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Most Dominant Player between 1893 and 1898 See more details
   Emanuel Lasker: 5.0 years as #1 (between January 1893 and December 1897)
The only player to be ranked #1 between 1893 and 1898 was Emanuel Lasker, with 60 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 5.0 years).

Highest-Rated Player between 1893 and 1898 See more details
   Emanuel Lasker: 2878 (May 1894)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1893 and 1898 was Emanuel Lasker, with a rating of 2878 on the May 1894 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1893 and 1898 were achieved by Siegbert Tarrasch (2824 on the June 1895 list) and Mikhail Chigorin (2797 on the October 1895 list).

Strongest Tournament between 1893 and 1898 See more details
   Hastings, 1895: Class 19 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #8, #9)
The strongest tournament held between 1893 and 1898 was Hastings 1895. This was a Class 19 tournament, including eight of the top ten players in the world (from the August 1895 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Nurnberg 1896 (Class 17) and St. Petersburg 1895 (Class 12).

Strongest Match between 1893 and 1898 See more details
   Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896: #1 vs #4
The strongest match held between 1893 and 1898 was Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896. This was a matchup of #1 vs #4, including #1 Emanuel Lasker (2842) and #4 Wilhelm Steinitz (2754) from the November 1896 rating list. Next on the list were Lasker-Steinitz I (World Championship, USA/CAN), 1894 (#1 vs #4) and Chigorin-Tarrasch Match (St. Petersburg), 1893 (#2 vs #4).

Best Individual Event Performance between 1893 and 1898 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Emanuel Lasker: 2882 in Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896
The best individual event performance between 1893 and 1898 was achieved by Emanuel Lasker with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2882 in Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Siegbert Tarrasch (2853 performance) in Tarrasch-Walbrodt Match (Nuremberg), 1894, and by Emanuel Lasker (2829 performance) in St. Petersburg, 1895.
      Player Name       Chessmetrics Performance Rating    Event
 #1    Emanuel Lasker      2882 performance: 12.5/17 (74%) vs 2754   Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896
 #2    Siegbert Tarrasch      2853 performance: 7.5/8 (94%) vs 2689   Tarrasch-Walbrodt Match (Nuremberg), 1894
 #3    Emanuel Lasker      2829 performance: 11.5/18 (64%) vs 2755   St. Petersburg, 1895
 #4    Emanuel Lasker      2825 performance: 11/14 (79%) vs 2673   Nurnberg, 1896
 #5    Harry Pillsbury      2805 performance: 12.5/17 (74%) vs 2666   Hastings, 1895

 #6    Emanuel Lasker      2802 performance: 12/19 (63%) vs 2726   Lasker-Steinitz I (World Championship, USA/CAN), 1894
 #7    Harry Pillsbury      2790 performance: 10/14 (71%) vs 2680   Nurnberg, 1896
 #8    Wilhelm Steinitz      2789 performance: 9.5/18 (53%) vs 2787   St. Petersburg, 1895
 #9    Mikhail Chigorin      2787 performance: 10/14 (71%) vs 2676   Budapest, 1896
 #10    Mikhail Chigorin      2783 performance: 10/14 (71%) vs 2672   Chigorin-Schiffers II (St. Petersburg), 1897

 #11    Mikhail Chigorin      2781 performance: 12/17 (71%) vs 2659   Hastings, 1895
 #12    Dawid Janowsky      2776 performance: 9.5/14 (68%) vs 2687   Nurnberg, 1896
 #13    Rezsö Charousek      2769 performance: 12/16 (75%) vs 2620   Berlin, 1897
 #14    Emanuel Lasker      2767 performance: 10/10 (100%) vs 2512   New York, 1893
 #15    Siegbert Tarrasch      2767 performance: 9.5/14 (68%) vs 2676   Nurnberg, 1896

 #16    Mikhail Chigorin      2764 performance: 11/22 (50%) vs 2770   Chigorin-Tarrasch Match (St. Petersburg), 1893
 #17    Emanuel Lasker      2757 performance: 11.5/17 (68%) vs 2652   Hastings, 1895
 #18    Géza Maróczy      2752 performance: 9.5/15 (63%) vs 2684   Nurnberg, 1896
 #19    Wilhelm Steinitz      2748 performance: 7/19 (37%) vs 2850   Lasker-Steinitz I (World Championship, USA/CAN), 1894
 #20    Harry Pillsbury      2744 performance: 8/18 (44%) vs 2794   St. Petersburg, 1895

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.