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Most Dominant Player between 1985 and 2005 See more details
   Garry Kasparov: 19.8 years as #1 (between February 1985 and October 2004)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1985 and 2005 was Garry Kasparov, with 237 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 19.8 years). Next on the list was Viswanathan Anand (0.2 years), the only other player to be ranked #1 between 1985 and 2005.
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   Garry Kasparov: 2886 (March 1993)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1985 and 2005 was Garry Kasparov, with a rating of 2886 on the March 1993 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1985 and 2005 were achieved by Anatoly Karpov (2848 on the March 1989 list) and Viswanathan Anand (2833 on the March 1999 list).
     Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)   
 #1    Garry Kasparov      2886      #1 on March 1993 rating list      29y11m   
 #2    Anatoly Karpov      2848      #2 on March 1989 rating list      37y10m   
 #3    Viswanathan Anand      2833      #2 on March 1999 rating list      29y3m   
 #4    Vladimir Kramnik      2826      #2 on August 2001 rating list      26y2m   
 #5    Vassily Ivanchuk      2804      #2 on May 1992 rating list      23y2m   
 #6    Gata Kamsky      2779      #4 on March 1995 rating list      20y9m   
 #7    Valery Salov      2776      #5 on January 1995 rating list      30y8m   
 #8    Veselin Topalov      2773      #6 on June 1997 rating list      22y3m   
 #9    Jan Timman      2768      #3 on March 1988 rating list      36y3m   
 #10    Alexander Morozevich      2768      #4 on April 2001 rating list      23y9m   
 #11    Peter Leko      2768      #4 on January 2001 rating list      21y4m   
 #12    Alexei Shirov      2768      #4 on August 1999 rating list      27y1m   
 #13    Boris Gelfand      2763      #4 on December 1992 rating list      24y6m   
 #14    Rafael Vaganian      2761      #3 on November 1985 rating list      34y1m   
 #15    Michael Adams      2757      #5 on July 2002 rating list      30y8m   
 #16    Artur Jussupow      2757      #3 on April 1987 rating list      27y2m   
 #17    Alexander Beliavsky      2756      #3 on May 1988 rating list      34y5m   
 #18    Evgeny Bareev      2755      #4 on October 1991 rating list      24y11m   
 #19    Viktor Korchnoi      2754      #3 on July 1986 rating list      55y4m   
 #20    Peter Svidler      2754      #4 on January 2004 rating list      27y7m   
 #21    Ruslan Ponomariov      2753      #6 on November 2002 rating list      19y1m   
 #22    Alexander Grischuk      2750      #4 on April 2004 rating list      20y6m   
 #23    Nigel Short      2750      #5 on April 1989 rating list      23y10m   
 #24    Judit Polgar      2746      #7 on January 2004 rating list      27y6m   
 #25    Alexander Graf      2745      #7 on April 1993 rating list      30y8m   
 #26    Andrey Sokolov      2743      #4 on November 1986 rating list      23y8m   
 #27    Leonid Yudasin      2741      #6 on January 1991 rating list      31y5m   
 #28    Mikhail Tal      2741      #6 on July 1987 rating list      50y8m   
 #29    Lajos Portisch      2738      #5 on July 1988 rating list      51y3m   
 #30    Jonathan Speelman      2737      #8 on December 1988 rating list      32y2m   
 #31    Predrag Nikolic      2735      #8 on December 1987 rating list      27y3m   
 #32    Mikhail Gurevich      2732      #8 on January 1991 rating list      31y11m   
 #33    Jaan Ehlvest      2731      #7 on April 1990 rating list      27y6m   
 #34    Ljubomir Ljubojevic      2731      #8 on November 1986 rating list      36y0m   
 #35    Evgeny Vladimirov      2730      #10 on June 1988 rating list      31y5m   
 #36    Lev Polugaevsky      2730      #8 on January 1985 rating list      50y2m   
 #37    Boris Spassky      2729      #10 on March 1986 rating list      49y2m   
 #38    Sergei Rublevsky      2729      #11 on August 1998 rating list      23y10m   
 #39    Georgy Agzamov      2727      #9 on January 1985 rating list      30y4m   
 #40    Alexey Dreev      2725      #12 on December 2004 rating list      35y11m   
 #41    Smbat Lputian      2725      #11 on October 1988 rating list      30y8m   
 #42    Alexander Khalifman      2724      #9 on February 1991 rating list      25y1m   
 #43    Vladimir Malakhov      2723      #16 on December 2003 rating list      23y1m   
 #44    Zoltán Ribli      2723      #10 on January 1985 rating list      33y4m   
 #45    Robert Hübner      2722      #11 on November 1986 rating list      38y0m   
 #46    Ulf Andersson      2721      #12 on February 1990 rating list      38y8m   
 #47    Zurab Azmaiparashvili      2719      #10 on September 1989 rating list      29y6m   
 #48    Curt Hansen      2716      #15 on April 1992 rating list      27y7m   
 #49    Simen Agdestein      2716      #12 on August 1989 rating list      22y3m   
 #50    Ilia Smirin      2716      #14 on December 2001 rating list      33y11m   
 #51    John Nunn      2715      #10 on September 1985 rating list      30y5m   
 #52    Lev Psakhis      2715      #13 on May 1987 rating list      28y6m   
 #53    Oleg Romanishin      2714      #14 on May 1985 rating list      33y4m   
 #54    Vladimir Akopian      2714      #15 on December 2002 rating list      31y0m   
 #55    Alexander Chernin      2713      #16 on December 1991 rating list      31y9m   
 #56    Vladimir Epishin      2713      #13 on December 1993 rating list      28y5m   
 #57    Michal Krasenkow      2713      #12 on July 2000 rating list      36y8m   
 #58    Viacheslav Eingorn      2713      #12 on May 1986 rating list      29y6m   
 #59    Sergey Dolmatov      2712      #14 on April 1990 rating list      31y2m   
 #60    Ivan Sokolov      2712      #17 on January 2004 rating list      35y7m   
 #61    Vladimir Tukmakov      2711      #15 on November 1986 rating list      40y8m   
 #62    Yasser Seirawan      2711      #14 on September 1987 rating list      27y6m   
 #63    Rustam Kasimdzhanov      2708      #13 on August 2001 rating list      21y8m   
 #64    Loek van Wely      2705      #16 on December 2001 rating list      29y2m   
 #65    Alexey Vyzmanavin      2705      #17 on March 1990 rating list      30y2m   
 #66    Kiril Georgiev      2704      #16 on May 1993 rating list      27y6m   
 #67    Konstantin Aseev      2704      #19 on March 1990 rating list      29y5m   
 #68    Konstantin Lerner      2703      #17 on September 1986 rating list      36y7m   
 #69    Victor Gavrikov      2702      #17 on February 1985 rating list      27y7m   
 #70    Joel Lautier      2701      #18 on September 2004 rating list      31y5m   
 #71    Vassily Smyslov      2700      #19 on January 1985 rating list      63y10m   
 #72    Matthew Sadler      2699      #19 on January 1999 rating list      24y8m   
 #73    Etienne Bacrot      2699      #19 on September 2004 rating list      21y8m   
 #74    Levon Aronian      2699      #20 on December 2004 rating list      22y2m   
 #75    Anthony Miles      2699      #20 on May 1986 rating list      31y1m   
 #76    Rustem Dautov      2699      #23 on January 1990 rating list      24y2m   
 #77    Jeroen Piket      2699      #16 on September 1994 rating list      25y8m   
 #78    Sergei Tiviakov      2698      #15 on March 1995 rating list      22y1m   
 #79    Vadim Zvjaginsev      2698      #20 on March 1999 rating list      22y7m   
 #80    Bent Larsen      2698      #29 on November 1988 rating list      53y8m   
 #81    Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu      2697      #20 on October 2004 rating list      28y2m   
 #82    Andrey Kharitonov      2696      #26 on March 1988 rating list      28y11m   
 #83    Alexander Onischuk      2695      #23 on May 1999 rating list      23y8m   
 #84    Semen Dvoiris      2695      #29 on January 1990 rating list      31y2m   
 #85    Jóhann Hjartarson      2694      #30 on November 1988 rating list      25y9m   
 #86    Leonid Yurtaev      2694      #32 on July 1989 rating list      30y2m   
 #87    Alexander Huzman      2693      #25 on November 1986 rating list      24y7m   
 #88    Vladimir Malaniuk      2693      #27 on May 1986 rating list      28y10m   
 #89    Viktor Bologan      2692      #24 on November 2004 rating list      32y11m   
 #90    Zurab Sturua      2692      #27 on August 1991 rating list      32y2m   
 #91    Andrei Kovalev      2692      #33 on July 1989 rating list      27y8m   
 #92    Larry Christiansen      2691      #27 on January 1992 rating list      35y7m   
 #93    Alexei Fedorov      2690      #20 on April 2000 rating list      27y7m   
 #94    Murray Chandler      2690      #30 on July 1988 rating list      28y3m   
 #95    Vladislav Tkachiev      2690      #21 on April 2000 rating list      26y5m   
 #96    Gyula Sax      2690      #31 on July 1987 rating list      36y1m   
 #97    Evgeny Sveshnikov      2690      #23 on December 1985 rating list      35y10m   
 #98    Konstantin Sakaev      2690      #21 on May 2000 rating list      26y1m   
 #99    Boris Gulko      2690      #30 on April 1989 rating list      42y2m   
 #100    Zoltan Almasi      2690      #24 on November 1998 rating list      22y3m   
Strongest Tournament between 1985 and 2005 See more details
   Linares, 1993: Class 21 (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10)
The strongest tournament held between 1985 and 2005 was Linares 1993. This was a Class 21 tournament, including nine of the top ten players in the world (from the February 1993 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Linares 1992 (Class 20) and Wijk aan Zee (Corus) 2001 (Class 20).
Strongest Match between 1985 and 2005 See more details
   Karpov-Kasparov V (World Championship, Lyon/New York), 1990: #1 vs #2
The strongest match held between 1985 and 2005 was Karpov-Kasparov V (World Championship, Lyon/New York), 1990. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 Garry Kasparov (2877) and #2 Anatoly Karpov (2827) from the October 1990 rating list. Next on the list were Karpov-Kasparov III (World Championship, London/Leningrad), 1986 (#1 vs #2) and Karpov-Kasparov IV (World Championship, Sevilla), 1987 (#1 vs #2).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1985 and 2005 See more details
   Anatoly Karpov: 2899 in Linares, 1994
The best individual event performance between 1985 and 2005 was achieved by Anatoly Karpov with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2899 in Linares, 1994. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Garry Kasparov (2881 performance) in Tilburg, 1989, and by Garry Kasparov (2877 performance) in Linares, 1999.