So, then, when were players overall stronger than Carlsen, Anand, Kramnik, Aronian, Radjabov, Karjakin, Caruana, Ivanchuk, Topalov, et al, ever active?
1) 1890-1910 era: Lasker, Janowski, Marshall, Blackburne, Teichmann, Burn, Duras, Maroczy, Schlechter, Charousek, Tarrasch, Chigorin
2) 1950-1965 era: Botvinnik, Bronstein, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Keres, Geller, Gligoric, Korchnoi, Larsen
Sorry, neither is even close.
But thanks for playing, and do enjoy our Home Version™ as a consolation prize!
I am fully entitled to disagree with your absurd & unfounded claims and write my own.
P.S.
Or do you seriously believe Carlsen can play chess better than Philidor?
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