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Most Dominant Player between 1940 and 1950 See more details
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 7.8 years as #1 (between January 1940 and December 1949)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1940 and 1950 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with 94 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 7.8 years). Next on the list were Alexander Alekhine (1.3 years) and Reuben Fine (0.5 years).
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   Mikhail Botvinnik: 2885 (October 1945)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1940 and 1950 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with a rating of 2885 on the October 1945 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1940 and 1950 were achieved by Alexander Alekhine (2807 on the July 1944 list) and Miguel Najdorf (2797 on the February 1948 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Mikhail Botvinnik      2885      #1 on October 1945 rating list      34y2m   
 #2    Alexander Alekhine      2807      #1 on July 1944 rating list      51y9m   
 #3    Miguel Najdorf      2797      #2 on February 1948 rating list      37y10m   
 #4    Paul Keres      2786      #2 on March 1947 rating list      31y2m   
 #5    Samuel Reshevsky      2769      #1 on January 1943 rating list      31y2m   
 #6    Max Euwe      2763      #3 on December 1946 rating list      45y7m   
 #7    Gideon Stĺhlberg      2762      #3 on March 1948 rating list      40y2m   
 #8    Reuben Fine      2762      #2 on July 1941 rating list      26y9m   
 #9    Vassily Smyslov      2759      #2 on December 1949 rating list      28y9m   
 #10    David Bronstein      2755      #3 on December 1949 rating list      25y10m   
 #11    Alexander Kotov      2750      #4 on December 1949 rating list      36y4m   
 #12    Isaak Boleslavsky      2747      #6 on February 1946 rating list      26y8m   
 #13    Vladimir Makogonov      2735      #7 on October 1945 rating list      41y2m   
 #14    Erich Eliskases      2733      #8 on January 1949 rating list      35y11m   
 #15    László Szabó      2726      #6 on December 1946 rating list      29y9m   
 #16    Salo Flohr      2719      #6 on September 1940 rating list      31y10m   
 #17    Folke Ekström      2714      #10 on January 1947 rating list      40y3m   
 #18    Semen Furman      2708      #11 on April 1948 rating list      27y4m   
 #19    José Capablanca      2707      #8 on January 1940 rating list      51y2m   
 #20    Andor Lilienthal      2707      #8 on March 1941 rating list      29y10m   
 #21    Saviely Tartakower      2702      #11 on June 1947 rating list      60y4m   
 #22    Gösta Stoltz      2700      #8 on January 1942 rating list      37y8m   
 #23    Petar Trifunovic      2700      #12 on November 1947 rating list      37y3m   
 #24    Efim Geller      2699      #13 on December 1949 rating list      24y9m   
 #25    Viacheslav Ragozin      2699      #11 on August 1946 rating list      37y10m   
 #26    Paul Schmidt      2696      #9 on December 1943 rating list      27y4m   
 #27    Svetozar Gligoric      2695      #13 on November 1947 rating list      24y9m   
 #28    Al Horowitz      2680      #10 on January 1943 rating list      35y2m   
 #29    Vasja Pirc      2677      #10 on January 1940 rating list      32y1m   
 #30    Efim Bogoljubow      2675      #10 on February 1944 rating list      54y10m   
 #31    Alexander Tolush      2672      #10 on January 1945 rating list      34y8m   
 #32    Herman Pilnik      2670      #13 on August 1945 rating list      31y7m   
 #33    Alexander Konstantinopolsky      2669      #11 on July 1945 rating list      35y5m   
 #34    Igor Bondarevsky      2669      #14 on February 1943 rating list      29y9m   
 #35    Vladas Mikenas      2669      #14 on December 1945 rating list      35y8m   
 #36    Yury Averbakh      2666      #17 on December 1949 rating list      27y10m   
 #37    Hans Kmoch      2664      #16 on April 1941 rating list      46y9m   
 #38    Pablo Michel      2664      #18 on January 1946 rating list      40y1m   
 #39    Erik Lundin      2661      #20 on October 1946 rating list      42y3m   
 #40    Klaus Junge      2661      #17 on September 1942 rating list      18y8m   
 #41    Ilia Kan      2656      #15 on June 1945 rating list      36y1m   
 #42    Nikolay Novotelnov      2655      #20 on January 1948 rating list      36y1m   
 #43    Julio Bolbochán      2655      #22 on December 1949 rating list      29y9m   
 #44    Grigory Levenfish      2654      #14 on May 1940 rating list      51y2m   
 #45    Jan Foltys      2653      #20 on November 1947 rating list      39y1m   
 #46    Kurt Richter      2652      #18 on October 1942 rating list      41y11m   
 #47    Gedeon Barcza      2651      #19 on January 1949 rating list      37y5m   
 #48    Vladimir Simagin      2650      #22 on October 1949 rating list      30y4m   
 #49    Sergey Belavenets      2650      #19 on October 1940 rating list      30y9m   
 #50    Miroslav Katetov      2649      #16 on July 1944 rating list      26y4m   
 #51    Vasily Panov      2649      #21 on January 1948 rating list      41y2m   
 #52    Jens Enevoldsen      2648      #21 on September 1948 rating list      41y0m   
 #53    Vladimirs Petrovs      2647      #16 on September 1940 rating list      33y0m   
 #54    Georgy Lisitsin      2646      #21 on June 1948 rating list      38y8m   
 #55    Mark Taimanov      2646      #25 on December 1949 rating list      23y10m   
 #56    František Zíta      2644      #21 on August 1944 rating list      34y9m   
 #57    Wolfgang Unzicker      2644      #23 on October 1948 rating list      23y4m   
 #58    Eero Böök      2642      #24 on August 1948 rating list      38y6m   
 #59    Milan Vidmar Sr      2642      #18 on January 1941 rating list      55y7m   
 #60    Nicolas Rossolimo      2641      #26 on December 1949 rating list      39y10m   
 #61    Alexey Sokolsky      2639      #18 on April 1945 rating list      36y6m   
 #62    Carlos Guimard      2639      #21 on January 1946 rating list      32y9m   
 #63    Pal Benko      2637      #26 on September 1948 rating list      20y2m   
 #64    Iosif Rudakovsky      2637      #23 on December 1945 rating list      31y11m   
 #65    Ludwig Engels      2636      #20 on March 1941 rating list      35y3m   
 #66    Georg Kieninger      2636      #26 on October 1948 rating list      46y4m   
 #67    Ludek Pachmann      2632      #29 on December 1949 rating list      25y7m   
 #68    Peter Dubinin      2632      #22 on February 1941 rating list      31y8m   
 #69    Héctor Rossetto      2632      #30 on December 1949 rating list      27y3m   
 #70    Paulin Frydman      2632      #21 on June 1942 rating list      37y1m   
 #71    Isaac Kashdan      2632      #26 on January 1947 rating list      41y2m   
 #72    Gavriil Veresov      2631      #24 on July 1945 rating list      33y0m   
 #73    Vladimir Alatortsev      2626      #21 on August 1940 rating list      31y3m   
 #74    Arnold Denker      2626      #27 on January 1947 rating list      32y11m   
 #75    Genrikh Kasparian      2625      #31 on January 1948 rating list      37y11m   
 #76    Haije Kramer      2624      #24 on January 1941 rating list      23y2m   
 #77    Ratmir Kholmov      2622      #33 on December 1949 rating list      24y7m   
 #78    Albéric O'Kelly de Galway      2621      #36 on May 1948 rating list      37y0m   
 #79    Jorge Pelikán      2620      #29 on January 1946 rating list      39y9m   
 #80    Vitaly Chekhover      2619      #28 on December 1945 rating list      37y0m   
 #81    Walter Schmahl      2619      #28 on July 1942 rating list         -   
 #82    Daniel Yanofsky      2618      #31 on December 1946 rating list      21y9m   
 #83    Ilya Rabinovich      2618      #27 on December 1940 rating list      49y11m   
 #84    Ludwig Rödl      2616      #32 on September 1947 rating list      40y5m   
 #85    Josef Lokvenc      2616      #30 on January 1941 rating list      41y8m   
 #86    Yosef Porat      2616      #26 on September 1940 rating list      31y3m   
 #87    Georgy Ilivitsky      2615      #35 on March 1949 rating list      27y11m   
 #88    Anton Kohler      2615      #29 on August 1941 rating list         -   
 #89    Tigran Petrosian      2613      #35 on July 1947 rating list      18y1m   
 #90    Evgeny Zagoriansky      2611      #32 on July 1945 rating list      34y11m   
 #91    Karl Gilg      2610      #34 on October 1940 rating list      39y9m   
 #92    Antonio Medina García      2608      #35 on April 1946 rating list      26y6m   
 #93    Borislav Milic      2607      #34 on January 1946 rating list      20y3m   
 #94    Lev Aronin      2607      #39 on December 1949 rating list      29y5m   
 #95    Grigory Ravinsky      2606      #38 on January 1948 rating list      38y3m   
 #96    Elmars Zemgalis      2605      #42 on December 1949 rating list      26y3m   
 #97    Abram Khavin      2604      #37 on February 1946 rating list      32y1m   
 #98    Arnoldus van den Hoek      2604      #30 on July 1944 rating list      22y7m   
 #99    Vasilje Tomovic      2603      #40 on August 1946 rating list      40y3m   
 #100    Mark Stolberg      2603      #39 on February 1941 rating list      19y1m   
Strongest Tournament between 1940 and 1950 See more details
   Groningen (Staunton Memorial), 1946: Class 14 (#1, #2, #4, #5, #10)
The strongest tournament held between 1940 and 1950 was Groningen (Staunton Memorial) 1946. This was a Class 14 tournament, including five of the top ten players in the world (from the August 1946 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Moscow (Chigorin Memorial) 1947 (Class 11) and The Hague/Moscow (World Championship) 1948 (Class 10).
Strongest Match between 1940 and 1950 See more details
   Fine-Najdorf Match (New York), 1949: #2 vs #10
The strongest match held between 1940 and 1950 was Fine-Najdorf Match (New York), 1949. This was a matchup of #2 vs #10, including #2 Miguel Najdorf (2756) and #10 Reuben Fine (2732) from the January 1949 rating list. Next on the list were Najdorf-Trifunovic Match (Opatija), 1949 (#2 vs #14) and Bogoljubow-Euwe III (Karlsbad), 1941 (#6 vs #16).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1940 and 1950 See more details
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 2850 in The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948
The best individual event performance between 1940 and 1950 was achieved by Mikhail Botvinnik with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2850 in The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Mikhail Botvinnik (2819 performance) in Moscow (URS Championship), 1945, and by Gideon Stĺhlberg (2817 performance) in Buenos Aires/La Plata, 1947.