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Mine is Vishy Anand!!!
Bobby Fischer. Maybe Garry Kasparov.
I like Garry Kasparov. I got his autograph at the Supernations!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got 3.5 out of 7.
I don't think Anand will have his championship title for very much longer, as both Magnus Carlsen and Veselin Topalov are higher rated than him (last time I checked at least).
Once upon a time, my favorite was Paul Morphy, but then I realized that most of the moves that he made wouldn't last 5 minutes in modern chess play. All of his unsound sacrifices just weren't refuted. They could have been, and he would have lost. His opponents were simply too weak. Fischer once said, "Morphy cannot be blamed for his opponents mistakes" though, which I agree with.
All in all, it's going to be between Fischer and Kasparov for first/second, with Karpov at third. I'm gonna go with Fischer at #1. Kasparov made more *correct* moves, while Fischer made *better* moves, if that makes sense. Like, Fischer often gambled with risky moves, but Fischer's gambling was all at the right time & place (and he had excellent intuition), whereas Kasparov doesn't play as many sharp moves, but his moves are generally more accurate.
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UnicornChessman wrote:
I don't think Anand will have his championship title for very much longer, as both Magnus Carlsen and Veselin Topalov are higher rated than him (last time I checked at least).
Once upon a time, my favorite was Paul Morphy, but then I realized that most of the moves that he made wouldn't last 5 minutes in modern chess play. All of his unsound sacrifices just weren't refuted. They could have been, and he would have lost. His opponents were simply too weak. Fischer once said, "Morphy cannot be blamed for his opponents mistakes" though, which I agree with.
All in all, it's going to be between Fischer and Kasparov for first/second, with Karpov at third. I'm gonna go with Fischer at #1. Kasparov made more *correct* moves, while Fischer made *better* moves, if that makes sense. Like, Fischer often gambled with risky moves, but Fischer's gambling was all at the right time & place (and he had excellent intuition), whereas Kasparov doesn't play as many sharp moves, but his moves are generally more accurate.
There really is no point comparing Morphy's moves to modern chess. Take away the computers and legions of seconds,the ability to make a decent living playing top level chess plus all the collected chess knowledge over the last 100 years and the moves from modern chess players would be as error ridden as back in the days ..
That is very difficult to name one player.
My vaforite players are: Morphy , Alechin , Tal , Fischer , Nezhmetdinov , Kasparov.
Nezjmetdinov was not so famous , but he was one of the greatest tactical player . He mostly sacrificed material ( mainly queen ) for receiving attack .
Here is amazing example how was playing Nezhmetdinov:
"Polugaevsky-Nezhmetdinov, 28th RSFSR Championship, Sochi 1958 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.Bd3 Ng4 10.Nge2 Qh4 11.Ng3 Nge5 12.O-O f5 13.f3 Bh6 14.Qd1 f4 15.Nge2 g5 16.Nd5 g4 17.g3 fxg3 18.hxg3 Qh3 19.f4 Be6 20.Bc2 Rf7 21.Kf2 Qh2+ 22.Ke3 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Nb4 24.Rh1 Rxf4!! 25.Rxh2 Rf3+ 26.Kd4 Bg7!! A "quiet" move, threatening 27...b5! and 28...Nec6#. 27.a4 c5+ 28.dxc6 bxc6 29.Bd3 Nexd3+ 30.Kc4 d5+ 31.exd5 cxd5+ 32.Kb5 Rb8+ 33.Ka5 Nc6+ 0-1 Polugaevsky is quoted as saying, "I must have beaten Rashid a dozen times. But that one loss was so good I would have traded them all to be on the other side of the board.""
This is Nezhmetdinov's game against other greatest master of tactics , Tal :
"Nezhmetdinov-Tal, Baku 1961.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O a6 8.f4 Qc7 9.g4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bf3 Nc5 12.Qe2 e5 13.Nf5 g6 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Nh6 Ne6 16.Bg2 Bg7 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Qf2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.e5 Bxe5 22.Re1 f6 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qd4 Kf8 25.Rxe5 Qd8 26.Rf5+ gxf5 27.Qxh8+ Ke7 28.Qg7+ Ke6 29.gxf5+ 1-0"
Quotes about Nezhmetdinov from greatest chess players:
"Nobody sees combinations like Rashid Nezhmetdinov." Mikhail Botvinnik
Nezhmetdinov is "the greatest master of the initiative." Lev Polugaevsky
"His games reveal the beauty of chess and make you love in chess not so much the points and high placings, but the wonderful harmony and elegance of this particular world." Mikhail Tal
"Rashid Nezhmetdinov is a virtuoso of combinational chess." David Bronstein
Bronstein also wrote that Nezhmetdinov was "a fantastic mathematician."
I have too many to count, but it'd be cliche to say I just love all masters of chess. It is, perhaps, better to say that I like all the masters in chess, but there are levels to how much I like them! Three for the top, for their quotations as well as play, are Savielly Tartakower, Mikhail Tal, and Viktor Korchnoi. Another three for their incredible play would be Robert James Fischer, Garry Kasparov, and Anatoly Karpov. But still there are more, for their contributions to theory, like Wilhem Steinitz, Aron Nimzowitsch, and Siegbert Tarrasch. Yet, the list goes on...
UnicornChessman wrote:
I don't think Anand will have his championship title for very much longer, as both Magnus Carlsen and Veselin Topalov are higher rated than him (last time I checked at least).
Once upon a time, my favorite was Paul Morphy, but then I realized that most of the moves that he made wouldn't last 5 minutes in modern chess play. All of his unsound sacrifices just weren't refuted. They could have been, and he would have lost. His opponents were simply too weak. Fischer once said, "Morphy cannot be blamed for his opponents mistakes" though, which I agree with.
All in all, it's going to be between Fischer and Kasparov for first/second, with Karpov at third. I'm gonna go with Fischer at #1. Kasparov made more *correct* moves, while Fischer made *better* moves, if that makes sense. Like, Fischer often gambled with risky moves, but Fischer's gambling was all at the right time & place (and he had excellent intuition), whereas Kasparov doesn't play as many sharp moves, but his moves are generally more accurate.
Lol, what are you talking ? Just because tapolav and Carlsen have better rating doesn't make Anand can't defend the title or he is worse than them.
Cystem_Phailure wrote:
A redhead I met in the Full Moon bar in Ann Arbor. I never asked what her name was . . .
--Cystem
Lol
Chronologically: Morphy, Capablanca, Euwe (for his great books rather than his games), Tal, Fischer, Kasparov, Anand, Carlsen.
I see everyone has a different taste for grandmasters. Corus sounds like a good tourney to track.
Ron Weasley
The question, I believe, is who is your favorite chess player, not necessarily the best.
I admire both Morphy and Spassky, both for their sportmanship and manners as well as their abilities.
I admire Lasker for having maintained his championship longer than any other World Champion.
And I admire the Polgar sisters - Judit, for being the strongest female player to date, and Szusza (Susan), for beating nearly all of the strongest contemporary players and devoting her life to the popularization and teaching of chess.
Going to have to go with Aron Nimzovitch. When I was a noob scholastic player back in the 90s I was walking through Borders and saw a copy of "My System" on the clearance rack - bought it for 4 bucks. Totally changed my perspective on the game - even though I didn't understand some of what he was saying. Granted he has lots of oddities, strange mannerisms, and somewhat ostentatious writing (even for the time)... but his work changed my game for the better.
Not to mention that his games are entertaining, to say the least.
Other than him, it would have to be Yasser Seirawan and Jeremy Silman - 2 of the best teachers I have ever read on the game.
Tal Shaked was also a huge inspiration - he was making big news when I was a teenager, and inspired me to work on my game alot then, too.
@ the OP: what's with the overuse of question and exclamation marks? Any more than 3 is superfluous.
My faves: Larsen, Capablanca, Anderssen, Stein, Geller, Ólafsson, Timman, Ståhlberg, Keres.
Seirawan also comes across as a decent guy, as well as a great player.
anatoly karpov
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