Carlsen wouldn't be nearly 2900 in the 19th century.
He is closing in on 2900 buddy. Already 2882 since his last tournament.
I guess the idea here is to use the DeLorean to kidnap baby Carlsen and find a 19th century home for him. Do we have much data on the result of that sort of experiment?
Seems a pretty definitive answer. Thanks for posting it.
Interesting the progression through 80s 90s 00s with ratings pushing alongside development of computers. Very logical.
In the delorean world I'd say fisher stands out above as his peak preceeded computer revolution and he is 2.5% and 100 points above spassky his predecessor.
Also kasparov and carlsen stand out vs prior champion.
So best player ever is fisher or kasparov or carlsen... Who knew 
Seems a pretty definitive answer. Thanks for posting it.
Interesting the progression ...
In the delorean world I'd say ...
As yet, I do not think that funding has been approved for DeLorean testing of the CAPS numbers. Anyway, here is a link for the article:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/who-was-the-best-world-chess-champion-in-history
Morphy is barely a GM? 
GM titles were not being given out back then.
Anderssen had no ideas, but was a master of the unsound attack in a day when no one knew how to defend. ...
https://www.chess.com/article/view/adolf-anderssen-mr-slice-and-dice
https://www.chess.com/article/view/adolf-anderssen-more-slicing-and-dicing
In order to try to avoid too much confusion, I should perhaps explicitly explain that this thread is just a sideshow to discuss some aspects of the commentary at the other thread.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/greatest-chess-master-in-history-relatively?page=78
I have nothing against this sort of comment here, but it has to be admitted that there will probably be more attention there.
I somewhat disagree that Murphy was the best chess master in history, but you prove a valid point. We own many modern day techniques to him. He was the first "great" chess player, but not the best chess player. But he certainly helped our modern day chess era start.
All hail the king!
Murphy's Law dominates my games.
Had he not been forced into early "retirement" then Borislav Ivanov might've been the best ever. He was on his way to the top until his jealous haters targeted the poor innocent lad. Now look at him, poor thing.............
In order to try to avoid too much confusion, I should perhaps explicitly explain that this thread is just a sideshow to discuss some aspects of the commentary at the other thread.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-players/greatest-chess-master-in-history-relatively?page=78
I have nothing against this sort of comment here, but it has to be admitted that there will probably be more attention there.
... you prove a valid point. ...
Who is "you"? Was this comment posted here by mistake?
Is there a reason to believe that CAPS can predict what Morphy could gain from 21st century chess knowledge after climbing out of the DeLorean?