| Gunsberg 2005-02-03, 3:45 am |
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Taylor Kingston wrote:
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> Gunsberg wrote:
> would
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> Petrosian at his peak might be higher than you think.
Actually, I think quite highly of Petrosian. However, after he
defended his World Championship title agains Spasskey in 1966, I don't
believe that he is considered to have achieved his best results. For
much of that period, he seemed to be past his peak.
I don't have his complete record from the 1966-1969 period, but here
are his major results:
6th behind Spassky and Fischer at the Piatgorsky Cup, Santa Monica
1966. Beat Spassky to retain the title at Moscow 1966 (+4 -3 =17).
Made a 50% score on first board at the Club Team Championship Moscow
1966 beating Botvinnik in the process.
11th after Stein and Smyslov at the Alekhine Memorial, Moscow 1967.
4th after Korchnoi and Spassky at Palma de Mallorca 1968.
Lost his title to Spassky at Moscow 1969 (+4 -6 =13).
http://www3.sympatico.ca/g.giffen/playersKe-P.html
He had some
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> excellent results in Soviet Championships, generally the strongest
> tournaments going back then. Elo's "The Rating of Chessplayers Past &
> Present" (1978) gives the following "best 5-year average" ratings for
> these players:
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> Botvinnik: 2720
> Petrosian: 2680
> Spassky: 2680
> Geller: 2655
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> For Fischer, Korchnoi and Larsen, he does not give a 5-year peak,
just
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> their ratings as of 1-1-1978: Fischer 2780, Korchnoi 2665, Larsen
2620.
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> Elo does not give the dates for each player's peak period, making it
> hard to compare, especially since of these he omits Spassky, Geller,
> Korchnoi and Larsen from his time-line graph on pages 88-89, which
> shows Petrosian #1 as of 1961 but being surpassed by Fischer as early
> as 1963. One can be guided somewhat by their years of birth:
Botvinnik
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> 1911, Geller 1925, Petrosian 1929, Korchnoi 1931, Larsen 1935,
Spassky
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> 1937, Fischer 1943.
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