Historical Chess Greats Rating Converter
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Paul Morphy (1837-1884)
Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900)
Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941)
José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942)
Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946)
Akiba Rubinstein (1882-1961)
Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934)
Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872-1906)
Frank Marshall (1877-1944)
Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841-1924)
Mikhail Chigorin (1850-1908)
Max Euwe (1901-1981)
Salo Flohr (1908-1983)
Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995)
Vasily Smyslov (1921-2010)
Mikhail Tal (1936-1992)
Tigran Petrosian (1929-1984)
Boris Spassky (1937- )
Bobby Fischer (1943-2008)
Anatoly Karpov (1951- )
Garry Kasparov (1963- )
Magnus Carlsen (1990- )
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