Summary: 1995 - 2000

How to use this page

Duration: All years 20th century 19th century 50-year span 40-year span 30-year span 20-year span 10-year span 5-year span 3-year span 1-year span covering 2000-Jan through 2004-Dec 1999-Jan through 2003-Dec 1998-Jan through 2002-Dec 1997-Jan through 2001-Dec 1996-Jan through 2000-Dec 1995-Jan through 1999-Dec 1994-Jan through 1998-Dec 1993-Jan through 1997-Dec 1992-Jan through 1996-Dec 1991-Jan through 1995-Dec 1990-Jan through 1994-Dec 1989-Jan through 1993-Dec 1988-Jan through 1992-Dec 1987-Jan through 1991-Dec 1986-Jan through 1990-Dec 1985-Jan through 1989-Dec 1984-Jan through 1988-Dec 1983-Jan through 1987-Dec 1982-Jan through 1986-Dec 1981-Jan through 1985-Dec 1980-Jan through 1984-Dec 1979-Jan through 1983-Dec 1978-Jan through 1982-Dec 1977-Jan through 1981-Dec 1976-Jan through 1980-Dec 1975-Jan through 1979-Dec 1974-Jan through 1978-Dec 1973-Jan through 1977-Dec 1972-Jan through 1976-Dec 1971-Jan through 1975-Dec 1970-Jan through 1974-Dec 1969-Jan through 1973-Dec 1968-Jan through 1972-Dec 1967-Jan through 1971-Dec 1966-Jan through 1970-Dec 1965-Jan through 1969-Dec 1964-Jan through 1968-Dec 1963-Jan through 1967-Dec 1962-Jan through 1966-Dec 1961-Jan through 1965-Dec 1960-Jan through 1964-Dec 1959-Jan through 1963-Dec 1958-Jan through 1962-Dec 1957-Jan through 1961-Dec 1956-Jan through 1960-Dec 1955-Jan through 1959-Dec 1954-Jan through 1958-Dec 1953-Jan through 1957-Dec 1952-Jan through 1956-Dec 1951-Jan through 1955-Dec 1950-Jan through 1954-Dec 1949-Jan through 1953-Dec 1948-Jan through 1952-Dec 1947-Jan through 1951-Dec 1946-Jan through 1950-Dec 1945-Jan through 1949-Dec 1944-Jan through 1948-Dec 1943-Jan through 1947-Dec 1942-Jan through 1946-Dec 1941-Jan through 1945-Dec 1940-Jan through 1944-Dec 1939-Jan through 1943-Dec 1938-Jan through 1942-Dec 1937-Jan through 1941-Dec 1936-Jan through 1940-Dec 1935-Jan through 1939-Dec 1934-Jan through 1938-Dec 1933-Jan through 1937-Dec 1932-Jan through 1936-Dec 1931-Jan through 1935-Dec 1930-Jan through 1934-Dec 1929-Jan through 1933-Dec 1928-Jan through 1932-Dec 1927-Jan through 1931-Dec 1926-Jan through 1930-Dec 1925-Jan through 1929-Dec 1924-Jan through 1928-Dec 1923-Jan through 1927-Dec 1922-Jan through 1926-Dec 1921-Jan through 1925-Dec 1920-Jan through 1924-Dec 1919-Jan through 1923-Dec 1918-Jan through 1922-Dec 1917-Jan through 1921-Dec 1916-Jan through 1920-Dec 1915-Jan through 1919-Dec 1914-Jan through 1918-Dec 1913-Jan through 1917-Dec 1912-Jan through 1916-Dec 1911-Jan through 1915-Dec 1910-Jan through 1914-Dec 1909-Jan through 1913-Dec 1908-Jan through 1912-Dec 1907-Jan through 1911-Dec 1906-Jan through 1910-Dec 1905-Jan through 1909-Dec 1904-Jan through 1908-Dec 1903-Jan through 1907-Dec 1902-Jan through 1906-Dec 1901-Jan through 1905-Dec 1900-Jan through 1904-Dec 1899-Jan through 1903-Dec 1898-Jan through 1902-Dec 1897-Jan through 1901-Dec 1896-Jan through 1900-Dec 1895-Jan through 1899-Dec 1894-Jan through 1898-Dec 1893-Jan through 1897-Dec 1892-Jan through 1896-Dec 1891-Jan through 1895-Dec 1890-Jan through 1894-Dec 1889-Jan through 1893-Dec 1888-Jan through 1892-Dec 1887-Jan through 1891-Dec 1886-Jan through 1890-Dec 1885-Jan through 1889-Dec 1884-Jan through 1888-Dec 1883-Jan through 1887-Dec 1882-Jan through 1886-Dec 1881-Jan through 1885-Dec 1880-Jan through 1884-Dec 1879-Jan through 1883-Dec 1878-Jan through 1882-Dec 1877-Jan through 1881-Dec 1876-Jan through 1880-Dec 1875-Jan through 1879-Dec 1874-Jan through 1878-Dec 1873-Jan through 1877-Dec 1872-Jan through 1876-Dec 1871-Jan through 1875-Dec 1870-Jan through 1874-Dec 1869-Jan through 1873-Dec 1868-Jan through 1872-Dec 1867-Jan through 1871-Dec 1866-Jan through 1870-Dec 1865-Jan through 1869-Dec 1864-Jan through 1868-Dec 1863-Jan through 1867-Dec 1862-Jan through 1866-Dec 1861-Jan through 1865-Dec 1860-Jan through 1864-Dec 1859-Jan through 1863-Dec 1858-Jan through 1862-Dec 1857-Jan through 1861-Dec 1856-Jan through 1860-Dec 1855-Jan through 1859-Dec 1854-Jan through 1858-Dec 1853-Jan through 1857-Dec 1852-Jan through 1856-Dec 1851-Jan through 1855-Dec 1850-Jan through 1854-Dec 1849-Jan through 1853-Dec 1848-Jan through 1852-Dec 1847-Jan through 1851-Dec 1846-Jan through 1850-Dec 1845-Jan through 1849-Dec 1844-Jan through 1848-Dec 1843-Jan through 1847-Dec

Most Dominant Player between 1995 and 2000 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Garry Kasparov: 5.0 years as #1 (between January 1995 and December 1999) The only player to be ranked #1 between 1995 and 2000 was Garry Kasparov, with 60 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 5.0 years). Highest-Rated Player between 1995 and 2000 See more details    Garry Kasparov: 2884 (June 1999) The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1995 and 2000 was Garry Kasparov, with a rating of 2884 on the June 1999 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1995 and 2000 were achieved by Viswanathan Anand (2833 on the March 1999 list) and Vladimir Kramnik (2824 on the November 1997 list). Strongest Tournament between 1995 and 2000 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1999: Class 19 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7) The strongest tournament held between 1995 and 2000 was Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens) 1999. This was a Class 19 tournament, including seven of the top ten players in the world (from the January 1999 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Linares 1998 (Class 18) and Linares 1999 (Class 18).      Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list  #1     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  #2     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  #3     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  #4     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  #5     Linares, 1997       17       #1, #2, #4, #5, #6, #8, #9    #1 Garry Kasparov (2848), #2 Viswanathan Anand (2810), #4 Vladimir Kramnik (2794), #5 Vassily Ivanchuk (2786), #6 Veselin Topalov (2762), #8 Alexei Shirov (2735), #9 Boris Gelfand (2726) from February 1997 rating list  #6     Dos Hermanas, 1996       16       #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8    #1 Garry Kasparov (2832), #3 Viswanathan Anand (2795), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2788), #5 Vladimir Kramnik (2780), #6 Gata Kamsky (2774), #7 Veselin Topalov (2735), #8 Alexei Shirov (2732) from May 1996 rating list  #7     Dortmund, 1997       15       #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #9    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2823), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2810), #4 Anatoly Karpov (2784), #5 Vassily Ivanchuk (2777), #6 Veselin Topalov (2762), #9 Boris Gelfand (2723) from July 1997 rating list  #8     Dos Hermanas, 1997       15       #2, #3, #4, #6, #8, #9, #10    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2804), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2801), #4 Anatoly Karpov (2792), #6 Veselin Topalov (2766), #8 Alexei Shirov (2729), #9 Boris Gelfand (2723), #10 Valery Salov (2716) from April 1997 rating list  #9     Dortmund, 1998       13       #2, #3, #4, #7, #9, #10    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2831), #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2810), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2770), #7 Alexei Shirov (2744), #9 Peter Svidler (2734), #10 Michael Adams (2728) from June 1998 rating list  #10     Riga (Tal Memorial), 1995       12       #1, #3, #4, #6    #1 Garry Kasparov (2845), #3 Viswanathan Anand (2802), #4 Vassily Ivanchuk (2791), #6 Vladimir Kramnik (2761) from April 1995 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 2000 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Anand-Kasparov Match (PCA World Championship, New York), 1995: #1 vs #3 The strongest match held between 1995 and 2000 was Anand-Kasparov Match (PCA World Championship, New York), 1995. This was a matchup of #1 vs #3, including #1 Garry Kasparov (2843) and #3 Viswanathan Anand (2807) from the September 1995 rating list. Next on the list were Anand-Kamsky II (PCA Candidates final, Las Palmas), 1995 (#3 vs #4) and Anand-Karpov II (FIDE World Championship final, Lausanne), 1998 (#2 vs #5). Best Individual Event Performance between 1995 and 2000 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Garry Kasparov: 2877 in Linares, 1999 The best individual event performance between 1995 and 2000 was achieved by Garry Kasparov with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2877 in Linares, 1999. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Garry Kasparov (2845 performance) in Linares, 1997, and by Garry Kasparov (2840 performance) in Anand-Kasparov Match (PCA World Championship, New York), 1995.       Player Name       Chessmetrics Performance Rating    Event  #1     Garry Kasparov       2877 performance: 10.5/14 (75%) vs 2758    Linares, 1999  #2     Garry Kasparov       2845 performance: 8.5/11 (77%) vs 2733    Linares, 1997  #3     Garry Kasparov       2840 performance: 10.5/18 (58%) vs 2807    Anand-Kasparov Match (PCA World Championship, New York), 1995  #4     Gata Kamsky       2837 performance: 5.5/7 (79%) vs 2775    Kamsky-Salov Match (FIDE Candidates final, Sanghi Nagar), 1995  #5     Garry Kasparov       2836 performance: 10/13 (77%) vs 2705    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1999  #6     Vassily Ivanchuk       2831 performance: 10/13 (77%) vs 2699    Linares, 1995  #7     Garry Kasparov       2821 performance: 7/9 (78%) vs 2725    Sarajevo, 1999  #8     Garry Kasparov       2820 performance: 6.5/10 (65%) vs 2789    Las Palmas, 1996  #9     Viswanathan Anand       2820 performance: 7.5/10 (75%) vs 2727    Frankfurt (Chess Classics), 1997  #10     Alexei Shirov       2816 performance: 5.5/9 (61%) vs 2817    Kramnik-Shirov Match (WCC Candidates, Cazorla), 1998  #11     Viswanathan Anand       2815 performance: 9.5/13 (73%) vs 2706    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1999  #12     Viswanathan Anand       2812 performance: 7.5/12 (63%) vs 2778    Linares, 1998  #13     Alexei Shirov       2812 performance: 5.5/6 (92%) vs 2698    Prague (EuroTel Trophy), 1999  #14     Viswanathan Anand       2809 performance: 10/14 (71%) vs 2702    Groningen (FIDE Candidates), 1997  #15     Anatoly Karpov       2804 performance: 10.5/18 (58%) vs 2766    Kamsky-Karpov Match (FIDE World Championship, Elista), 1996  #16     Alexei Shirov       2804 performance: 7/12 (58%) vs 2794    Linares, 1998  #17     Vladimir Kramnik       2802 performance: 7.5/11 (68%) vs 2738    Linares, 1997  #18     Garry Kasparov       2800 performance: 7.5/10 (75%) vs 2703    Riga (Tal Memorial), 1995  #19     Vladimir Kramnik       2800 performance: 7/9 (78%) vs 2699    Dortmund, 1995  #20     Vladimir Kramnik       2799 performance: 7/9 (78%) vs 2697    Dortmund, 1996  #21     Viswanathan Anand       2798 performance: 7/9 (78%) vs 2697    Dortmund, 1996  #22     Vladimir Kramnik       2798 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2729    Dortmund, 1997  #23     Alexey Dreev       2795 performance: 11/14 (79%) vs 2638    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1995  #24     Peter Svidler       2791 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2695    Tilburg (Fontys), 1997  #25     Veselin Topalov       2789 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2751    Dos Hermanas, 1996  #26     Viswanathan Anand       2789 performance: 6.5/11 (59%) vs 2779    Anand-Kamsky II (PCA Candidates final, Las Palmas), 1995  #27     Garry Kasparov       2787 performance: 7/9 (78%) vs 2683    Yerevan ol (Men), 1996  #28     Anatoly Karpov       2786 performance: 9/13 (69%) vs 2697    Linares, 1995  #29     Veselin Topalov       2786 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2714    Amsterdam (Euwe Memorial), 1996  #30     Boris Gelfand       2785 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2689    Belgrade (Investbank), 1995  #31     Vladimir Kramnik       2785 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2746    Dos Hermanas, 1996  #32     Vladimir Kramnik       2783 performance: 8/14 (57%) vs 2766    Linares, 1999  #33     Garry Kasparov       2783 performance: 6.5/10 (65%) vs 2743    Novgorod, 1997  #34     Vladimir Kramnik       2782 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2685    Tilburg (Fontys), 1997  #35     Evgeny Bareev       2782 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2742    Sarajevo, 1999  #36     Vladimir Kramnik       2780 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2683    Belgrade (Investbank), 1995  #37     Vassily Ivanchuk       2780 performance: 9/13 (69%) vs 2689    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1996  #38     Alexei Shirov       2780 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2739    Sarajevo, 1999  #39     Anatoly Karpov       2779 performance: 7/8 (88%) vs 2633    Baden-Baden, 1995  #40     Garry Kasparov       2779 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2682    Tilburg (Fontys), 1997  #41     Viswanathan Anand       2779 performance: 8/14 (57%) vs 2761    Linares, 1999  #42     Peter Leko       2779 performance: 5/7 (71%) vs 2739    Dortmunder Schachtage, 1999  #43     Viswanathan Anand       2779 performance: 7/10 (70%) vs 2708    Riga (Tal Memorial), 1995  #44     Viswanathan Anand       2777 performance: 7.5/11 (68%) vs 2708    Tilburg (Fontys), 1998  #45     Garry Kasparov       2776 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2703    Amsterdam (Euwe Memorial), 1996  #46     Garry Kasparov       2776 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2702    Novgorod, 1995  #47     Viswanathan Anand       2776 performance: 5.5/10 (55%) vs 2796    Las Palmas, 1996  #48     Michael Adams       2776 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2734    Dortmund, 1998  #49     Alexander Morozevich       2776 performance: 8.5/10 (85%) vs 2613    Maikop, 1998  #50     Peter Svidler       2775 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2734    Dortmund, 1998  #51     Joel Lautier       2775 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2677    Ubeda, 1997  #52     Vladimir Kramnik       2773 performance: 7/10 (70%) vs 2701    Horgen, 1995  #53     Vladimir Kramnik       2773 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2731    Dos Hermanas, 1997  #54     Viswanathan Anand       2772 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2730    Dos Hermanas, 1997  #55     Vassily Ivanchuk       2772 performance: 7/10 (70%) vs 2700    Horgen, 1995  #56     Anatoly Karpov       2772 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2729    Gelfand-Karpov Match (Candidates FIDE final, Sanghi Nagar), 1995  #57     Sergei Tiviakov       2771 performance: 6/7 (86%) vs 2651    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens Open), 1995  #58     Michael Adams       2770 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2728    Dos Hermanas, 1999  #59     Viswanathan Anand       2770 performance: 7.5/18 (42%) vs 2843    Anand-Kasparov Match (PCA World Championship, New York), 1995  #60     Vladimir Kramnik       2769 performance: 6.5/12 (54%) vs 2780    Linares, 1998  #61     Anatoly Karpov       2769 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2694    Dortmund, 1995  #62     Vladimir Kramnik       2768 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2725    Dortmund, 1998  #63     Sergei Rublevsky       2768 performance: 7/9 (78%) vs 2659    Polanica Zdroj (Rubinstein Memorial), 1997  #64     Vladimir Kramnik       2766 performance: 6/10 (60%) vs 2753    Novgorod, 1997  #65     Alexander Morozevich       2766 performance: 8.5/9 (94%) vs 2559    Kishinev (Chebanenco Memorial), 1998  #66     Peter Leko       2764 performance: 7/11 (64%) vs 2720    Tilburg (Fontys), 1998  #67     Garry Kasparov       2763 performance: 6.5/12 (54%) vs 2772    Linares, 1998  #68     Michael Adams       2763 performance: 6.5/11 (59%) vs 2747    Linares, 1997  #69     Vladimir Kramnik       2762 performance: 8.5/13 (65%) vs 2693    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1998  #70     Viktor Korchnoi       2761 performance: 7/9 (78%) vs 2652    Sarajevo, 1998  #71     Viswanathan Anand       2761 performance: 8.5/13 (65%) vs 2692    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1998  #72     Miguel Illescas Cordoba       2760 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2683    Madrid, 1996  #73     Artashes Minasian       2759 performance: 6/6 (100%) vs 2586    New York (Open), 1998  #74     Veselin Topalov       2759 performance: 5/10 (50%) vs 2805    Las Palmas, 1996  #75     Veselin Topalov       2759 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2657    Elista ol (Men), 1998  #76     Alexander Morozevich       2758 performance: 8/9 (89%) vs 2582    Pamplona, 1998  #77     Veselin Topalov       2757 performance: 6.5/11 (59%) vs 2741    Linares, 1997  #78     Viswanathan Anand       2757 performance: 5.5/9 (61%) vs 2745    Dos Hermanas, 1996  #79     Boris Gelfand       2757 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2679    Polanica Zdroj (Rubinstein Memorial), 1998  #80     Vassily Ivanchuk       2757 performance: 12/19 (63%) vs 2676    Elista (Presidents Cup), 1998  #81     Nigel Short       2756 performance: 7/9 (78%) vs 2645    Tallinn/Parnu (Keres Memorial), 1998  #82     Vassily Ivanchuk       2755 performance: 8.5/11 (77%) vs 2624    Yerevan ol (Men), 1996  #83     Alexander Morozevich       2754 performance: 5.5/9 (61%) vs 2741    Sarajevo, 1999  #84     Vassily Ivanchuk       2754 performance: 6.5/10 (65%) vs 2709    Riga (Tal Memorial), 1995  #85     Alexei Shirov       2754 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2675    Madrid, 1997  #86     Garry Kasparov       2754 performance: 5.5/9 (61%) vs 2741    Dos Hermanas, 1996  #87     Viktor Korchnoi       2754 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2675    Madrid, 1995  #88     Vladimir Kramnik       2753 performance: 5/10 (50%) vs 2798    Las Palmas, 1996  #89     Vladimir Kramnik       2753 performance: 8/13 (62%) vs 2707    Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1999  #90     Boris Gelfand       2753 performance: 6/9 (67%) vs 2706    Dortmund, 1996  #91     Veselin Topalov       2752 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2673    Madrid, 1996  #92     Veselin Topalov       2752 performance: 8/13 (62%) vs 2706    Linares, 1995  #93     Veselin Topalov       2751 performance: 6/10 (60%) vs 2735    Novgorod, 1996  #94     Veselin Topalov       2751 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2671    Madrid, 1997  #95     Anatoly Karpov       2751 performance: 3/6 (50%) vs 2830    Anand-Karpov II (FIDE World Championship final, Lausanne), 1998  #96     Nigel Short       2750 performance: 7/10 (70%) vs 2673    Groningen (FIDE Candidates), 1997  #97     Michael Adams       2750 performance: 8.5/14 (61%) vs 2703    Groningen (FIDE Candidates), 1997  #98     Julio Granda Zuņiga       2750 performance: 7.5/11 (68%) vs 2674    Amsterdam (Donner Memorial), 1995  #99     Joel Lautier       2748 performance: 4/6 (67%) vs 2742    Amsterdam (Euwe Memorial), 1995  #100     Viswanathan Anand       2748 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2668    Madrid, 1998 NOTE: "Chessmetrics Performance Rating" is a Chessmetrics formula used to estimate the performance level of a player, based solely on the evidence of their results in one event. It only considers games against rated opposition, so the above summary excludes any games against unrated opponents.