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Most Dominant Player between 1995 and 2005 See more details    Garry Kasparov: 9.8 years as #1 (between January 1995 and October 2004) The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1995 and 2005 was Garry Kasparov, with 118 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 9.8 years). Next on the list was Viswanathan Anand (0.2 years), the only other player to be ranked #1 between 1995 and 2005. Highest-Rated Player between 1995 and 2005 See more details    Garry Kasparov: 2884 (June 1999) The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1995 and 2005 was Garry Kasparov, with a rating of 2884 on the June 1999 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1995 and 2005 were achieved by Viswanathan Anand (2833 on the March 1999 list) and Vladimir Kramnik (2826 on the August 2001 list). Strongest Tournament between 1995 and 2005 See more details    Wijk aan Zee (Corus), 2001: Class 20 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8) The strongest tournament held between 1995 and 2005 was Wijk aan Zee (Corus) 2001. This was a Class 20 tournament, including eight of the top ten players in the world (from the January 2001 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens) 1999 (Class 19) and Linares 1998 (Class 18). Strongest Match between 1995 and 2005 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000: #1 vs #3 The strongest match held between 1995 and 2005 was Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000. This was a matchup of #1 vs #3, including #1 Garry Kasparov (2871) and #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2802) from the October 2000 rating list. Next on the list were Anand-Kasparov Match (PCA World Championship, New York), 1995 (#1 vs #3) and Anand-Kamsky II (PCA Candidates final, Las Palmas), 1995 (#3 vs #4).       Event       World Ranks    Match Participants  #1     Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000       #1 vs #3    #1 Garry Kasparov (2871) and #3 Vladimir Kramnik (2802) from the October 2000 rating list  #2     Anand-Kasparov Match (PCA World Championship, New York), 1995       #1 vs #3    #1 Garry Kasparov (2843) and #3 Viswanathan Anand (2807) from the September 1995 rating list  #3     Anand-Kamsky II (PCA Candidates final, Las Palmas), 1995       #3 vs #4    #3 Viswanathan Anand (2796) and #4 Gata Kamsky (2779) from the March 1995 rating list  #4     Anand-Karpov II (FIDE World Championship final, Lausanne), 1998       #2 vs #5    #2 Viswanathan Anand (2830) and #5 Anatoly Karpov (2767) from the January 1998 rating list  #5     Kamsky-Karpov Match (FIDE World Championship, Elista), 1996       #2 vs #6    #2 Anatoly Karpov (2804) and #6 Gata Kamsky (2766) from the June 1996 rating list Best Individual Event Performance between 1995 and 2005 See more details    Garry Kasparov: 2877 in Linares, 1999 The best individual event performance between 1995 and 2005 was achieved by Garry Kasparov with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2877 in Linares, 1999. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Vladimir Kramnik (2874 performance) in Kasparov-Kramnik I (BGN World Championship, London), 2000, and by Garry Kasparov (2845 performance) in Linares, 1997.