Cheaters got Caught in Chess

1. Unrated Newcomer, who took the name "John von Neumann" at 1993 World Open
2. Unknown Player, named W.S at 2003 Lampertsheim Open Tournament
3. Unknown Player, rated below 2200 at 2005 HB Global Chess Challenge
4. Umakant Sharma at 2006 Subroto Mukerjee memorial international rating chess tournament
5. Steve Rosenberg at 2006 World open
6. Unknown Player, the team captain of Zoom-AAS, at 2007 Dutch League 2C
7. M Sadatnajafi at 2008 Dubai Open
8. Unknown Player aged 14 years at 2009 Norths Chess Club Centenary Year Under 1600 Tournament

Largest Rating lead

1. Bobby Fischer 2785 - Boris Spassky 2660 ahead by 125 points, July 1972
2. Garry Kasparov 2851 - Viswanathan Anand 2769 ahead by 82 points, January 2000
3. Anatoly Karpov 2725 - Viktor Kortchnoi 2665 ahead by 60 points, January 1978
4. Veselin Topalov 2813 - Viswanathan Anand 2779 ahead by 34 points, July 2006
5. Viswanathan Anand 2792 - Veselin Topalov 2769 ahead by 23 points, July 2007

Longest Games

By moves
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269 I. Nikolic - Arsovic ½-½ Belgrade 1989
237 Fressinet - Kosteniuk 0-1 Villandry 2007, Rapid
227 T. L. Petrosjan - Sammour Hasbun ½-½ Dos Hermanas Blitz, Internet 2007
215 Ivanchuk - Leko ½-½ World Blitz Championship, Moscow 2007
209 Chekhlov - Stavrinov ½-½ Riga, City Ch. 1988
202 Gilgalad - Izit 0-1 ICC team 45 45
200 Wegner - Johnsen ½-½ Gausdal 1991
200 Meiers - Rausis ½-½ Riga, Ch. Latvia 1989
199 T. L. Petrosjan - Milanovic 0-1 Dos Hermanas Blitz, Internet 2005
196 Murey - Rausis ½-½ Paris 1995
196 Smith - Burwick 0-1 Sweden 2007
196 Sargissian - Kurnosov 1-0 Plovdiv, European Championship 2008
194 Martinovsky - Jansa ½-½ Gausdal 1987
194 Nanu - Torrada Quintela ½-½ Spain 2005
193 Stepak - Mashian 1-0 Israel Championship semifinals 1980
192 Asfora - Calçado 1-0 Bebedouro 1991
191 Pilnik - Czerniak ½-½ Mar del Plata 1951
191 Seirawan - Xu ½-½ Thessaloniki 1988

Perfect Scores

in Tournaments
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1. Gustav Neumann at Berlin in 1865 (34/34)
2. William Pollock at Belfast 1886 (8/8)
3. Emanuel Lasker at New York in 1893 (13/13)
4. Henry Atkins at Amsterdam 1899 (15/15)
5. José Raúl Capablanca at New York in 1913 (13/13)
6. David Janowski at Paris in 1914 (9/9)
7. Alexander Alekhine at Moscow in 1919-20 (11/11)
8. Boris Kostic at Hastings 1921-22 (7/7)
9. Vera Menchik at Women's WCC tournaments at Prague 1931 (8/8)
10.Vera Menchik at Women's WCC tournaments at Folkestone 1933 (14/14)
11.Vera Menchik at Women's WCC tournaments at Warsaw 1935 (9/9)
12.Vera Menchik at Women's WCC tournaments at Stockholm 1937 (14/14)
13.William Lombardy at World Junior Chess Championship, at Toronto in 1957 (11/11)
14.Bobby Fischer at the US Championship of 1963/64 (11/11)
15.Alexander Beliavsky at Alicante in 1978 (13/13)

in Matches
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1. Howard Staunton over Daniel Harrwitz in 1846 (7/7)
2. Wilhelm Steinitz over Joseph Henry Blackburne in 1876 (7/7)
3. José Raúl Capablanca over Boris Kostic in 1919 (5/5)
4. Bobby Fischer over Mark Taimanov in 1971 (6/6) (QF Candidates Match)
5. Bobby Fischer over Bent Larsen in 1971 (6/6) (SF Candidates Match)

Highest Elo ratings achieved

Men
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1. Garry Kasparov 2851
2. Veselin Topalov 2813
3. Vladimir Kramnik 2811
4. Viswanathan Anand 2803
5. Alexander Morozevich 2788
6. Vassily Ivanchuk 2787
7. Magnus Carlsen 2786
8. Robert James Fischer 2785
9. Anatoli Karpov 2780
10. Peter Svidler 2765
11. Levon Aronian 2763
12. Peter Leko 2763
13. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2760
14. Teimour Radjabov 2760
15. Dmitry Jakovenko 2760
16. Alexey Shirov 2755
17. Michael Adams 2755
18. Sergei Movsesian 2751
19. Alexander Grischuk 2748
20. Gata Kamsky 2745

Women
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1. Judith Polgar - 2735 (Jul-2005)
2. Koneru Humpy - 2622 (Jul-2008)
3. Hou Yifan - 2590 (April-2009)
4. Susan Polgar - 2577 (Oct-2005)
5. Xie Jun - 2574 (Jan-2008)
6. Stefanova Antoaneta - 2560 (Jan-2003)
7. Cramling Pia - 2550 (Oct-2008)
8. Maia Chiburdanidze - 2550 (Oct-2000)
9. Zhu Chen - 2548 (Jan-2008)
10. Dzagnidze Nana - 2541 (April 2009)
11. Sofia Polgar - 2540 (Dec-1999)
12. Kosteniuk Alexandra - 2540 (Apr-2006)
13. Muzychuk Anna - 2540 (Jan-2009)

Youngest Grandmasters

by Year and Age
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1. David Bronstein, Soviet Union in 1950, 26 years
2. Tigran Petrosian, Soviet Union in 1952, 23 years
3. Boris Spassky, Soviet Union in 1955, 18 years
4. Bobby Fischer, United States in 1958, 15 years, 6 months, 1 day
5. Judit Polgár, Hungary in 1951, 15 years, 4 months, 28 days
6. Péter Lékó, Hungary in 1994, 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
7. Etienne Bacrot, France in 1997, 14 years, 2 months, 0 days
8. Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukraine in 1997, 14 years, 0 months, 17 days
9. Bu Xiangzhi, China in 1999, 13 years, 10 months, 13 days
10. Sergey Karjakin, Ukraine in 2002, 12 years, 7 months, 0 days

before their 15th birthday:
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1. Sergey Karjakin, Ukraine 12 years, 7 months, 0 days
2. Parimarjan Negi, India 13 years, 4 months, 22 days
3. Magnus Carlsen, Norway 13 years, 4 months, 27 days
4. Bu Xiangzhi, China 13 years, 10 months, 13 days
5. Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijan 14 years, 0 months, 14 days
6. Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukraine 14 years, 0 months, 17 days
7. Wesley So, Philippines 14 years, 1 month, 28 days
8. Etienne Bacrot, France 14 years, 2 months, 0 days
9. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France 14 years, 4 months
10. Péter Lékó, Hungary 14 years, 4 months, 22 days
11. Hou Yifan, China 14 years, 6 months, 2 days
12. Yuriy Kuzubov, Ukraine 14 years, 7 months, 12 days
13. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, Vietnam 14 years, 10 months
14. Fabiano Caruana, Italy 14 years, 11 months, 10 days

Top 5 Unbeaten Streaks

1. Mikhail Tal - 95 Games, October 1973 - October 1974
2. Mikhail Tal - 86 Games, July 1972 - April 1973
3. Wang Yue - 85 games, March 2008 - December 2008
4. Vladimir Kramnik - 82 Games, January 1999 - July 2000
5. Jose Raul Capablanca - 63 Games, February 1916 - March 1924