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Checkmate1995
Apr 25, 2010
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Who do you think is the greatest chess player of all time ?

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odessian
Apr 26, 2010
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#2

Kasparov

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ClemsonTiger
Apr 27, 2010
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#3

Bobby Fischer

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ninevah
Apr 27, 2010
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#4

The villain from one of the Bond's movies.

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drheinouship
Apr 27, 2010
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#5

bobby fischer

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barrelproof
Apr 28, 2010
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#6

I'd second Sultan Khan. To be unaware of the international rules of the game (he played chess according to Indian rules which are vastly different), not literate, and the best hope of getting any information was from people who would be his opponents - and as yet, a grandmaster-strength player who even bested Capa once! Such a phenomenon has never been seen before, or since.

Of course, my other choice would be Paul Morphy. If it took the great Steinitz 15 years of effort to unravel the ideas behind Morphy's games - that ought to be sufficient indication of how far advanced a player Morphy was.

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General_Dreedle
Apr 28, 2010
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#7
ninevah wrote:

The villain from one of the Bond's movies.

 It was "From Russia with love".

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ilikeflags
Apr 28, 2010
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#8

PrawneatsPrawn

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Kupov3
Apr 28, 2010
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#9
tonydal wrote:

Sultan Khan

Pfffft, that coolie?

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jchurch5566
Apr 28, 2010
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#10

Bobby Fischer

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DuJurk
Apr 28, 2010
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#11

Mikhael Tal

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mkchan2951
May 4, 2010
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#12

bobby fischer

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rookatchess
May 4, 2010
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#13

Karpov

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bjazz
May 4, 2010
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#14

I'm having a deja vu of some sort. I thought we discussed this earlier... Hmm. Well, I vote for HAL-9000 (a bit of a cheater, but aren't they all)