lol

5.LASKER 4.TAL 3.PETROSIAN 2.KASPAROV 1.FISCHER

I agree with everyone except Petrosion I think Karpov is better

Edward Lasker?!  This is an outrage!

Yosef Porath, Edward* Lasker, Amos Burn, Tyler Cowen, Darius Swiercz

*yes

Kasparov

Fischer

Capa

Alekhine

Lasker

I gave extra credit for guys that dominated their era over guys that were objectively better players. In other words, mine is a top 5 of historical significance.

Boy, sounds like somebody's a little full of themself...

1. Fischer

2. Alekhine

3. Capablanca

4. Kasparov

5. Botvinnik

Hey, where's your creativity?  It's always the same names over and over again!

Go back to post #73

1.Fischer

2.Kasperov

3.Capablanca

4.Botvinnik

5.Keres

Probably Norman Whitaker, Bobby Fischer, Peter Damiano, Hideki Nakamura (Japan), and DMX (the rapper).

1. GM Shirazi

2. NM Hecky Unding

3. NM Alex Milagrosa

4. NM Edmundo Gatus

5. Lennox Lewis

Yeah, Lewis for sure... forgot about that one.

1. Kasparov

2. Paul Morphy

3. Karpov

4. Fischer

5. Capablanca

1.Ruy López de Segura

2.Jan Timman

3.Alexander Tolush

4.Miguel Najdorf

5.Richard Réti

#205 says it all.

i think it is 

1.garry kasparov 

2.bobby fisher 

3.viswind anand 

4.magnus carlson 

5.emmual lasker 

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