Carlsen-2961 Kramnik-2868 Kasparov-2816 Fischer-2775 Anand-2759 Karpov-2698 Capablanca-2664 Tal-2636 Spassky-2619 Smyslov-2618 Botvinnik-2602 Euwe-2547 Alekhine-2547 Petrosian-2543 Lasker-2498 Morphy-2409 Steinitz-2323
https://www.chess.com/article/view/who-was-the-best-world-chess-champion-in-history
https://www.chess.com/article/view/should-we-trust-computers
https://www.chess.com/article/view/were-players-in-the-1800s-terrible
Artificial Intelligence to rank chessplayers
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I believe that Caps rating could be changed by new analysis with new AI engines like Alphazero
Any ranking system which runs contrary to known results should be disregarded immediately. For example in the ratings listed above, a 166-point difference between Capablanca and Lasker runs contrary to results which show they were roughly equal over a very long time period. There are other issues with the numbers (Petrosian was objectively better than Tal, Spassky, Smyslov, and Botvinnik), but that one is particularly glaring.
Hi..I think we are going to know much more how do the greatest players ever compare to each other when chess engines / bots like Alphazero or Elf openchess?? or Leela chess zero are going to be applied to judge those players moves like when Guid & Bratko, Sullivan, Riis, Rensch, Alliot, Regan and many others studied using Crafty, Rybka, Houdini or other traditional engines.
This time the analysis is going to deepest, more positional and close to human approach. Maybe this time Morphy, Kasparov, Karpov or Tal rank better. Anyone else expecting new analysis with AI engines?