985      5      #3, #6    #3 Alexander Beliavsky (2750), #6 Lajos Portisch (2735) from April 1985 rating list
 #64    Szirak (Interzonal), 1987      5      #3, #9, #10    #3 Alexander Beliavsky (2749), #9 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2726), #10 Lajos Portisch (2725) from July 1987 rating list
 #65    Reggio Emilia, 1986      5      #4, #6    #4 Alexander Beliavsky (2746), #6 Lajos Portisch (2737) from December 1986 rating list
 #66    Amsterdam (OHRA), 1984      5      #4, #7, #10    #4 Jan Timman (2741), #7 Lajos Portisch (2734), #10 Lev Polugaevsky (2723) from July 1984 rating list
 #67    Amsterdam (Euwe Memorial), 1989      5      #5, #6, #7    #5 Nigel Short (2745), #6 Valery Salov (2744), #7 Jan Timman (2741) from March 1989 rating list
 #68    SUI-Kasparov, 1987      4      #1    #1 Garry Kasparov (2850) from January 1987 rating list
 #69    Rome, 1981      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2775) from February 1981 rating list
 #70    Lone Pine (Open), 1981      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2787) from April 1981 rating list
 #71    Bad Kissingen, 1981      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2787) from April 1981 rating list
 #72    Baden-Baden, 1981      4      #2    #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2787) from July 1981 rating list
 #73    Hamburg, 1982      4      #2    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2798) from September 1982 rating list
 #74    Hannover, 1983      4      #2    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2804) from August 1983 rating list
 #75    Bath, 1983      4      #2    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2807) from November 1983 rating list
 #76    Oslo, 1984      4      #2    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2806) from April 1984 rating list
 #77    Naestved, 1985      4      #3, #10    #3 Rafael Vaganian (2757), #10 John Nunn (2715) from September 1985 rating list
 #78    Tilburg, 1985      4      #3, #7    #3 Jan Timman (2758), #7 Viktor Korchnoi (2732) from August 1985 rating list
 #79    Leningrad, 1987      4      #3, #9    #3 Artur Jussupow (2756), #9 Andrey Sokolov (2727) from May 1987 rating list
 #80    Zagreb, 1985      4      #4, #10    #4 Jan Timman (2744), #10 Zoltán Ribli (2723) from April 1985 rating list
 #81    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1982      4      #4, #7    #4 Jan Timman (2745), #7 Mikhail Tal (2724) from January 1982 rating list
 #82    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1984      4      #4, #8    #4 Ulf Andersson (2739), #8 Alexander Beliavsky (2727) from January 1984 rating list
 #83    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1983      4      #5, #6    #5 Ulf Andersson (2735), #6 Viktor Korchnoi (2730) from January 1983 rating list
 #84    Reggio Emilia, 1984      4      #5, #6    #5 Jan Timman (2736), #6 Lajos Portisch (2732) from December 1984 rating list
 #85    Saint John (Open), 1988      4      #5, #6    #5 Artur Jussupow (2743), #6 Mikhail Tal (2738) from January 1988 rating list
 #86    Biel (Interzonal), 1985      4      #5, #9, #10    #5 Rafael Vaganian (2746), #9 Ulf Andersson (2718), #10 Ljubomir Ljubojevic (2717) from July 1985 rating list
 #87    Rome, 1982      3      #3    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2765) from February 1982 rating list
 #88    Chicago, 1982      3      #3    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2767) from April 1982 rating list
 #89    London (Lloyds Bank Open), 1982      3      #3    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2749) from August 1982 rating list
 #90    Cannes, 1986      3      #3    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2748) from February 1986 rating list
 #91    Lugano (Open), 1986      3      #3    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2748), #7 Jan Timman (2745) from February 1986 rating list
 #92    Kiev (URS Championship), 1986      3      #3    #3 Alexander Beliavsky (2751) from April 1986 rating list
 #93    Biel, 1986      3      #3    #3 Viktor Korchnoi (2754) from July 1986 rating list
 #94    Aker Brygge, 1989      3      #3    #3 Alexander Beliavsky (2749) from January 1989 rating list
 #95    Yerevan, 1989      3      #3    #3 Vassily Ivanchuk (2753) from May 1989 rating list
 #96    Biel, 1989      3      #3    #3 Vassily Ivanchuk (2760) from July 1989 rating list
 #97    Moscow, 1981      3      #4    #4 Garry Kasparov (2748) from January 1981 rating list
 #98    Mar del Plata, 1981      3      #4    #4 Lajos Portisch (2743) from February 1981 rating list
 #99    Budapest (HUN Championship), 1981      3      #4    #4 Lajos Portisch (2743) from June 1981 rating list
 #100    Gjovik, 1983      3      #4    #4 Boris Spassky (2733) from August 1983 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 1980 and 1990 See more details
   Karpov-Kasparov III (World Championship, London/Leningrad), 1986: #1 vs #2
The strongest match held between 1980 and 1990 was Karpov-Kasparov III (World Championship, London/Leningrad), 1986. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 Garry Kasparov (2848) and #2 Anatoly Karpov (2825) from the July 1986 rating list. Next on the list were Karpov-Kasparov IV (World Championship, Sevilla), 1987 (#1 vs #2) and Karpov-Kasparov I (World Championship, Moscow), 1984 (#1 vs #2).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1980 and 1990 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 2881 in Tilburg, 1989
The best individual event performance between 1980 and 1990 was achieved by Garry Kasparov with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2881 in Tilburg, 1989. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Anatoly Karpov (2873 performance) in Karpov-Kasparov I (World Championship, Moscow), 1984, and by Garry Kasparov (2856 performance) in Belfort (World Cup), 1988.