By decade
Below is a list of all the highest-ranked modules by decade.For each decade, the 20 highest-ranking modules in terms of estimated quality (EQ) are listed.
MODULES BY DECADE
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1740s:
1790s:
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1620s:
1740s:
1790s:
1820s:
1830s:
1840s:
| Description | # games | EQ | Size | Pres | An/G | An/% | Filt | Comp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Howard Staunton - Feb-Apr 1846 - Horwitz match | 15 | Low (826) | 2 | 13% |
1850s:
| Description | # games | EQ | Size | Pres | An/G | An/% | Filt | Comp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Paul Morphy - Aug-Sep 1858 | 20 | Low (797) | 2 | 10% |
1860s:
| Description | # games | EQ | Size | Pres | An/G | An/% | Filt | Comp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Louis Paulsen - 1862 | 17 | Low (841) | 2 | 12% |
1870s:
| Description | # games | EQ | Size | Pres | An/G | An/% | Filt | Comp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Adolf Anderssen - 1870 | 8 | Low (875) | OK | 2 | 25% |
1880s:
| Description | # games | EQ | Size | Pres | An/G | An/% | Filt | Comp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Wilhelm Steinitz - Apr-Nov 1883 | 20 | Very high (923) | 2 | 10% | ||||
| 2. | Mikhail Chigorin - Apr 20-May 25 1889 | 13 | Regular (902) | 2 | 15% |
1890s:
| Description | # games | EQ | Size | Pres | An/G | An/% | Filt | Comp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Emanuel Lasker - 1895 | 19 | Very high (927) | 2 | 11% | ||||
| 2. | Emanuel Lasker - 1894 | 12 | Low (881) | 3 | 25% | ||||
| 3. | Siegbert Tarrasch - 1894 | 19 | Low (842) | 2 | 11% |
1900s:
| Description | # games | EQ | Size | Pres | An/G | An/% | Filt | Comp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | José Raúl Capablanca - Jul-Dec 1909 - Casual games in Havana & St. Louis | 6 | High (910) | OK | OK | 2 | 33% | ||
| 2. | Harry N. Pillsbury - 1901 | 6 | Regular (908) | OK | 2 | 33% | |||
| 3. | Oldrich Duras - 1909 | 14 | Regular (905) | 2 | 14% | ||||
| 4. | José Raúl Capablanca - Feb-Jun 1909 | 14 | Regular (899) | 2 | 14% | ||||
| 5. | Dawid M. Janowski - 1903 | 5 | Regular (895) | OK | 2 | 40% | |||
| 6. | Akiba Rubinstein - May-Jun 1907 | 14 | Regular (895) | 2 | 14% | ||||
| 7. | Géza Maróczy - 1904 | 11 | Low (867) | 2 | 18% |
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2020s:
| Description | # games | EQ | Size | Pres | An/G | An/% | Filt | Comp | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Magnus Carlsen - Sep-Oct 2021 | 7 | Excellent (947) | OK | 2 | 29% | |||
| 2. | Magnus Carlsen - 2020 | 8 | Excellent (942) | OK | 5 | 63% | |||
| 3. | Fabiano Caruana - 2020 | 13 | Excellent (942) | 5 | 38% | ||||
| 4. | Magnus Carlsen - Dec 2021 | 4 | Excellent (939) | OK | 2 | 50% | |||
| 5. | Magnus Carlsen - Jan-Aug 2021 | 12 | Excellent (939) | 2 | 17% | ||||
| 6. | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 2020 - Gibraltar & Candidates | 8 | High (915) | OK | OK | 2 | 25% | ||
| 7. | Jan-Krzysztof Duda - 2021 | 17 | Regular (908) | 2 | 12% | ||||
| 8. | Alireza Firouzja - Jan-Oct 2021 | 12 | Low (891) | 2 | 17% |