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Most Dominant Player between 1910 and 1950 See more details
   Alexander Alekhine: 10.2 years as #1 (between January 1924 and July 1944)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1910 and 1950 was Alexander Alekhine, with 122 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 10.2 years). Next on the list were Mikhail Botvinnik (9.5 years) and Emanuel Lasker (9.3 years).
Highest-Rated Player between 1910 and 1950 See more details
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 2885 (October 1945)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1910 and 1950 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with a rating of 2885 on the October 1945 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1910 and 1950 were achieved by José Capablanca (2877 on the May 1921 list) and Emanuel Lasker (2860 on the January 1917 list).
Strongest Tournament between 1910 and 1950 See more details
   Nottingham, 1936: Class 20 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8)
The strongest tournament held between 1910 and 1950 was Nottingham 1936. This was a Class 20 tournament, including eight of the top ten players in the world (from the August 1936 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were AVRO 1938 (Class 20) and St. Petersburg 1914 (Class 18).
Strongest Match between 1910 and 1950 See more details
   Alekhine-Capablanca Match (World Championship, Buenos Aires), 1927: #1 vs #2
The strongest match held between 1910 and 1950 was Alekhine-Capablanca Match (World Championship, Buenos Aires), 1927. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 José Capablanca (2798) and #2 Alexander Alekhine (2766) from the September 1927 rating list. Next on the list were Alekhine-Euwe II (World Championship, NLD), 1935 (#1 vs #3) and Alekhine-Bogoljubow I (World Championship, GER/NLD), 1929 (#1 vs #4).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1910 and 1950 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Alexander Alekhine: 2865 in San Remo, 1930
The best individual event performance between 1910 and 1950 was achieved by Alexander Alekhine with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2865 in San Remo, 1930. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Alexander Alekhine (2859 performance) in Bled, 1931, and by Emanuel Lasker (2853 performance) in St. Petersburg, 1914.
      Player Name       Chessmetrics Performance Rating    Event
 #1    Alexander Alekhine      2865 performance: 13/14 (93%) vs 2626   San Remo, 1930
 #2    Alexander Alekhine      2859 performance: 19.5/24 (81%) vs 2644   Bled, 1931
 #3    Emanuel Lasker      2853 performance: 11.5/16 (72%) vs 2738   St. Petersburg, 1914
 #4    Mikhail Botvinnik      2850 performance: 14/20 (70%) vs 2729   The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948
 #5    Alexander Alekhine      2844 performance: 15.5/25 (62%) vs 2764   Alekhine-Euwe III (World Championship, NED), 1937
 #6    Alexander Alekhine      2836 performance: 18.5/34 (54%) vs 2798   Alekhine-Capablanca Match (World Championship, Buenos Aires), 1927
 #7    José Capablanca      2833 performance: 6/6 (100%) vs 2682   New York, 1918
 #8    Emanuel Lasker      2828 performance: 14/18 (78%) vs 2658   New York, 1924
 #9    José Capablanca      2827 performance: 14/20 (70%) vs 2703   New York, 1927
 #10    Emanuel Lasker      2821 performance: 9.5/11 (86%) vs 2647   Janowsky-Lasker IV (World Championship, Berlin), 1910
 #11    Mikhail Botvinnik      2819 performance: 11/13 (85%) vs 2635   Moscow (URS Championship), 1945
 #12    Alexander Alekhine      2819 performance: 15.5/25 (62%) vs 2738   Alekhine-Bogoljubow I (World Championship, GER/NLD), 1929
 #13    José Capablanca      2819 performance: 11/16 (69%) vs 2720   St. Petersburg, 1914
 #14    José Capablanca      2817 performance: 5/5 (100%) vs 2696   Capablanca-Kostic Match (Havana), 1919
 #15    Gideon Stċhlberg      2817 performance: 7/8 (88%) vs 2680   Buenos Aires/La Plata, 1947
 #16    Emanuel Lasker      2816 performance: 5.5/6 (92%) vs 2703   Lasker-Tarrasch II (Berlin), 1916
 #17    Mikhail Botvinnik      2804 performance: 13.5/20 (68%) vs 2695   Leningrad/Moscow (Absolute Championship), 1941
 #18    Alexander Alekhine      2803 performance: 13/16 (81%) vs 2617   Baden-Baden, 1925
 #19    Mikhail Botvinnik      2801 performance: 9.5/11 (86%) vs 2622   Moscow (URS Championship), 1944
 #20    Mikhail Botvinnik      2795 performance: 12.5/16 (78%) vs 2629   Groningen (Staunton Memorial), 1946
 #21    Reuben Fine      2795 performance: 7.5/8 (94%) vs 2617   New York, 1948
 #22    Carl Schlechter      2794 performance: 5/10 (50%) vs 2847   Lasker-Schlechter Match (World Championship, GER/AUT), 1910
 #23    José Capablanca      2792 performance: 9.5/13 (73%) vs 2678   Berlin, 1928
 #24    José Capablanca      2792 performance: 13/18 (72%) vs 2655   New York, 1924
 #25    Rudolf Spielmann      2791 performance: 14.5/20 (73%) vs 2645   Karlsbad, 1929
 #26    David Bronstein      2788 performance: 13.5/19 (71%) vs 2656   Saltsjobaden (Interzonal), 1948
 #27    José Capablanca      2787 performance: 13/18 (72%) vs 2650   Moscow, 1936
 #28    Aron Nimzowitsch      2787 performance: 14.5/20 (73%) vs 2640   Karlsbad, 1929
 #29    Max Euwe      2783 performance: 15.5/30 (52%) vs 2767   Alekhine-Euwe II (World Championship, NLD), 1935
 #30    Akiba Rubinstein      2783 performance: 12.5/19 (66%) vs 2686   San Sebastian, 1912
 #31    David Bronstein      2782 performance: 9.5/10 (95%) vs 2560   Moscow-Prague, 1946
 #32    José Capablanca      2781 performance: 9/13 (69%) vs 2690   San Sebastian, 1911
 #33    Paul Keres      2780 performance: 8.5/14 (61%) vs 2739   AVRO, 1938
 #34    Reuben Fine      2778 performance: 8.5/14 (61%) vs 2736   AVRO, 1938
 #35    Aron Nimzowitsch      2778 performance: 7.5/8 (94%) vs 2595   Dresden, 1926
 #36    Vassily Smyslov      2777 performance: 11/20 (55%) vs 2752   The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948
 #37    Rudolf Spielmann      2774 performance: 12/19 (63%) vs 2694   San Sebastian, 1912
 #38    Alexander Alekhine      2773 performance: 7.5/10 (75%) vs 2671   Salzburg, 1942
 #39    Alexander Alekhine      2773 performance: 11.5/14 (82%) vs 2589   Semmering, 1926
 #40    Alexander Alekhine      2772 performance: 8/9 (89%) vs 2600   St. Petersburg, 1914
 #41    Max Euwe      2772 performance: 7/8 (88%) vs 2624   Euwe-Kramer II (NED), 1941
 #42    Max Euwe      2771 performance: 11.5/16 (72%) vs 2644   Groningen (Staunton Memorial), 1946
 #43    Aron Nimzowitsch      2771 performance: 12/19 (63%) vs 2692   San Sebastian, 1912
 #44    Alexander Alekhine      2771 performance: 6/7 (86%) vs 2652   The Hague, 1921
 #45    José Capablanca      2770 performance: 14/20 (70%) vs 2638   Karlsbad, 1929
 #46    Alexander Alekhine      2770 performance: 15.5/26 (60%) vs 2698   Alekhine-Bogoljubow II (World Championship, Germany), 1934
 #47    Max Euwe      2770 performance: 11/13 (85%) vs 2577   Zuerich, 1934
 #48    Samuel Reshevsky      2768 performance: 10.5/20 (53%) vs 2760   The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948
 #49    Richard Teichmann      2767 performance: 11/16 (69%) vs 2660   Karlsbad, 1911
 #50    Paul Keres      2767 performance: 7.5/10 (75%) vs 2663   Salzburg, 1943
 #51    Paul Keres      2766 performance: 10.5/14 (75%) vs 2628   Leningrad (URS Championship), 1947
 #52    Alexander Alekhine      2764 performance: 11/13 (85%) vs 2570   Zuerich, 1934
 #53    Milan Vidmar Sr      2763 performance: 8.5/13 (65%) vs 2695   San Sebastian, 1911
 #54    Alexander Alekhine      2763 performance: 7.5/10 (75%) vs 2658   Salzburg, 1943
 #55    Gideon Stċhlberg      2763 performance: 13/16 (81%) vs 2570   Mar del Plata, 1947
 #56    Akiba Rubinstein      2763 performance: 8.5/11 (77%) vs 2634   Bad Pistyan, 1912
 #57    Richard Teichmann      2762 performance: 6/7 (86%) vs 2640   Mieses-Teichmann II (Berlin), 1910
 #58    Vassily Smyslov      2762 performance: 10.5/13 (81%) vs 2593   Budapest-Moscow, 1949
 #59    Efim Bogoljubow      2762 performance: 10/14 (71%) vs 2647   Moscow, 1925
 #60    Erich Eliskases      2762 performance: 7.5/9 (83%) vs 2619   Noordwijk, 1938
 #61    Rudolf Spielmann      2761 performance: 11/14 (79%) vs 2599   Semmering, 1926
 #62    Saviely Tartakower      2761 performance: 7/11 (64%) vs 2716   Spielmann-Tartakower I (Vienna), 1913
 #63    Salo Flohr      2760 performance: 7/8 (88%) vs 2609   Hastings, 1931
 #64    Paul Keres      2760 performance: 9/14 (64%) vs 2692   Semmering/Baden, 1937
 #65    Efim Bogoljubow      2760 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2659   Bad Kissingen, 1928
 #66    José Capablanca      2760 performance: 10/14 (71%) vs 2645   Moscow, 1925
 #67    Mikhail Botvinnik      2759 performance: 9/12 (75%) vs 2635   Sverdlovsk, 1943
 #68    Miguel Najdorf      2758 performance: 13/16 (81%) vs 2565   Mar del Plata, 1947
 #69    László Szabó      2758 performance: 12.5/19 (66%) vs 2658   Saltsjobaden (Interzonal), 1948
 #70    Akiba Rubinstein      2757 performance: 8.5/13 (65%) vs 2687   San Sebastian, 1911
 #71    Siegbert Tarrasch      2757 performance: 11.5/19 (61%) vs 2694   San Sebastian, 1912
 #72    Rudolf Spielmann      2756 performance: 4.5/6 (75%) vs 2710   Réti-Spielmann Match (Vienna), 1921
 #73    Akiba Rubinstein      2756 performance: 4/6 (67%) vs 2752   Berlin, 1918
 #74    Viacheslav Ragozin      2756 performance: 10/14 (71%) vs 2640   Moscow (Chigorin Memorial), 1947
 #75    Emanuel Lasker      2756 performance: 8.5/11 (77%) vs 2626   Maehrisch Ostrau, 1923
 #76    Paul Keres      2756 performance: 10.5/20 (53%) vs 2746   The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948
 #77    Miguel Najdorf      2755 performance: 12/14 (86%) vs 2545   Mar del Plata, 1946
 #78    Aron Nimzowitsch      2755 performance: 10/13 (77%) vs 2609   Marienbad, 1925
 #79    José Capablanca      2754 performance: 10/14 (71%) vs 2638   Nottingham, 1936
 #80    Erich Eliskases      2753 performance: 10.5/14 (75%) vs 2614   Mar del Plata, 1948
 #81    Mikhail Botvinnik      2753 performance: 10/14 (71%) vs 2637   Nottingham, 1936
 #82    Alexander Kotov      2753 performance: 10.5/13 (81%) vs 2582   Budapest-Moscow, 1949
 #83    Igor Bondarevsky      2752 performance: 13/18 (72%) vs 2611   Moscow (URS Championship), 1940
 #84    José Capablanca      2751 performance: 7/9 (78%) vs 2639   London, 1922
 #85    Andor Lilienthal      2751 performance: 13/18 (72%) vs 2609   Moscow (URS Championship), 1940
 #86    Richard Réti      2750 performance: 7/9 (78%) vs 2638   Gothenburg, 1920
 #87    Mikhail Botvinnik      2750 performance: 12/18 (67%) vs 2647   Moscow, 1936
 #88    Alexander Alekhine      2750 performance: 7/8 (88%) vs 2596   Mannheim, 1914
 #89    Max Euwe      2749 performance: 6/6 (100%) vs 2572   Euwe-van den Bosch Match (Amsterdam), 1934
 #90    Efim Bogoljubow      2747 performance: 10.5/15 (70%) vs 2634   Karlsbad, 1923
 #91    Siegbert Tarrasch      2747 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2667   Vienna, 1922
 #92    Salo Flohr      2747 performance: 10.5/13 (81%) vs 2575   Zuerich, 1934
 #93    Vassily Smyslov      2747 performance: 11/16 (69%) vs 2637   Groningen (Staunton Memorial), 1946
 #94    Mikhail Botvinnik      2747 performance: 10/14 (71%) vs 2629   Moscow (Chigorin Memorial), 1947
 #95    Alexander Alekhine      2747 performance: 11.5/20 (58%) vs 2701   New York, 1927
 #96    Siegbert Tarrasch      2746 performance: 8/16 (50%) vs 2764   Schlechter-Tarrasch Match (Cologne), 1911
 #97    Rudolf Spielmann      2746 performance: 9/12 (75%) vs 2619   Bad Pistyan, 1922
 #98    José Capablanca      2746 performance: 10.5/13 (81%) vs 2574   Budapest, 1929
 #99    José Capablanca      2744 performance: 15.5/34 (46%) vs 2766   Alekhine-Capablanca Match (World Championship, Buenos Aires), 1927
 #100    Milan Vidmar Sr      2744 performance: 8.5/9 (94%) vs 2532   Hastings, 1925
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.