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Chess books by rating
Chess books by rating













Īs of December 2015, there were 101 chess players in history who broke 2700, and fourteen of them exceeded 2800. The best-ever Elo ratings are tabulated below. In 1970, FIDE adopted Elo's system for rating current players, so one way to compare players of different eras is to compare their Elo ratings.

chess books by rating

It did list January 1978 ratings of 2780 for Fischer and 2725 for Karpov.) Though published in 1978, Elo's list did not include five-year averages for later players Bobby Fischer and Anatoly Karpov.

chess books by rating

2690: Alexander Alekhine, Paul Morphy, Vasily Smyslov.2720: Mikhail Botvinnik, Emanuel Lasker.According to this system the highest ratings achieved were:

chess books by rating

He gave ratings to players corresponding to their performance over the best five-year span of their career. The best-known statistical was devised by Arpad Elo in 1960 and elaborated on in his 1978 book The Rating of Chessplayers, Past and Present. Main articles: Elo rating system and List of chess players by peak FIDE rating















Chess books by rating