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Most Dominant Player between 1896 and 1897 See more details    Emanuel Lasker: 1.0 years as #1 (between January 1896 and December 1896) The only player to be ranked #1 between 1896 and 1897 was Emanuel Lasker, with 12 different months as the top-ranked player. Highest-Rated Player between 1896 and 1897 See more details    Emanuel Lasker: 2865 (December 1896) The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1896 and 1897 was Emanuel Lasker, with a rating of 2865 on the December 1896 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1896 and 1897 were achieved by Siegbert Tarrasch (2797 on the January 1896 list) and Mikhail Chigorin (2776 on the January 1896 list). Strongest Tournament between 1896 and 1897 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Nurnberg, 1896: Class 17 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7) The strongest tournament held between 1896 and 1897 was Nurnberg 1896. This was a Class 17 tournament, including six of the top ten players in the world (from the July 1896 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Budapest 1896 (Class 12) and Vienna 1896 (Class 2).      Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list  #1     Nurnberg, 1896       17       #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #7    #1 Emanuel Lasker (2836), #2 Siegbert Tarrasch (2786), #3 Mikhail Chigorin (2759), #4 Wilhelm Steinitz (2750), #5 Harry Pillsbury (2736), #7 Richard Teichmann (2700) from July 1896 rating list  #2     Budapest, 1896       12       #2, #3, #5, #6, #9    #2 Siegbert Tarrasch (2792), #3 Géza Maróczy (2758), #5 Harry Pillsbury (2753), #6 Mikhail Chigorin (2748), #9 Dawid Janowsky (2685) from October 1896 rating list  #3     Vienna, 1896       2       #6    #6 Miksa Weiss (2717) from January 1896 rating list  #4     Berlin, 1896       0       (none)    #7 Curt von Bardeleben (2702) from January 1896 rating list  #5     Vienna, 1896       0       (none)    No top-ten players from January 1896 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 1896 and 1897 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896: #1 vs #4 The strongest match held between 1896 and 1897 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 Schiffers-Steinitz Match (Rostov-on-Don), 1896 (#4 vs #15) and Englisch-Pillsbury Match (Vienna), 1896 (#5 vs #17).       Event       World Ranks    Match Participants  #1     Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896       #1 vs #4    #1 Emanuel Lasker (2842) and #4 Wilhelm Steinitz (2754) from the November 1896 rating list  #2     Schiffers-Steinitz Match (Rostov-on-Don), 1896       #4 vs #15    #4 Wilhelm Steinitz (2757) and #15 Emanuel Schiffers (2653) from the March 1896 rating list  #3     Englisch-Pillsbury Match (Vienna), 1896       #5 vs #17    #5 Harry Pillsbury (2727) and #17 Berthold Englisch (2636) from the January 1896 rating list  #4     Janowsky-Schlechter I (Vienna), 1896       #15 vs #20    #15 Carl Schlechter (2646) and #20 Dawid Janowsky (2619) from the January 1896 rating list  #5     Berger-Lipke Match (Eisenach), 1896       #9 vs #27    #9 Paul Lipke (2690) and #27 Johann Berger (2572) from the January 1896 rating list Best Individual Event Performance between 1896 and 1897 See more details    Emanuel Lasker: 2882 in Lasker-Steinitz II (World Championship, Moscow), 1896 The best individual event performance between 1896 and 1897 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 Emanuel Lasker (2825 performance) in Nurnberg, 1896, and by Harry Pillsbury (2790 performance) in Nurnberg, 1896.