Who is Best - the final thread

Welcome to the Tournament of Grandmasters!

Once and for all we will be able to answer the question 'Who is the best player ever?' The Tournament of Grandmasters has brought together some of the greatest chess players ever to compete for the title of 'Greatest Player Ever'.

The tournament will feature three rounds in the following format (all time limits will be 30 minutes/game):

Round 1:

• 15 players will be broken down into 3 groups of 5.
• Within each group, players will play each other twice.
• The top two in each group will move on to the next round.

Round 2:

• 6 players who qualified will come together and play a match style format
• Each player will play each other twice.
• The top two finishers will move on to the Championship round.

Championship Round:

• The top two finishers from round 2 will face off against each other in 4 games.
• The winner will be crowned as Best Player Ever!

Here is the break down of the groups:

• Group #1: Anderssen, Chigorin, Capablanca, Korchnoi, Fischer
• Group #2: Steinitz, Lasker, Alekhine, Tal, Karpov
• Group #3: Morphy, Nimzowitsch, Botvinnik, Spassky, Anand

Come place your bets now! Come cheer for your favorite GM! Soon we will all know once and for all - Who is the Best Player Ever!

Game results will be added to this original post. Games will be posted in new posts. Enjoy!

Round 1 Game Results:

• Game #1 - Anderssen vs Chigorin (0.5 - 0.5)
• Game #2 - Steinitz vs Lasker (0 - 1)
• Game #3 - Morphy vs Nimzowitsch (1 - 0)
• Game #4 - Capablanca vs Korchnoi (0 - 1)
• Game #5 - Alekhine vs Tal (1 - 0)
• Game #6 - Botvinnik vs Spassky (0.5 - 0.5)
• Game #7 - Fischer vs Anderssen (1 - 0)
• Game #8 - Karpov vs Steinitz (1 - 0)
• Game #9 - Anand vs Morphy (1 - 0)
• Game #10 - Chigorin vs Capablanca (0 - 1)
• Game #11 - Lasker vs Alekhine (0 - 1)
• Game #12 - Nimzowitsch vs Botvinnik (0 - 1)
• Game #13 - Korchnoi vs Fischer (0.5 - 0.5)
• Game #14 - Tal vs Karpov (0.5 - 0.5)
• Game #15 - Spassky vs Anand (0 - 1)
• Game #16 - Anderssen vs Capablanca (0 - 1)
• Game #17 - Steinitz vs Alkhine (0.5 - 0.5)
• Gamw #18 - Morphy vs Botvinnik (0 - 1)
• Game #19 - Chigorin vs Korchnoi (0 - 1)
• Game #20 - Lasker vs Tal (0.5 - 0.5)
• Game #21 - Nimzowitsch vs Spassky (0 - 1)
• Game #22 - Fischer vs. Capablanca (1 - 0)
• Game #23 - Karpov vs. Alekhine  (0.5 - 0.5)
• Game #24 - Anand vs. Botvinnik (1 - 0)
• Game #25 - Chigorin vs. Korchnoi (0 - 1)

Round 1 Overall Scores (name, total games, score):

Group #1:

• Korchnoi 4 - 3.5
• Fischer 3 - 2.5
• Capablanca 4 - 2
• Anderssen 3 - 0.5
• Chigorin 4 - 0.5

Group #2:

• Alekhine 4 - 3
• Karpov 3 - 2
• Lasker 3 - 1.5
• Tal 3 - 1
• Steinitz 3 - 0.5

Group #3:

• Anand 3 - 3
• Botvinnik 4 - 2.5
• Spassky 3 - 1.5
• Morphy 3 - 1
• Nimzowitsch 3 - 0

Game #1: Anderssen vs Chigorin (0.5 - 0.5)

Game #2: Steinitz vs Lasker (0 - 1)

Game #3: Morphy vs Nimzowitsch (1 - 0)

Smyslov, Petrossian, Kramnik, and Topalov, were passed over for Nimzowitsch, and Anderssen? Hmmm... sad. What the hell, it's your tournament after all Great games in the first round.

yeah some people had to be left out. i made some judgment calls.

So how do you do the games? All your imagination, computer help, none of my business?

i used my wits and i managed to assembly all these amazing players to my house where over the next few weeks they have agreed to play each other for the title of 'Best Player Ever!'

it took a little convincing, but i eventually got them all to agree.

(it's being played out on chessmaster: grandmaster edition.)

Watch out for Alekhine! He may get drunk and wander off.

fischer's been a little rowdy as well.

Game #4: Capablanca vs Korchnoi (0 - 1)

Game #5: Alekhine vs Tal (1 - 0)

Game #6: Botvinnik vs Spassky (0.5 - 0.5)

If a couple of dead certaincys reach the final, will it be a live event?

Will watch with interest, well done!

all games are as live as possible.

Hilarious!

Game #7: Fischer vs Anderssen (1 - 0)

Game #8: Karpov vs Steinitz (1 - 0)

Game #9: Anand vs Morphy (1 - 0)

 I guess Kasparov didn't make the cut either.

I didn't even see that  PROTEST!!!!!!!!!!!

kasparov was sadly unavailable.

Wow that Tal game was bad, and that bishop sac looked more like a fischer bishop sac.