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In 1970, FIDE adopted Elo's system for rating current players, so one way to compare players of different eras is to compare their Elo ratings. The best-ever Elo ratings are tabulated below. As of September 2023, there are 133 chess players in history who broke 2700, and 14 of them exceeded 2800.
Jun 7, 2024 · Comparison of top chess players throughout history. Magnus Carlsen, 2858 (peak years 2013–2021)Garry Kasparov, 2821 (peak years 1993–2001)Bobby Fischer, 2802 (peak years 1970–1972)Ian Nepomniachtchi, 2786 (peak years 2020–2022)Vladimir Kramnik, 2785 (peak years 2000–2007)Viswanathan Anand, 2780 (peak years 2007–2014)Veselin Topalov ...
Oct 12, 2012 · Is there a way to adapt the Elo system to give it historical context or is there a superior way to compare the relative strengths of players throughout history? history rating
As of December 2015, there were 101 chess players in history who broke 2700 and nine of them exceeded 2800. Particularly notable are the peak ratings of Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov , who achieved their peak ratings in earlier years (1972, 1994, and 1999 respectively).
Jan 4, 2023 · The debate picked up some new steam when Jan Gustafsson and Peter Heine Nielsen, the seconds of current world champion Magnus Carlsen, published their ranking of chess players on Chess24 (one...
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Feb 14, 2022 · A player whose rating is 100 points greater than their opponent's is expected to score 64%; if the difference is 200 points, then the expected score for the stronger player is 76%. A player's Elo rating is represented by a number which may change depending on the outcome of rated games played.
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This list of top-ranked chess grandmasters is ordered by their peak Elo rating. The cut-off value is 2700 for men (players with a rating at or above this value are colloquially known as super grandmasters) and 2500 for women.
