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Most Dominant Player between 1950 and 1960 See more details    Vassily Smyslov: 4.9 years as #1 (between January 1952 and September 1958) The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1950 and 1960 was Vassily Smyslov, with 59 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 4.9 years). Next on the list were David Bronstein (1.6 years) and Mikhail Botvinnik (1.4 years). Highest-Rated Player between 1950 and 1960 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Mikhail Botvinnik: 2806 (January 1950) The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1950 and 1960 was Mikhail Botvinnik, with a rating of 2806 on the January 1950 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1950 and 1960 were achieved by Vassily Smyslov (2800 on the September 1956 list) and Mikhail Tal (2797 on the December 1959 list).      Player Name       Peak Rating       World Rank (at time of Peak Rating)       Age (at time of Peak Rating)     #1     Mikhail Botvinnik       2806       #1 on January 1950 rating list       38y5m     #2     Vassily Smyslov       2800       #1 on September 1956 rating list       35y6m     #3     Mikhail Tal       2797       #1 on December 1959 rating list       23y1m     #4     David Bronstein       2792       #1 on June 1951 rating list       27y4m     #5     Samuel Reshevsky       2785       #1 on October 1953 rating list       41y11m    Strongest Tournament between 1950 and 1960 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100    Zurich (Candidates), 1953: Class 18 (#1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10) The strongest tournament held between 1950 and 1960 was Zurich (Candidates) 1953. This was a Class 18 tournament, including nine of the top ten players in the world (from the August 1953 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Moscow (Alekhine Memorial) 1956 (Class 15) and Amsterdam (Candidates) 1956 (Class 15).      Event       Class       Top Ten Participation    Specific participants from top ten on rating list  #1     Zurich (Candidates), 1953       18       #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10    #1 Samuel Reshevsky (2781), #3 Vassily Smyslov (2765), #4 Miguel Najdorf (2753), #5 Efim Geller (2734), #6 Alexander Kotov (2727), #7 David Bronstein (2724), #8 Isaak Boleslavsky (2722), #9 Gideon Ståhlberg (2722), #10 Paul Keres (2721) from August 1953 rating list  #2     Moscow (Alekhine Memorial), 1956       15       #1, #2, #3, #4, #9    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2793), #2 Paul Keres (2782), #3 David Bronstein (2770), #4 Mikhail Botvinnik (2756), #9 Mark Taimanov (2714) from January 1956 rating list  #3     Amsterdam (Candidates), 1956       15       #1, #2, #3, #5, #7, #8    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2793), #2 Paul Keres (2782), #3 David Bronstein (2770), #5 Tigran Petrosian (2755), #7 Efim Geller (2720), #8 Boris Spassky (2714) from January 1956 rating list  #4     Moscow (URS Championship), 1952       15       #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #8    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2776), #2 David Bronstein (2774), #3 Paul Keres (2769), #6 Mikhail Botvinnik (2748), #7 Isaak Boleslavsky (2719), #8 Efim Geller (2712) from January 1952 rating list  #5     Moscow (URS Championship), 1955       15       #1, #2, #3, #6, #7, #9    #1 Vassily Smyslov (2793), #2 Mikhail Botvinnik (2778), #3 Paul Keres (2766), #6 Tigran Petrosian (2739), #7 Mark Taimanov (2732), #9 Viktor Korchnoi (2711) from February 1955 rating list NOTE: "Class" is a Chessmetrics formula used to rank the strength of a tournament, by using the participation of top-10 players from the rating list (rather than just using the average rating of all participants). For more details, go here. Strongest Match between 1950 and 1960 See more details    Botvinnik-Smyslov I (World Championship, Moscow), 1954: #1 vs #3 The strongest match held between 1950 and 1960 was Botvinnik-Smyslov I (World Championship, Moscow), 1954. This was a matchup of #1 vs #3, including #1 Vassily Smyslov (2790) and #3 Mikhail Botvinnik (2779) from the March 1954 rating list. Next on the list were Botvinnik-Smyslov II (World Championship, Moscow), 1957 (#1 vs #4) and Najdorf-Reshevsky II (Buenos Aires), 1953 (#2 vs #4). Best Individual Event Performance between 1950 and 1960 See more details    Mikhail Tal: 2869 in Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (Candidates), 1959 The best individual event performance between 1950 and 1960 was achieved by Mikhail Tal with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2869 in Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (Candidates), 1959. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Paul Keres (2836 performance) in Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (Candidates), 1959, and by Alexander Kotov (2832 performance) in Saltsjobaden (Interzonal), 1952.