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Most Dominant Player between 1995 and 2005 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 9.8 years as #1 (between January 1995 and October 2004)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1995 and 2005 was Garry Kasparov, with 118 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 9.8 years). Next on the list was Viswanathan Anand (0.2 years), the only other player to be ranked #1 between 1995 and 2005.
Highest-Rated Player between 1995 and 2005 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 2884 (June 1999)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1995 and 2005 was Garry Kasparov, with a rating of 2884 on the June 1999 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1995 and 2005 were achieved by Viswanathan Anand (2833 on the March 1999 list) and Vladimir Kramnik (2826 on the August 2001 list).
Strongest Tournament between 1995 and 2005 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2001: Class 20 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)
The strongest tournament held between 1995 and 2005 was Wijk aan Zee (Corus) 2001. This was a Class 20 tournament, including eight of the top ten players in the world (from the January 2001 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens) 1999 (Class 19) and Linares 1998 (Class 18).
     Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list
 #1    Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2001      20      #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8    #1 Garry Kasparov (2850), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2820), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2815), #4 Peter Leko (2768), #5 Alexander Morozevich (2757), #6 Alexei Shirov (2750), #7 Vassily Ivanchuk (2749), #8 Michael Adams (2743) from January 2001 rating list
 #2    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1999      19      #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7    #1 Garry Kasparov (2840), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2825), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2803), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2754), #5 Alexei Shirov (2746), #6 Veselin Topalov (2745), #7 Peter Svidler (2744) from January 1999 rating list
 #3    Linares, 1998      18      #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #10    #1 Garry Kasparov (2861), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2828), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2817), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2774), #6 Veselin Topalov (2761), #7 Alexei Shirov (2731), #10 Peter Svidler (2723) from February 1998 rating list
 #4    Linares, 1999      18      #1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8    #1 Garry Kasparov (2857), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2832), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2800), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2753), #6 Peter Svidler (2741), #7 Veselin Topalov (2739), #8 Michael Adams (2735) from February 1999 rating list
 #5    Las Palmas, 1996      17      #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7    #1 Garry Kasparov (2841), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2805), #3 Anatoly Karpov (2800), #4 Vladimir Kramnik (2791), #5 Vassily Ivanchuk (2790), #7 Veselin Topalov (2757) from December 1996 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 1995 and 2005 See more details
   Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000: #1 vs #3
The strongest match held between 1995 and 2005 was Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000. This was a matchup of #1 vs #3, including #1 Garry Kasparov (2871) and #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2802) from the October 2000 rating list. Next on the list were Anand-Kasparov Match (PCA World Championship, New York), 1995 (#1 vs #3) and Anand-Kamsky II (PCA Candidates final, Las Palmas), 1995 (#3 vs #4).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1995 and 2005 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 2877 in Linares, 1999
The best individual event performance between 1995 and 2005 was achieved by Garry Kasparov with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2877 in Linares, 1999. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Vladimir Kramnik (2874 performance) in Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000, and by Garry Kasparov (2845 performance) in Linares, 1997.