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Magnus Carlson is the best player right now!

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fritz is pretty strong to :)

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just to ad a more serious comment i like to play over games from older generations like karpov or fisher. Before the computer age.

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OMG

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Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami (Persian: احسان قائم مقامی ‎; born January 11, 1982) is an Iranian chess grandmaster (2000).[1] On the September 2011 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2583. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and is currently studying sports management at the University of Tehran. In 2004, he finished first in the Kish GM Tournament.[2] In 2009, he won a 20-game combined match (four classical, four rapid and twelve blitz games) against Anatoly Karpov, played with the proviso that each game be played to mate or dead draw. The overall score was eight wins to Ghaem-Maghami, seven wins to Karpov, and five draws.[3] In 2011, he finished first in the 10th Avicenna International Open Tournament in Hamadan, Iran.[4]

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maryam_asadolah wrote:

Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami (Persian: احسان قائم مقامی ‎; born January 11, 1982) is an Iranian chess grandmaster (2000).[1] On the September 2011 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2583. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and is currently studying sports management at the University of Tehran.

Which I think is probably true

In 2004, he finished first in the Kish GM Tournament.[2] In 2009, he won a 20-game combined match (four classical, four rapid and twelve blitz games) against Anatoly Karpov, played with the proviso that each game be played to mate or dead draw. The overall score was eight wins to Ghaem-Maghami, seven wins to Karpov, and five draws.[3] In 2011, he finished first in the 10th Avicenna International Open Tournament in Hamadan, Iran.[4]

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wesley so the best

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stochfisch is the best computer. fischer the best human player.

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LOL

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maryam_asadolah wrote:

Ehsan Ghaem-Maghami (Persian: احسان قائم مقامی ‎; born January 11, 1982) is an Iranian chess grandmaster (2000).[1] On the September 2011 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2583. He holds a Bachelor of Laws and is currently studying sports management at the University of Tehran. In 2004, he finished first in the Kish GM Tournament.[2] In 2009, he won a 20-game combined match (four classical, four rapid and twelve blitz games) against Anatoly Karpov, played with the proviso that each game be played to mate or dead draw. The overall score was eight wins to Ghaem-Maghami, seven wins to Karpov, and five draws.[3] In 2011, he finished first in the 10th Avicenna International Open Tournament in Hamadan, Iran.[4]

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