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Most Dominant Player between 1946 and 1949 See more details
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 3.0 years as #1 (between January 1946 and December 1948)
The only player to be ranked #1 between 1946 and 1949 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with 36 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 3.0 years).
Highest-Rated Player between 1946 and 1949 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 2883 (January 1946)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1946 and 1949 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with a rating of 2883 on the January 1946 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1946 and 1949 were achieved by Miguel Najdorf (2797 on the February 1948 list) and Paul Keres (2786 on the March 1947 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Mikhail Botvinnik      2883      #1 on January 1946 rating list      34y5m   
 #2    Miguel Najdorf      2797      #2 on February 1948 rating list      37y10m   
 #3    Paul Keres      2786      #2 on March 1947 rating list      31y2m   
 #4    Max Euwe      2763      #3 on December 1946 rating list      45y7m   
 #5    Gideon Ståhlberg      2762      #3 on March 1948 rating list      40y2m   
 #6    Alexander Alekhine      2758      #3 on January 1946 rating list      53y3m   
 #7    Samuel Reshevsky      2758      #4 on June 1948 rating list      36y7m   
 #8    Vassily Smyslov      2751      #5 on January 1946 rating list      24y10m   
 #9    Isaak Boleslavsky      2747      #6 on February 1946 rating list      26y8m   
 #10    David Bronstein      2742      #5 on September 1948 rating list      24y7m   
Strongest Tournament between 1946 and 1949 See more details
   Groningen (Staunton Memorial), 1946: Class 14 (#1, #2, #4, #5, #10)
The strongest tournament held between 1946 and 1949 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 1946 and 1949 See more details
   Bondarevsky-Ragozin Match (Moscow), 1946: #16 vs #28
The strongest match held between 1946 and 1949 was Bondarevsky-Ragozin Match (Moscow), 1946. This was a matchup of #16 vs #28, including #16 Viacheslav Ragozin (2666) and #28 Igor Bondarevsky (2626) from the January 1946 rating list. Next on the list were Pilnik-Rossetto Match (Bahia Blanca), 1946 (#17 vs #33) and Bolbochán-Rossetto Match (Buenos Aires), 1948 (#25 vs #46).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1946 and 1949 See more details
   Mikhail Botvinnik: 2850 in The Hague/Moscow (World Championship), 1948
The best individual event performance between 1946 and 1949 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 Gideon Ståhlberg (2817 performance) in Buenos Aires/La Plata, 1947, and by Mikhail Botvinnik (2795 performance) in Groningen (Staunton Memorial), 1946.