position         best year             best 2 - year period   best 3 - year period best 5 - year period best 10 - year period            best 15 - year period
0          1           fischer                          fischer                fischer   fischer , kasparov  fischer , capablanca                       capablanca
1          2           kramnik  kramnik , capablanca , kasparov  capablanca , kasparov   fischer , kasparov  fischer , capablanca                 karpov , kramnik
2          3          kasparov  kramnik , capablanca , kasparov  capablanca , kasparov           capablanca               kramnik                 karpov , kramnik
3          4         botvinnik  kramnik , capablanca , kasparov                smyslov  kramnik , botvinnik              kasparov               smyslov , kasparov
4          5        capablanca                 karpov , smyslov              botvinnik  kramnik , botvinnik      karpov , smyslov               smyslov , kasparov
5          6            karpov                 karpov , smyslov                kramnik              smyslov      karpov , smyslov                          fischer
6          7     smyslov , tal             botvinnik , alekhine                 karpov      karpov , lasker   botvinnik , spassky  botvinnik , spassky , petrosian
7          8     smyslov , tal             botvinnik , alekhine       spassky , lasker      karpov , lasker   botvinnik , spassky  botvinnik , spassky , petrosian
8          9         petrosian                            anand       spassky , lasker     alekhine , anand                 anand  botvinnik , spassky , petrosian
9         10              euwe                    tal , spassky                  anand     alekhine , anand    lasker , petrosian                            anand
10        11           spassky                    tal , spassky              petrosian  petrosian , spassky    lasker , petrosian                              tal
11        12  alekhine , anand                    lasker , euwe         tal , alekhine  petrosian , spassky        tal , alekhine                alekhine , lasker
12        13  alekhine , anand                    lasker , euwe         tal , alekhine           euwe , tal        tal , alekhine                alekhine , lasker
13        14            lasker                        petrosian                   euwe           euwe , tal                  euwe                             euwe
14        15            morphy                           morphy                 morphy             steinitz              steinitz                         steinitz
15        16          steinitz                         steinitz               steinitz                    -                     -                                -

Table as JSON:
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