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Most Dominant Player between 1845 and 1875 See more details
   Wilhelm Steinitz: 4.8 years as #1 (between September 1866 and December 1874)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1845 and 1875 was Wilhelm Steinitz, with 57 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 4.8 years). Next on the list were Howard Staunton (4.7 years) and Paul Morphy (3.3 years).
Highest-Rated Player between 1845 and 1875 See more details
   Wilhelm Steinitz: 2796 (September 1873)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1845 and 1875 was Wilhelm Steinitz, with a rating of 2796 on the September 1873 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1845 and 1875 were achieved by Ignatz Kolisch (2755 on the August 1867 list) and Adolf Anderssen (2744 on the August 1870 list).
Strongest Tournament between 1845 and 1875 See more details
   Baden-Baden, 1870: Class 18 (#1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9)
The strongest tournament held between 1845 and 1875 was Baden-Baden 1870. This was a Class 18 tournament, including eight of the top ten players in the world (from the July 1870 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Vienna 1873 (Class 14) and London 1862 (Class 9).
Strongest Match between 1845 and 1875 See more details
   Anderssen-Paulsen I (London), 1862: #1 vs #2
The strongest match held between 1845 and 1875 was Anderssen-Paulsen I (London), 1862. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 Louis Paulsen (2677) and #2 Adolf Anderssen (2655) from the July 1862 rating list. Next on the list were Anderssen-Morphy Match (Paris), 1858 (#1 vs #3) and Anderssen-Kolisch II (London), 1861 (#2 vs #3).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1845 and 1875 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Johannes Zukertort: 2774 in Anderssen-Zukertort II (Berlin), 1871
The best individual event performance between 1845 and 1875 was achieved by Johannes Zukertort with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2774 in Anderssen-Zukertort II (Berlin), 1871. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Berthold Suhle (2772 performance) in Hirschfeld-Suhle Match (Berlin), 1865, and by Wilhelm Steinitz (2763 performance) in Vienna, 1873.
      Player Name       Chessmetrics Performance Rating    Event
 #1    Johannes Zukertort      2774 performance: 5/7 (71%) vs 2732   Anderssen-Zukertort II (Berlin), 1871
 #2    Berthold Suhle      2772 performance: 8/9 (89%) vs 2599   Hirschfeld-Suhle Match (Berlin), 1865
 #3    Wilhelm Steinitz      2763 performance: 12.5/15 (83%) vs 2563   Vienna, 1873
 #4    Wilhelm Steinitz      2750 performance: 9/12 (75%) vs 2624   Steinitz-Zukertort I (London), 1872
 #5    Adolf Anderssen      2724 performance: 11/16 (69%) vs 2611   Baden-Baden, 1870
 #6    Ignatz Kolisch      2713 performance: 10/11 (91%) vs 2489   Barnes-Kolisch Match (London), 1860
 #7    Wilhelm Steinitz      2708 performance: 10.5/16 (66%) vs 2613   Baden-Baden, 1870
 #8    Johann Löwenthal      2705 performance: 8/17 (47%) vs 2734   Kieseritzky-Lowenthal Match, 1851
 #9    Wilhelm Steinitz      2703 performance: 4.5/5 (90%) vs 2591   London, 1872
 #10    Joseph Blackburne      2702 performance: 10/16 (63%) vs 2628   Baden-Baden, 1870
 #11    Daniel Harrwitz      2700 performance: 8.5/10 (85%) vs 2521   Harrwitz-Williams II (London), 1852
 #12    Gustav Neumann      2689 performance: 10/16 (63%) vs 2612   Baden-Baden, 1870
 #13    Paul Morphy      2686 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2570   Anderssen-Morphy Match (Paris), 1858
 #14    John Wisker      2681 performance: 9/15 (60%) vs 2624   MacDonnell-Wisker II (London), 1874
 #15    Daniel Harrwitz      2678 performance: 7.5/8 (94%) vs 2471   Harrwitz-Mongredien Match (London), 1860
 #16    Adolf Anderssen      2668 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2570   London International Tournament, 1851
 #17    Henry Bird      2664 performance: 7.5/17 (44%) vs 2707   Bird-Steinitz Match (London), 1866
 #18    Carl Mayet      2658 performance: 8.5/22 (39%) vs 2734   Kieseritzky-Mayet Match, 1851
 #19    John Wisker      2657 performance: 11.5/21 (55%) vs 2618   Bird-Wisker III (London), 1873
 #20    Joseph Blackburne      2653 performance: 11/19 (58%) vs 2595   Vienna, 1873
 #21    Louis Paulsen      2652 performance: 16/31 (52%) vs 2624   Kolisch-Paulsen Match (London), 1861
 #22    Henry Bird      2646 performance: 5.5/9 (61%) vs 2608   Bird-Wisker IV (London), 1873
 #23    Ignatz Kolisch      2646 performance: 5.5/11 (50%) vs 2663   Anderssen-Kolisch I (Paris), 1860
 #24    Adolf Anderssen      2644 performance: 9.5/16 (59%) vs 2583   Vienna, 1873
 #25    Adolf Anderssen      2644 performance: 4/8 (50%) vs 2677   Anderssen-Paulsen I (London), 1862
 #26    Adolf Anderssen      2636 performance: 5/9 (56%) vs 2628   Anderssen-Kolisch II (London), 1861
 #27    Lionel Kieseritzky      2636 performance: 7.5/12 (63%) vs 2568   Horwitz-Kieseritzky Match (London), 1846
 #28    ósef Szén      2634 performance: 7/20 (35%) vs 2734   Kieseritzky-Szen Match, 1851
 #29    Henry Bird      2628 performance: 7.5/13 (58%) vs 2585   Bird-Wisker II (London), 1873
 #30    Louis Paulsen      2627 performance: 4/8 (50%) vs 2655   Anderssen-Paulsen I (London), 1862
 #31    George Mackenzie      2627 performance: 6.5/10 (65%) vs 2554   MacDonnell-MacKenzie II (Dublin), 1862
 #32    Johann Löwenthal      2625 performance: 14/31 (45%) vs 2643   Harrwitz-Lowenthal I (London), 1853
 #33    Wilhelm Steinitz      2621 performance: 8/10 (80%) vs 2456   Blackburne-Steinitz I (London), 1862
 #34    Philipp Hirschfeld      2617 performance: 12.5/29 (43%) vs 2650   Anderssen-Hirschfeld Match (Berlin), 1860
 #35    Jules de Rivière      2616 performance: 2.5/5 (50%) vs 2663   Anderssen-de Riviere Match (Paris), 1860
 #36    Philipp Hirschfeld      2613 performance: 4/8 (50%) vs 2637   Hirschfeld-Kolisch Match (Paris), 1864
 #37    Wilhelm Steinitz      2611 performance: 7/7 (100%) vs 2371   Mongredien-Steinitz Match (London), 1863
 #38    Berthold Suhle      2611 performance: 4/8 (50%) vs 2635   Anderssen-Suhle II (Berlin), 1864
 #39    Adolf Anderssen      2609 performance: 5.5/7 (79%) vs 2484   London, 1862
 #40    Daniel Harrwitz      2608 performance: 8.5/12 (71%) vs 2481   Harrwitz-Williams III (London), 1852
 #41    Henry Buckle      2607 performance: 4.5/8 (56%) vs 2595   Buckle-Kieseritzky I (Paris), 1848
 #42    Johannes Zukertort      2605 performance: 3/12 (25%) vs 2770   Steinitz-Zukertort I (London), 1872
 #43    Lionel Kieseritzky      2604 performance: 10/16 (63%) vs 2516   Anderssen-Kieseritzky Match, 1851
 #44    Louis Paulsen      2603 performance: 6/8 (75%) vs 2484   London, 1862
 #45    Daniel Harrwitz      2601 performance: 6.5/12 (54%) vs 2579   Harrwitz-Horwitz I (London), 1846
 #46    Samuel Rosenthal      2599 performance: 5/12 (42%) vs 2657   Baden-Baden, 1870
 #47    Ignatz Kolisch      2596 performance: 4/9 (44%) vs 2645   Anderssen-Kolisch II (London), 1861
 #48    Serafino Dubois      2596 performance: 5.5/8 (69%) vs 2509   London, 1862
 #49    Samuel Rosenthal      2595 performance: 1.5/5 (30%) vs 2730   Neumann-Rosenthal II (Paris), 1869
 #50    Lionel Kieseritzky      2594 performance: 12/18 (67%) vs 2469   Harrwitz-Kieseritzky Match, 1847
 #51    Gustav Neumann      2593 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2458   Neumann-Rosenthal I (Paris), 1867
 #52    Gustav Neumann      2592 performance: 3.5/10 (35%) vs 2694   Neumann-Paulsen Match (Berlin), 1864
 #53    Gustav Neumann      2591 performance: 4.5/6 (75%) vs 2495   Neumann-Rosenthal III (Paris), 1869
 #54    Henry Bird      2591 performance: 7/14 (50%) vs 2589   Bird-Wisker I (London), 1873
 #55    Howard Staunton      2591 performance: 6/13 (46%) vs 2617   Staunton-von der Lasa Match (Brussels), 1853
 #56    Adolf Anderssen      2587 performance: 6/14 (43%) vs 2632   Anderssen-Steinitz Match (London), 1866
 #57    Daniel Harrwitz      2587 performance: 3.5/5 (70%) vs 2531   Harrwitz-Szen Match (Berlin), 1853
 #58    Adolf Anderssen      2586 performance: 5.5/11 (50%) vs 2592   Anderssen-Kolisch I (Paris), 1860
 #59    Daniel Harrwitz      2584 performance: 17/31 (55%) vs 2525   Harrwitz-Lowenthal I (London), 1853
 #60    Samuel Rosenthal      2584 performance: 5/9 (56%) vs 2563   Rosenthal-Wisker Match (London), 1870
 #61    Johannes Zukertort      2583 performance: 3/6 (50%) vs 2612   London, 1872
 #62    Jules de Rivière      2583 performance: 5/7 (71%) vs 2489   Barnes-de Riviere Match (London), 1860
 #63    Louis Paulsen      2581 performance: 6.5/15 (43%) vs 2621   Baden-Baden, 1870
 #64    Laroche      2579 performance: 2/5 (40%) vs 2662   Anderssen-LaRoche Match, 1860
 #65    George Fraser      2578 performance: 2/6 (33%) vs 2690   Fraser-Steinitz Match (Dundee), 1867
 #66    Samuel Rosenthal      2576 performance: 1.5/6 (25%) vs 2730   Neumann-Rosenthal III (Paris), 1869
 #67    Hans von Minckwitz      2572 performance: 4/7 (57%) vs 2553   Barmen, 1869
 #68    Paul Morphy      2570 performance: 5.5/8 (69%) vs 2478   Harrwitz-Morphy Match (Paris), 1858
 #69    Szymon Winawer      2569 performance: 6.5/16 (41%) vs 2623   Baden-Baden, 1870
 #70    Robert Brien      2568 performance: 8.5/15 (57%) vs 2516   Brien-Falkbeer Match (London), 1855
 #71    Henry Bird      2566 performance: 9.5/21 (45%) vs 2583   Bird-Wisker III (London), 1873
 #72    Wilhelm Steinitz      2564 performance: 8/9 (89%) vs 2344   Green-Steinitz Match (London), 1864
 #73    Serafino Dubois      2564 performance: 23.5/33 (71%) vs 2378   Dubois-de Riviere Match (Paris), 1855
 #74    Max Lange      2564 performance: 2/7 (29%) vs 2697   Lange-Paulsen Match (Leipzig), 1864
 #75    Daniel Harrwitz      2563 performance: 8/15 (53%) vs 2532   Harrwitz-Horwitz II (Brighton), 1849
 #76    Wilhelm Steinitz      2562 performance: 5.5/7 (79%) vs 2424   Deacon-Steinitz Match (London), 1863
 #77    John Owen      2561 performance: 6/10 (60%) vs 2504   London, 1862
 #78    Gustav Neumann      2560 performance: 3.5/5 (70%) vs 2495   Neumann-Rosenthal II (Paris), 1869
 #79    Adolf Anderssen      2559 performance: 6/16 (38%) vs 2633   Anderssen-Kieseritzky Match, 1851
 #80    Frederic Deacon      2558 performance: 5/7 (71%) vs 2458   Deacon-Mayet Match, 1852
 #81    Samuel Rosenthal      2556 performance: 6/14 (43%) vs 2596   Vienna, 1873
 #82    Henry Bird      2550 performance: 2/10 (20%) vs 2734   Bird-Kieseritzky Match, 1851
 #83    Samuel Rosenthal      2549 performance: 3/11 (27%) vs 2689   Neumann-Rosenthal I (Paris), 1867
 #84    Adolf Anderssen      2548 performance: 3/11 (27%) vs 2688   Anderssen-Morphy Match (Paris), 1858
 #85    J Gocher      2547 performance: 8.5/13 (65%) vs 2440   Brien-Gocher Match, 1860
 #86    John Wisker      2547 performance: 4/9 (44%) vs 2584   Rosenthal-Wisker Match (London), 1870
 #87    Bernhard Horwitz      2547 performance: 8.5/24 (35%) vs 2632   Horwitz-Staunton Match (London), 1846
 #88    George MacDonnell      2546 performance: 2/5 (40%) vs 2618   London, 1872
 #89    George MacDonnell      2545 performance: 6/15 (40%) vs 2601   MacDonnell-Wisker II (London), 1874
 #90    Louis Paulsen      2545 performance: 5.5/13 (42%) vs 2587   Vienna, 1873
 #91    Paul Journoud      2544 performance: 1.5/5 (30%) vs 2662   Anderssen-Journoud Match, 1860
 #92    John Wisker      2543 performance: 3.5/9 (39%) vs 2612   Bird-Wisker IV (London), 1873
 #93    Jules de Rivière      2543 performance: 2/5 (40%) vs 2614   de Riviere-Harrwitz Match (Paris), 1856
 #94    Daniel Harrwitz      2539 performance: 2.5/8 (31%) vs 2651   Harrwitz-Morphy Match (Paris), 1858
 #95    Tassilo von der Lasa      2538 performance: 7/13 (54%) vs 2505   Staunton-von der Lasa Match (Brussels), 1853
 #96    George MacDonnell      2538 performance: 4/7 (57%) vs 2509   London, 1862
 #97    Augustus Mongrédien      2537 performance: 1.5/5 (30%) vs 2654   Mongredien-Staunton Match, 1845
 #98    Johann Löwenthal      2533 performance: 4/5 (80%) vs 2411   Horwitz-Lowenthal Match (London), 1852
 #99    Sergey Urusov      2532 performance: 3/5 (60%) vs 2505   Hirschfeld-Urusov Match (Moscow), 1866
 #100    Cecil de Vere      2530 performance: 4.5/14 (32%) vs 2637   Baden-Baden, 1870
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.