Who is better Paul Morphy or Magnus Carlsen

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IV1GV

Guys I know it’s hard to say but more like I think,Carlson is worse than morphy cause he lost to 13 yrs old kid.

borovicka75

You cannot draw conclusions from one game. What you can draw conclusions from is match against second best player in the world. Morphy defeated Anderssen 8:3. Carlsen - Caruana was a tie.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Paul Carlsen is best.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

I checked with an engine, and it says Bobby Fischer was best.

Carlsen is only second, Kasparov third.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Bobby Fischer was best.

Phisher, I mean, not Fischer.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Stockfish at 4000 elos is best.

clintonyeboah

morphy is better just watch the oprea game

TheTrueUgospel

Magnus Carlsen

Going_Further

Despite all the chess theory knowledge and science . All you need is a talented kid with a good coach and you wind up with a 2790 16 year old.

Tempetown
clintonyeboah wrote:

morphy is better just watch the oprea game

Murphy is dead. So there's that.

AutisticCath

Comparing people of different eras is misleading at best. Who's better? Roger Staubach or Patrick Mahomes? The latter was playing during a very different offensive-friendly league but clearly has better stats.