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Best Players Of All-time

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  1. Jose R. Capablanca,  Five-year peak:  2898 

  2. (Capa's highest rating was 2921! This leaves one astounded ... and you would probably have to add at least fifty points to get a modern day equivalent!!)  

  3. Robert J. Fischer,  Five-year peak:  2892 

  4. Garry K. Kasparov,  Five-year peak:  2869  

  5. Emanuel Lasker,  Five-year peak:  2863   

  6. Viswanathan Anand,  Five-year peak:  2820  

  7. Mikhail M. Botvinnik,  Five-year peak:  2818  

  8. Alexander A. Alekhine,  Five-year peak:  2812  

  9. Vladimir Kramnik,  Five-year peak:  2811  

  10. Wilhelm Steinitz,  Five-year peak:  2809  
     (Steinitz is on many of the lists that deal with the best players of all time. 
      He once went close to 15 years without losing a game. His TEN-YEAR 
      peak ... no matter whose rating system you use! ... puts him in the top 10.) 

  11. Anatoly E. Karpov, Five-year peak:  2793.  

 

Garry Kasparov and IIyumzhinov is running for the FIDE president seat.
     
 

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