Hey, go easy on him, he's from New Zealand! (they have to use subtitles down there).

Many people rate Tal, Fischer and Alekhine etc.  highest because of their dynamic styles that make attractive games. I myself am one of them, my favorite player is Tal. That being said, positional and perhaps better players do not often appear on people's list. I, for one, think that Capablanca should be on the top five on any list. Just something to consider.

My top 5 in no particular order

1. Mikhail Tal

2. Garry Kasparov

3. Jose Raul Capablanca

4. Alexander Alekhine

5. Emanuel Lasker

Whoa, I guess I'm psychic (see #181).

I think:

1. Robert James Fischer

2. Gary Kasporov

3. Boris Spassky

4. Josh Waitzkin

5. Lary Christiansen

Yep, Waitzkin's gotta be there.

morphy--> if he had studied modern chess .. .. .. the "first modern chess player"

fisher

kasparov

Capablanca

carlsen magnus

tal .. a like the chess style ..

Hm, looks like that was a baker's 5.

1. Capablanca

2. Kasparov

3. Karpov

4. Tal

5. Fischer

Chess GOAT = Bobby Fischer

Tennis GOAT = Roger Federer

champions who took  early retire from chess to maintain their greatness  should learn from korchnoi