comparison of top chess players throughout history 

Statements about this table:
mikhailbotvinnik , 2871 , be the 1 - year peak with anatoly karpov , 2821 , as the 10 - year peak
emanuel lasker , 2809 , be the 20 - year peak with emanuel lasker , 2816 , as the 15 - year peak
bobby fischer have a 5 - year peak of 2841 and rank 5th compare to emanuel lasker 's 1 - year peak of 2863
mikhail botvinnik , 2871 be the 1 - year peak with anatoly karpov , 2821 as the 10 - year peak for rank number 3
in rank 3 , emanuel lasker , 2809 be the 20 year peak with his 15 year peak at 2816
emanuel lasker , 2809 be the 10 - year peak with emanuel lasker , 2816 as the 15 - year peak
the lowest rank of 15 - year peak bobby fischer , 2841 be 6
mikhail botvinnik , 2871 be the 10 - year peak with anatoly karpov , 2821 as the 20 - year peak
rank
1 - year peak
5 - year peak
10 - year peak
1
bobby fischer , 2881
garry kasparov , 2875
garry kasparov , 2863
2
garry kasparov , 2879
emanuel lasker , 2854
emanuel lasker , 2847
3
mikhail botvinnik , 2871
josé capablanca , 2843
anatoly karpov , 2821
4
josé capablanca , 2866
mikhail botvinnik , 2843
josé capablanca , 2813
5
emanuel lasker , 2863
bobby fischer , 2841
bobby fischer , 2810
6
alexander alekhine , 2851
anatoly karpov , 2829
mikhail botvinnik , 2810
rank
15 - year peak
20 - year peak
1
garry kasparov , 2862
garry kasparov , 2856
2
anatoly karpov , 2820
anatoly karpov , 2818
3
emanuel lasker , 2816
emanuel lasker , 2809
4
josé capablanca , 2798
alexander alekhine , 2781
5
alexander alekhine , 2794
viktor korchnoi , 2766
6
mikhail botvinnik , 2789
vasily smyslov , 2759