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Many chess players will dismiss such comparisons as meaningless, akin to the futile attempt to grade the supreme musicians of all time. But the manner in which Fischer stormed his way to Reykjavik, his breathtaking dominance at the Palma de Majorca Interzonal, the trouncings of Taimanov, Larsen, and Petrosian—all this was unprecedented.
No. 2 (December 2021) Alireza Firouzja (Persian: علیرضا فیروزجا, pronounced [æliːɾeˈzɒː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɒː]; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian and French chess grandmaster. Firouzja is the youngest player to have surpassed a FIDE rating of 2800, beating the previous record set by Magnus Carlsen by more than five months.
Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1970s Country Player Peak rating in 1970s Achieved 1 Bobby Fischer: 2785 1972-07 2 Anatoly Karpov: 2725 1978-01 3 Viktor Korchnoi: 2695 1979-01 4 Boris Spassky: 2690 1971-07 5 Bent Larsen: 2660 1971-07 Mikhail Tal: 2660 1973-07 7 Lajos Portisch: 2650 1973-07 8 Tigran Petrosian: 2645 1972-07 Lev ...
Chess rating system. A chess rating system is a system used in chess to estimate the strength of a player, based on their performance versus other players. They are used by organizations such as FIDE, the US Chess Federation (USCF or US Chess), International Correspondence Chess Federation, and the English Chess Federation.
A total of seven chess players have been the chess world number one on the official FIDE rating list since it was first published in July 1971. [ 1 ] The first world number one, in July 1971, was Bobby Fischer. In January 1976 Anatoly Karpov became the highest-rated player on the FIDE list, FIDE having dropped Fischer (whose rating was higher ...
FIDE rating. 2578 (September 2024) Peak rating. 2604 (September 2023) John Michael Burke (born July 1, 2001) is an American chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM). A chess prodigy, Burke reached an Elo rating of 2603 [1] in September 2015. At the time, this made him the youngest-ever player to reach a rating of 2600 or above.
The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control.
FIDE Master (2015) Peak rating. 2344 (July 2015) Jeffrey William Sarwer (born 14 May 1978) is a Canadian-Finnish (dual citizenship) former child chess prodigy whose charismatic personality and chess talent made him a well-known media figure. His chess career and his family's unconventional lifestyle were the subjects of many articles and TV shows.