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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 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    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).      Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)     #1     Garry Kasparov       2884       #1 on June 1999 rating list       36y2m     #2     Viswanathan Anand       2833       #2 on March 1999 rating list       29y3m     #3     Vladimir Kramnik       2826       #2 on August 2001 rating list       26y2m     #4     Anatoly Karpov       2816       #2 on October 1995 rating list       44y5m     #5     Vassily Ivanchuk       2797       #4 on June 1995 rating list       26y3m     #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     Alexander Morozevich       2768       #4 on April 2001 rating list       23y9m     #10     Peter Leko       2768       #4 on January 2001 rating list       21y4m     #11     Alexei Shirov       2768       #4 on August 1999 rating list       27y1m     #12     Michael Adams       2757       #5 on July 2002 rating list       30y8m     #13     Peter Svidler       2754       #4 on January 2004 rating list       27y7m     #14     Ruslan Ponomariov       2753       #6 on November 2002 rating list       19y1m     #15     Evgeny Bareev       2751       #5 on March 2002 rating list       35y4m     #16     Alexander Grischuk       2750       #4 on April 2004 rating list       20y6m     #17     Judit Polgar       2746       #7 on January 2004 rating list       27y6m     #18     Boris Gelfand       2738       #8 on August 1999 rating list       31y2m     #19     Nigel Short       2729       #10 on December 1998 rating list       33y6m     #20     Sergei Rublevsky       2729       #11 on August 1998 rating list       23y10m    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 See more details    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). 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.