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Most Dominant Player between 1960 and 1980 See more details
   Bobby Fischer: 9.1 years as #1 (between February 1964 and July 1974)
The player who was ranked #1 most often between 1960 and 1980 was Bobby Fischer, with 109 different months as the top-ranked player (a total of 9.1 years). Next on the list were Anatoly Karpov (5.4 years) and Tigran Petrosian (2.8 years).
Highest-Rated Player between 1960 and 1980 See more details
   Bobby Fischer: 2895 (October 1971)
The player who achieved the highest peak rating between 1960 and 1980 was Bobby Fischer, with a rating of 2895 on the October 1971 list. The next-highest peak ratings between 1960 and 1980 were achieved by Anatoly Karpov (2833 on the June 1977 list) and Viktor Korchnoi (2814 on the November 1978 list).
Strongest Tournament between 1960 and 1980 See more details
   Moscow (URS Championship), 1973: Class 15 (#2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #9, #10)
The strongest tournament held between 1960 and 1980 was Moscow (URS Championship) 1973. This was a Class 15 tournament, including seven of the top ten players in the world (from the October 1973 rating list). The next-strongest tournaments were Curacao (Candidates) 1962 (Class 14) and Moscow 1967 (Class 14).
Strongest Match between 1960 and 1980 See more details
   Karpov-Korchnoi II (World Championship, Baguio City), 1978: #1 vs #2
The strongest match held between 1960 and 1980 was Karpov-Korchnoi II (World Championship, Baguio City), 1978. This was a matchup of #1 vs #2, including #1 Anatoly Karpov (2822) and #2 Viktor Korchnoi (2806) from the July 1978 rating list. Next on the list were Karpov-Korchnoi I (Candidates final, Moscow), 1974 (#1 vs #2) and Fischer-Larsen Match (Candidates semifinal, Denver), 1971 (#1 vs #3).
Best Individual Event Performance between 1960 and 1980 Summary only | Top 5 | Top 10 | Top 20 | Top 50 | Top 100
   Bobby Fischer: 2887 in Fischer-Larsen Match (Candidates semifinal, Denver), 1971
The best individual event performance between 1960 and 1980 was achieved by Bobby Fischer with a Chessmetrics Performance Rating of 2887 in Fischer-Larsen Match (Candidates semifinal, Denver), 1971. The next-best individual event performances were achieved by Bobby Fischer (2870 performance) in Fischer-Taimanov Match (Candidates quarterfinal, Vancouver), 1971, and by Mikhail Botvinnik (2862 performance) in Botvinnik-Tal II (World Championship, Moscow), 1961.
      Player Name       Chessmetrics Performance Rating    Event
 #1    Bobby Fischer      2887 performance: 6/6 (100%) vs 2752   Fischer-Larsen Match (Candidates semifinal, Denver), 1971
 #2    Bobby Fischer      2870 performance: 6/6 (100%) vs 2731   Fischer-Taimanov Match (Candidates quarterfinal, Vancouver), 1971
 #3    Mikhail Botvinnik      2862 performance: 13/21 (62%) vs 2796   Botvinnik-Tal II (World Championship, Moscow), 1961
 #4    Bobby Fischer      2850 performance: 18.5/23 (80%) vs 2643   Palma de Mallorca (Interzonal), 1970
 #5    Bobby Fischer      2830 performance: 10/10 (100%) vs 2588   New York (USA Championship), 1963
 #6    Tigran Petrosian      2829 performance: 17.5/27 (65%) vs 2723   Curacao (Candidates), 1962
 #7    Viktor Korchnoi      2825 performance: 13.5/17 (79%) vs 2649   Leningrad (Interzonal), 1973
 #8    Paul Keres      2825 performance: 21.5/35 (61%) vs 2732   Curacao (Candidates), 1962
 #9    Tigran Petrosian      2824 performance: 8.5/10 (85%) vs 2672   Moscow (Training), 1966
 #10    Anatoly Karpov      2824 performance: 13.5/17 (79%) vs 2647   Leningrad (Interzonal), 1973
 #11    Anatoly Karpov      2821 performance: 16.5/32 (52%) vs 2806   Karpov-Korchnoi II (World Championship, Baguio City), 1978
 #12    Mikhail Tal      2817 performance: 12/18 (67%) vs 2723   Montreal, 1979
 #13    Viktor Korchnoi      2817 performance: 8.5/13 (65%) vs 2758   Korchnoi-Polugaevsky I (Candidates semifinal, Evian), 1977
 #14    Viktor Korchnoi      2814 performance: 15.5/32 (48%) vs 2822   Karpov-Korchnoi II (World Championship, Baguio City), 1978
 #15    Boris Spassky      2814 performance: 6.5/10 (65%) vs 2781   Korchnoi-Spassky I (Candidates final, Kiev), 1968
 #16    Mikhail Tal      2814 performance: 14/17 (82%) vs 2615   Riga (Interzonal), 1979
 #17    Anatoly Karpov      2810 performance: 12/18 (67%) vs 2715   Montreal, 1979
 #18    Bobby Fischer      2808 performance: 15/17 (88%) vs 2568   Buenos Aires, 1970
 #19    Mikhail Tal      2808 performance: 13.5/18 (75%) vs 2655   Bled, 1961
 #20    Boris Spassky      2808 performance: 7/11 (64%) vs 2773   Spassky-Tal Match (Candidates final, Tbilisi), 1965
 #21    Efim Geller      2805 performance: 20.5/35 (59%) vs 2733   Curacao (Candidates), 1962
 #22    Bobby Fischer      2805 performance: 6.5/9 (72%) vs 2738   Fischer-Petrosian Match (Candidates final, Buenos Aires), 1971
 #23    David Bronstein      2803 performance: 5/7 (71%) vs 2769   Bronstein-Korchnoi Training Match (Leningrad), 1970
 #24    Boris Spassky      2802 performance: 8.5/21 (40%) vs 2882   Fischer-Spassky I (World Championship, Reykjavik), 1972
 #25    Bent Larsen      2801 performance: 10/12 (83%) vs 2631   Buenos Aires, 1979
 #26    Anatoly Karpov      2800 performance: 5/5 (100%) vs 2673   EU-chT (Men) Moscow, 1977
 #27    Anatoly Karpov      2798 performance: 12.5/14 (89%) vs 2571   Las Palmas, 1977
 #28    Bobby Fischer      2796 performance: 15.5/20 (78%) vs 2615   Stockholm (Interzonal), 1962
 #29    Bobby Fischer      2796 performance: 12.5/21 (60%) vs 2739   Fischer-Spassky I (World Championship, Reykjavik), 1972
 #30    Tigran Petrosian      2795 performance: 12.5/22 (57%) vs 2756   Botvinnik-Petrosian Match (World Championship, Moscow), 1963
 #31    Viktor Korchnoi      2794 performance: 13.5/17 (79%) vs 2613   Kiev (URS Championship), 1964
 #32    Bobby Fischer      2794 performance: 10/12 (83%) vs 2623   La Habana ol (Men) fin-A Havana, 1966
 #33    Viktor Korchnoi      2794 performance: 13/16 (81%) vs 2606   Leningrad, 1967
 #34    Robert Byrne      2793 performance: 12.5/17 (74%) vs 2653   Leningrad (Interzonal), 1973
 #35    Mikhail Tal      2793 performance: 12.5/21 (60%) vs 2736   Botvinnik-Tal I (World Championship, Moscow), 1960
 #36    Bobby Fischer      2793 performance: 13/18 (72%) vs 2657   Bled, 1961
 #37    Mikhail Tal      2792 performance: 11.5/14 (82%) vs 2612   Tallinn, 1973
 #38    Viktor Korchnoi      2792 performance: 14/17 (82%) vs 2591   Palma de Mallorca, 1968
 #39    Viktor Korchnoi      2789 performance: 14/18 (78%) vs 2613   Riga (URS Championship), 1970
 #40    Gennady Kuzmin      2788 performance: 9/12 (75%) vs 2669   Sochi, 1970
 #41    Anatoly Karpov      2788 performance: 12/15 (80%) vs 2614   Bad Lauterberg (FRG Championship), 1977
 #42    Viktor Korchnoi      2785 performance: 13/18 (72%) vs 2648   Leningrad (URS Championship), 1960
 #43    Anatoly Karpov      2785 performance: 11/16 (69%) vs 2681   Moscow (URS Championship), 1976
 #44    Lajos Portisch      2783 performance: 17/25 (68%) vs 2654   Petropolis (Interzonal), 1973
 #45    Efim Geller      2783 performance: 5.5/8 (69%) vs 2744   Geller-Smyslov Match (Candidates quarterfinal, Moscow), 1965
 #46    Viktor Korchnoi      2782 performance: 12/15 (80%) vs 2607   Wijk aan Zee (Hoogovens), 1968
 #47    Anatoly Karpov      2782 performance: 5.5/8 (69%) vs 2742   Karpov-Polugaevsky Match (Candidates quarterfinal, Moscow), 1974
 #48    Viktor Korchnoi      2781 performance: 11.5/24 (48%) vs 2800   Karpov-Korchnoi I (Candidates final, Moscow), 1974
 #49    Bobby Fischer      2781 performance: 13/17 (76%) vs 2619   Rovinj/Zagreb, 1970
 #50    Boris Spassky      2779 performance: 5.5/8 (69%) vs 2738   Larsen-Spassky Match (Candidates semifinal, Malmo), 1968
 #51    Tigran Petrosian      2778 performance: 12.5/24 (52%) vs 2767   Petrosian-Spassky I (World Championship, Moscow), 1966
 #52    Tigran Petrosian      2778 performance: 12/17 (71%) vs 2655   Moscow (URS Championship), 1961
 #53    Viktor Korchnoi      2777 performance: 10.5/18 (58%) vs 2736   Korchnoi-Spassky II (Candidates final, Belgrade), 1977
 #54    Boris Spassky      2777 performance: 12.5/23 (54%) vs 2750   Petrosian-Spassky II (World Championship, Moscow), 1969
 #55    Oleg Romanishin      2777 performance: 9.5/14 (68%) vs 2688   Yerevan (URS Championship), 1975
 #56    Anatoly Karpov      2776 performance: 12.5/24 (52%) vs 2765   Karpov-Korchnoi I (Candidates final, Moscow), 1974
 #57    Tigran Petrosian      2776 performance: 17/26 (65%) vs 2663   Moscow (URS Championship), 1969
 #58    Efim Geller      2775 performance: 11.5/17 (68%) vs 2673   Minsk (URS Championship), 1979
 #59    Lev Polugaevsky      2775 performance: 12/17 (71%) vs 2652   Baku (URS Championship), 1961
 #60    Boris Spassky      2775 performance: 10/15 (67%) vs 2688   Bugojno, 1978
 #61    Boris Spassky      2774 performance: 11.5/18 (64%) vs 2693   Santa Monica (Piatigorsky Cup), 1966
 #62    Jan Timman      2774 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2676   Niksic, 1978
 #63    Boris Spassky      2774 performance: 13/17 (76%) vs 2610   Belgrade, 1964
 #64    Vladimir Savon      2774 performance: 15/21 (71%) vs 2629   Leningrad (URS Championship), 1971
 #65    Boris Gulko      2773 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2675   Niksic, 1978
 #66    Boris Spassky      2773 performance: 5.5/8 (69%) vs 2731   Geller-Spassky II (Candidates quarterfinal, Sukhumi), 1968
 #67    Anatoly Karpov      2773 performance: 7/11 (64%) vs 2731   Karpov-Spassky Match (Candidates semifinal, Leningrad), 1974
 #68    Yury Balashov      2773 performance: 10.5/16 (66%) vs 2688   Moscow (URS Championship), 1976
 #69    Bent Larsen      2773 performance: 15/21 (71%) vs 2628   Amsterdam (Interzonal), 1964
 #70    Boris Spassky      2772 performance: 12/17 (71%) vs 2649   Baku (URS Championship), 1961
 #71    Boris Spassky      2772 performance: 5.5/8 (69%) vs 2730   Geller-Spassky I (Candidates semifinal, Riga), 1965
 #72    Anatoly Karpov      2772 performance: 8/11 (73%) vs 2673   Tilburg, 1977
 #73    Lev Polugaevsky      2771 performance: 9.5/11 (86%) vs 2587   Mar del Plata, 1971
 #74    Anatoly Karpov      2771 performance: 7.5/11 (68%) vs 2700   Tilburg, 1979
 #75    Viktor Korchnoi      2770 performance: 5.5/8 (69%) vs 2728   Geller-Korchnoi Match (Candidates quarterfinal, Moscow), 1971
 #76    Mikhail Tal      2770 performance: 10/12 (83%) vs 2594   Sochi (Chigorin Memorial), 1977
 #77    Anatoly Karpov      2770 performance: 10/15 (67%) vs 2682   Bugojno, 1978
 #78    Miguel Najdorf      2769 performance: 12.5/15 (83%) vs 2570   Mar del Plata, 1965
 #79    Eugenio Torre      2768 performance: 4.5/6 (75%) vs 2726   Manila, 1976
 #80    Efim Geller      2768 performance: 12.5/18 (69%) vs 2648   Leningrad (URS Championship), 1960
 #81    Vassily Smyslov      2768 performance: 15/21 (71%) vs 2623   Amsterdam (Interzonal), 1964
 #82    Anatoly Karpov      2768 performance: 11/17 (65%) vs 2685   Moscow (Alekhine Memorial), 1971
 #83    Henrique Mecking      2768 performance: 12/17 (71%) vs 2644   Petropolis (Interzonal), 1973
 #84    Mikhail Tal      2768 performance: 15/21 (71%) vs 2623   Amsterdam (Interzonal), 1964
 #85    Boris Spassky      2768 performance: 15/21 (71%) vs 2623   Amsterdam (Interzonal), 1964
 #86    Leonid Stein      2767 performance: 11/17 (65%) vs 2684   Moscow, 1967
 #87    Oleg Romanishin      2767 performance: 11.5/17 (68%) vs 2663   Leningrad, 1977
 #88    Leonid Stein      2767 performance: 11/17 (65%) vs 2683   Moscow (Alekhine Memorial), 1971
 #89    Tigran Petrosian      2767 performance: 12.5/18 (69%) vs 2646   Leningrad (URS Championship), 1960
 #90    Lajos Portisch      2766 performance: 10.5/18 (58%) vs 2723   Montreal, 1979
 #91    Boris Spassky      2766 performance: 10.5/16 (66%) vs 2680   Moscow (URS Championship), 1973
 #92    Mikhail Tal      2766 performance: 11.5/17 (68%) vs 2662   Leningrad, 1977
 #93    Iosif Dorfman      2765 performance: 7/8 (88%) vs 2615   Minsk, 1976
 #94    Viktor Korchnoi      2765 performance: 13.5/14 (96%) vs 2485   Gyula (Asztalos Memorial), 1965
 #95    Boris Spassky      2764 performance: 4.5/6 (75%) vs 2720   Byrne-Spassky Match (Candidates quarterfinal, San Juan), 1974
 #96    Jan Timman      2764 performance: 9.5/13 (73%) vs 2646   Amsterdam (IBM), 1978
 #97    Bent Larsen      2764 performance: 13.5/19 (71%) vs 2628   Sousse (Interzonal), 1967
 #98    Bent Larsen      2763 performance: 5.5/8 (69%) vs 2719   Larsen-Tal II (Candidates 3rd place, Eersel), 1969
 #99    Mikhail Tal      2762 performance: 14.5/20 (73%) vs 2612   Baku (URS Championship), 1972
 #100    Lev Polugaevsky      2762 performance: 12/15 (80%) vs 2584   Amsterdam (IBM), 1972
NOTE: "Chessmetrics Performance Rating" is a Chessmetrics formula used to estimate the performance level of a player, based solely on the evidence of their results in one event. It only considers games against rated opposition, so the above summary excludes any games against unrated opponents.