Summary: 1937 - 1938 How to use this page
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Most Dominant Player between 1937 and 1938 See more details
   Max Euwe: 0.5 years as #1 (between March 1937 and November 1937)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1937 and 1938 was Max Euwe, with 6 different months as the top-ranked player. Next on the list were José Capablanca (3 months) and Mikhail Botvinnik (2 months).

Highest-Rated Player between 1937 and 1938 See more details
   Max Euwe: 2765 (September 1937)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1937 and 1938 was Max Euwe, with a rating of 2765 on the September 1937 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1937 and 1938 were achieved by Mikhail Botvinnik (2756 on the January 1937 list) and José Capablanca (2756 on the May 1937 list).

Strongest Tournament between 1937 and 1938 See more details
   Semmering/Baden, 1937: Class 10 (#3, #4, #6, #7, #8)
The strongest tournament held between 1937 and 1938 was Semmering/Baden 1937. This was a Class 10 tournament, including five of the top ten players in the world (from the September 1937 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Kemeri 1937 (Class 9) and Bad Nauheim/Stuttgart/Garmisch 1937 (Class 6).

Strongest Match between 1937 and 1938 See more details
   Alekhine-Euwe III (World Championship, NED), 1937: #1 vs #4
The strongest match held between 1937 and 1938 was Alekhine-Euwe III (World Championship, NED), 1937. This was a matchup of #1 vs #4, including #1 Max Euwe (2764) and #4 Alexander Alekhine (2740) from the October 1937 rating list. Next on the list were Fine-Ståhlberg Match (Gothenburg), 1937 (#7 vs #22) and Botvinnik-Levenfish Match (Moscow/Leningrad), 1937 (#1 vs #31).

Best Individual Event Performance between 1937 and 1938 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Alexander Alekhine: 2844 in Alekhine-Euwe III (World Championship, NED), 1937
The best individual event performance between 1937 and 1938 was achieved by Alexander Alekhine with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2844 in Alekhine-Euwe III (World Championship, NED), 1937. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Paul Keres (2760 performance) in Semmering/Baden, 1937, and by Paul Keres (2743 performance) in Prague, 1937.
      Player Name       Chessmetrics Performance Rating    Event
 #1    Alexander Alekhine      2844 performance: 15.5/25 (62%) vs 2764   Alekhine-Euwe III (World Championship, NED), 1937
 #2    Paul Keres      2760 performance: 9/14 (64%) vs 2692   Semmering/Baden, 1937
 #3    Paul Keres      2743 performance: 6.5/7 (93%) vs 2577   Prague, 1937
 #4    Grigory Levenfish      2730 performance: 6.5/13 (50%) vs 2756   Botvinnik-Levenfish Match (Moscow/Leningrad), 1937
 #5    Max Euwe      2723 performance: 7.5/9 (83%) vs 2572   Stockholm ol (Men), 1937

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.