From: wall@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Major William D. Wall)
Subject: Re: Past Chess Champions vs Present Day (Kasparov)
Organization: NAS, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 05:57:38 GMT


   PEAK RATINGS OF GRANDMASTERS OVER 2600 (Jan, 1993)   - compiled by Bill Wall

                                YEAR                            RATING    PEAK
 NAME                   COUNTRY IGM   BORN        DIED        FIDE  PEAK  YEAR

KASPAROV, GARY          RUSSIA  1980  1963.04.13              2805  2805  1993
FISCHER, ROBERT         USA     1958  1943.03.09              2780  2785  1972
KARPOV, ANATOLY         RUSSIA  1970  1951.05.23              2725  2755  1989
CAPABLANCA, JOSE        CUBA    ----  1888.11.19  1942.03.08        2725  1927
BOTVINNIK, MIKHAIL      RUSSIA  1950  1911.08.17              2505  2720  1948
LASKER, EMANUEL         GERMANY ----  1868.12.24  1941.01.11        2720  1909
IVANCHUK, VASSILY       UKRAINE 1988  1969                    2710  2720  1992
ANAND, VISWANATHAN      INDIA   1988  1969.12.11              2710  2710  1993
SHIROV, ALEXEY          LATVIA  1990                          2670  2710  1992
TAL, MIKHAIL            LATVIA  1957  1936.11.09              2565  2705  1979
GELFAND, BORIS          B-RUSS  1989                          2690  2700  1991
KORTCHNOI, VICTOR       SWITZ   1956  1931.03.23              2615  2695  1981
SPASSKY, BORIS          FRANCE  1955  1937.01.30              2560  2690  1969
SMYSLOV, VASSILY        RUSSIA  1950  1921.03.24              2535  2690  1957
ALEKHINE, ALEXANDER     FRANCE  ----  1892.10.31  1946.03.24        2690  1931
MORPHY, PAUL            USA     ----  1837.06.22  1884.07.10        2690  1858
KRAMNIK, VLADIMIR       RUSSIA                                2685  2685  1993
SHORT, NIGEL            ENGLAND 1984  1965.06.01              2655  2680  1992
TIMMAN, JAN             NETH    1974  1951.12.14              2635  2680  1990
PETROSIAN, TIGRAN       USSR    1952  1929.06.17  1984.08.13        2680  1963
RESHEVSKY, SAMUEL       USA     1950  1911.11.26              2415  2680  1953
BRONSTEIN, DAVID        RUSSIA  1950  1924.02.19              2460  2670  1951
KERES, PAUL             USSR    1950  1916.01.07  1975.06.05        2670  1948
BAREEV, EVGENY          RUSSIA  1989  1966.11.21              2670  2670  1992
YUSUPOV, ARTUR          RUSSIA  1980  1960.02.13              2645  2660  1990
FINE, REUBEN            USA     1950  1914.10.11                    2660  1938
GEORGIEV, KIRIL         BULG    1985  1965.11.28              2660  2660  1993
SALOV, VALERY           RUSSIA  1986  1964.05.26              2660  2660  1993
BELIAVSKY, ALEXANDER    RUSSIA  1975  1953.12.17              2640  2655  1988
PORTISCH, LAJOS         HUNGARY 1961  1937.04.04              2600  2655  1979
GELLER, EFIM            RUSSIA  1952  1925.03.02              2525  2655  1962
AZMAIPARASHVILI, ZURAB  GEORGIA 1988  1960.03.16              2655  2655  1993
KAMSKY, GATA            USA     1990                          2655  2655  1992
GUREVICH, MIKHAIL       BELGIUM 1986  1959.02.22              2620  2650  1991
EHLVEST, JAAN           ESTONIA 1987  1962.10.14              2625  2650  1991
BOLESLAVSKY, ISAAC      USSR    1950  1919.06.09  1977.02.15        2650  1950
EUWE, MAX               NETH    1950  1901.05.20  1981.11.26        2650  1935
STEINITZ, WILLIAM       USA     ----  1836.05.17  1900.08.12        2650  1886
YUDISAN, LEONID         RUSSIA  1990  1959.08.08              2645  2645  1991
SPEELMAN, JONATHAN      ENGLAND 1980  1956.10.02              2610  2645  1988
SOKOLOV, ANDREI         RUSSIA  1984  1963.03.20              2605  2645  1987
VAGANIAN, RAFAEL        ARMENIA 1971  1951.10.15              2585  2645  1986
LJUBOJEVIC, LJUBOMIR    YUGO    1971  1950.11.02              2600  2645  1983
LAUTIER, JOEL           FRANCE  1990  1973.04.12              2645  2645  1993
KHALIFMAN, ALEXANDER    RUSSIA  1990                          2630  2640  1991
ANDERSSON, ULF          SWEDEN  1972  1951.06.27              2605  2640  1983
HUEBNER, ROBERT         GERMANY 1971  1948.11.06              2620  2640  1981
LARSEN, BENT            DENMARK 1956  1935.03.04              2560  2640  1968
RUBINSTEIN, AKIBA       POLAND  1950  1882.10.12  1961.03.15        2640  1912
SOKOLOV, IVAN           BOSNIA  1987  1968.06.13              2640  2640  1993
POLUGAEVSKY, LEV        RUSSIA  1962  1934.11.20              2635  2640  1992
MECKING, HENRIQUE       BRAZIL  1972  1952.02.02              2605  2635  1976
TOPALOV, VESELIN        BULGARI                               2635  2635  1993
HANSEN, CURT            DENMARK 1985  1964.09.18              2620  2635  1992
RIBLI, ZOLTAN           HUNGARY 1973  1951.09.06              2610  2630  1988
NIKOLIC, PREDRAG        BOSNIA  1983  1960.09.11              2630  2630  1988
PILLSBURY, HARRY        USA     ----  1872.12.05  1906.06.17        2630  1900
ADAMS, MICHAEL          ENGLAND 1989  1971.11.17              2630  2630  1993
AGDESTEIN, SIMEN        NORWAY  1985  1967.05.15              2630  2630  1993
EPISHIN, V              RUSSIA  1990                          2620  2630  1992
DREEV, ALEXEI           RUSSIA  1989  1969.01.20              2625  2625  1991
NUNN, JOHN              ENGLAND 1978  1955.04.25              2600  2625  1988
KAVALEK, LUBOMIR        USA     1965  1943.08.09              2550  2625  1974
HJARTARSSON, JOHANN     ICELAND 1985  1963.02.08              2625  2625  1993
GULKO, BORIS            USA     1976  1947.02.09              2610  2625  1993
DAUTOV, RUSTEM          RUSSIA  1990                          2625  2625  1992
PIKET, JEROEN           NETH    1989  1969.01.27              2620  2625  1992
LOBRON, ERIC            GERMANY 1982  1960.05.07              2620  2625  1992
CHRISTIANSEN, LARRY     USA     1977  1956.06.27              2620  2625  1992
DOLMATOV, SERGEI        RUSSIA  1982  1959.02.20              2610  2620  1990
HORT, VLASTIMIL         CZECH   1965  1944.01.12              2540  2620  1977
TAIMANOV, MARK          RUSSIA  1952  1926.02.07              2500  2620  1970
STEIN, LEONID           USSR    1962  1934.11.12  1973.07.04        2620  1970
MAROCZY, GEZA           HUNGARY 1950  1870.03.03  1951.05.29        2620  1906
PSAKHIS, LEV            RUSSIA  1982  1958.11.29              2555  2615  1982
SMEJKAL, JAN            CZECH   1972  1946.03.22              2535  2615  1976
NIMZOVICH, AARON        LATVIA  ----  1886.11.07  1935.03.16        2615  1926
YERMOLINSKY, ALEXANDER  USA                                   2615  2615  1992
CHERNIN, ALEXANDER      HUNGARY 1985  1960.02.06              2600  2610  1991
LPUTIAN, SMBAT          RUSSIA  1984  1958.02.14              2565  2610  1989
SEIRAWAN, YASSER        USA     1980  1960.03.24              2605  2610  1988
SAX, GYULA              HUNGARY 1974  1951.06.18              2605  2610  1988
MILES, ANTHONY          USA     1976  1955.04.23              2585  2610  1984
ROMANISHIN, OLEG        RUSSIA  1976  1952.01.10              2610  2610  1978
BOGOLJUBOV, EFIM        GERMANY 1951  1889.04.14  1952.06.18        2610  1928
TARRASCH, SIEGBERT      POLAND  ----  1862.03.05  1934.02.17        2610  1908
DORFMAN, IOSIF          FRANCE  1978  1952.05.01              2610  2610  1992
VYZMANAVIN, ALEXEY      RUSSIA  1989  1960                    2605  2605  1991
CHANDLER, MURRAY        ENGLAND 1983  1960.04.04              2575  2605  1988
GHEORGHIU, FLORIN       ROMANIA 1965  1944.04.06              2495  2605  1980
BYRNE, ROBERT           USA     1964  1928.04.20              2465  2605  1973
BALASHOV, YURI          RUSSIA  1973  1949.03.12              2580  2600  1980
KUZMIN, GENNADY         RUSSIA  1973  1946.01.19              2535  2600  1974
GLIGORIC, SVETOZAR      YUGO    1951  1923.02.02              2455  2600  1970
OLAFSSON, FREDRIK       ICELAND 1958  1935.01.26              2485  2600  1969
KHOLMOV, RATMIR         RUSSIA  1960  1925.05.13              2445  2600  1963
SZABO, LASZLO           HUNGARY 1950  1917.03.19              2460  2600  1956
AVERBAKH, YURI          RUSSIA  1952  1922.02.08              2440  2600  1954
KOTOV, ALEXANDER        USSR    1950  1913.08.12  1981.01.08        2600  1952
NAJDORF, MIGUEL         ARGEN   1950  1910.04.15              2460  2600  1947
FURMAN, SEMYON          USSR    1966  1920.12.01  1978.03.17        2600  1947
FLOHR, SALO             USSR    1950  1908.11.21  1983.07.18        2600  1937
VIDMAR, MILAN           YUGO    1950  1885.06.22  1962.10.09        2600  1926
SCHLECHTER, CARL        AUSTRIA ----  1874.03.02  1918.12.27        2600  1910
DURAS, OLDRICH          CZECH   1950  1882.10.30  1957.01.05        2600  1908
BERNSTEIN, OSSIP        FRANCE  1950  1882.10.02  1962.11.30        2600  1907
CHIGORIN, MIKHAIL       RUSSIA  ----  1850.11.12  1908.01.25        2600  1889
ZUKERTORT, JOHANNES     POLAND  ----  1842.09.07  1888.06.20        2600  1886
ANDERSSEN, ADOLF        GERMANY ----  1818.07.06  1879.03.13        2600  1851
AKOPIN                  ARMENIA                               2600  2600  1992
ILLESCAS-CORDOBA, MIGUE SPAIN   1988  1965.12.03              2600  2600  1992
OLL, L                  ESTONIA 1990                          2600  2600  1992
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