Most consecutive tournament wins

15 Kasparov - USSR ch. Frunze 1981 shared with Psakhis, Bugojno 1982, Moscow Interzonal 1982, Niksic 1983, Brussels 1986, Brussels SWIFT 1987 shared with Ljubojevic, Amsterdam 1988, Belfort World Cup 1988, USSR ch. Moscow 1988 shared with Karpov, Reykjavik World Cup 1988, Barcelona World Cup 1989 shared with Ljubojevic, Skellfetea World Cup 1989 shared with Karpov, Tilburg 1989, Belgrade 1989, Linares 1990

9 Karpov - Tilburg 1977, Bugojno 1978 (Cat.14) shared with Spassky, Montreal 1979 (Cat.15) shared with Tal, Waddinxveen 1979, Tilburg 1979 (Cat.15), Bad Kissingen 1980 (Cat.15), Bugojno 1980 (Cat.15), IBM Amsterdam 1980 (Cat.14), Tilburg 1980 (Cat.15)

8 Fischer - U.S. ch. 1966-7, Monte Carlo MON Mar.-Apr. 1967 1st ahead of Smyslov Geller and Larsen, Skopje-Krusevo CZE Aug. 1967 1st ahead of Geller and Matulovic, Netanya ISR June-July 1968, Vinkovci Sep. 1968, Rovinj Zagreb Apr.-May 1970 ahead of Smyslov Korchnoi and Petrosian, Buenos Aires 1970, Palma de Mallorca IZ Nov.-Dec. 1970

8 Larsen - Capablanca Memorial, Havana Aug.-Sep. 1967 ahead of Taimanov and Smyslov, Winnipeg Oct. 1967 =1st with Darga ahead of Keres and Spassky, Palma de Mallorca Nov.-Dec. 1967 ahead of Botvinnik and Smyslov, Sousse Interzonal Oct.-Nov.1967 ahead of Korchnoi, Geller and Gligoric, Monaco Apr.1968 ahead of Botvinnik and Smyslov, US Open 1968, Canadian Open 1968, Merrimac Grand Prix 1968

7 Alekhine - Kecskemet 1927, Bradley Beach 1929, San Remo 1930, Bled 1931, London 1932, Berne 1932, Pasadena 1932

7 Kasparov - Wijk aan Zee 1999, Linares 1999, Sarajevo 1999, Frankfurt 1999, Wijk aan Zee 2000, Linares 2000, Sarajevo 2000

7 Botvinnik - Absolute championship, Leningrad/Moscow 1941, Sverdlovsk 1943, USSR championship Moscow 1944, USSR ch. Moscow 1945, Groningen 1946, Chigorin Memorial Moscow 1947, World ch. The Hague/Moscow 1948

6 Tal - Dubna 1973(shared), Hastings 1973/4(shared with Timman, Szabo and Kuzmin), Lublin 1974, Halle 1974, Novi Sad 1974, USSR ch. Leningrad 1974(shared)

6 Karpov - Hannover 1983, Tilburg 1983, Oslo 1984, Philips & Drew London 1984, OHRA Amsterdam 1985

5 Spassky - Moscow Zonal 1964 (Cat. 15) 1st ahead of Korchnoi and Geller, Amsterdam Interzonal May-June 1964 =1st with Tal Larsen and Smyslov, Belgrade Sep.-Oct. 1964 1st ahead of Korchnoi Ivkov and Larsen, Sochi Aug.-Sep. 1965 =1st with Unzicker, Hastings Dec. 1965-Jan. 1966 =1st with Uhlmann