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Most Dominant Player between 1870 and 1880 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Wilhelm Steinitz: 6.9 years as #1 (between September 1870 and July 1877) The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1870 and 1880 was Wilhelm Steinitz, with 83 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 6.9 years). Next on the list were Johannes Zukertort (1.4 years) and James Mason (0.9 years).     Player Name   Ranked #1   Earliest/Latest as #1   Ranked #2   Earliest/Latest as #2   Ranked #3   Ranked #4   Ranked #5   #1   Wilhelm Steinitz   6.9 years   1870-Sep to 1877-Jul   0.1 years          1870-Aug  0.5 years   0.1 years   0.0 years   #2   Johannes Zukertort   1.4 years   1878-Aug to 1879-Dec   0.2 years   1876-May to 1876-Jun  0.7 years   1.2 years   2.7 years   #3   James Mason   0.9 years   1877-Aug to 1878-Jun   0.8 years   1876-Oct to 1877-Jul  0.0 years   0.0 years   0.1 years   #4   Gustav Neumann   0.4 years   1870-Jan to 1870-May   1.0 years   1870-Jun to 1872-Apr  1.5 years   0.7 years   0.1 years   #5   Adolf Anderssen   0.3 years   1870-Jun to 1870-Aug   2.6 years   1870-Jan to 1873-Aug  2.1 years   1.2 years   1.4 years  Highest-Rated Player between 1870 and 1880 See more details    Wilhelm Steinitz: 2826 (April 1876) The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1870 and 1880 was Wilhelm Steinitz, with a rating of 2826 on the April 1876 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1870 and 1880 were achieved by Johannes Zukertort (2749 on the January 1879 list) and Adolf Anderssen (2744 on the August 1870 list). Strongest Tournament between 1870 and 1880 See more details    Baden-Baden, 1870: Class 18 (#1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9) The strongest tournament held between 1870 and 1880 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 Paris 1878 (Class 12). Strongest Match between 1870 and 1880 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Blackburne-Steinitz III (London), 1876: #1 vs #2 The strongest match held between 1870 and 1880 was Blackburne-Steinitz III (London), 1876. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 Wilhelm Steinitz (2730) and #2 Joseph Blackburne (2648) from the February 1876 rating list. Next on the list were Steinitz-Zukertort I (London), 1872 (#1 vs #5) and Mason-Potter Match (London), 1879 (#7 vs #8).       Event       World Ranks    Match Participants  #1     Blackburne-Steinitz III (London), 1876       #1 vs #2    #1 Wilhelm Steinitz (2730) and #2 Joseph Blackburne (2648) from the February 1876 rating list  #2     Steinitz-Zukertort I (London), 1872       #1 vs #5    #1 Wilhelm Steinitz (2770) and #5 Johannes Zukertort (2624) from the August 1872 rating list  #3     Mason-Potter Match (London), 1879       #7 vs #8    #7 William Potter (2603) and #8 James Mason (2591) from the January 1879 rating list  #4     MacDonnell-Wisker II (London), 1874       #5 vs #9    #5 George MacDonnell (2624) and #9 John Wisker (2601) from the January 1874 rating list  #5     Owen-Zukertort Match (Chiselhurst), 1878       #5 vs #9    #5 Johannes Zukertort (2627) and #9 John Owen (2570) from the January 1878 rating list Best Individual Event Performance between 1870 and 1880 See more details    Wilhelm Steinitz: 2829 in Blackburne-Steinitz III (London), 1876 The best individual event performance between 1870 and 1880 was achieved by Wilhelm Steinitz with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2829 in Blackburne-Steinitz III (London), 1876. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Johannes Zukertort (2774 performance) in Anderssen-Zukertort II (Berlin), 1871, and by Wilhelm Steinitz (2763 performance) in Vienna, 1873.