Borislav Ivanov
Most overrated player ever?
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Can you tell me where every player in the history of chess is rated first so I have a basis for my answer.
Scottrf wrote:
Can you tell me where every player in the history of chess is rated first so I have a basis for my answer.
sorry, but that is similar to listing the name of everyone in let's say asia
Exactly, so these threads are ridiculous?
Perhaps the answer is that guy in prison who built a crazy rating by playing a closed population.
RJ Fischer
<launches a troll bait, then runs>
Scottrf wrote:
Exactly, so these threads are ridiculous?
Perhaps the answer is that guy in prison who built a crazy rating by playing a closed population.
then I'll put your vote as a Random unknown Person
StMichealD wrote:
Scottrf wrote:
Exactly, so these threads are ridiculous?
Perhaps the answer is that guy in prison who built a crazy rating by playing a closed population.
then I'll put your vote as a Random Person
Probably correct.
Fischer.
Fischer, he would get [watch your language - mod] easily by any of the top 10. Nakamura even said he could beat fischer. When you put fischer's games through an engine you can see how inaccurate he is compared to Carlsen.
Scottrf wrote:
Can you tell me where every player in the history of chess is rated first so I have a basis for my answer.
Is it possible he didn't mean overrated in regards to their ratings? But rather overrated the way sex with hot women is overrated.
Claude Bloodgood. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bloodgood
kleelof wrote:
Is it possible he didn't mean overrated in regards to their ratings? But rather overrated the way sex with hot women is overrated.
Hahaha. Overrated??!
Magnus Carlsen
Napolean Bonaparte
Also Josh Waitzken but that was most likely brought on by his dad writing that book (that the movie Searching for Bobby Fischer was made from) & having it snowball into unrealistic expectations.
Sorry couldn't resist....
I won't speculate on ever, but currently I would say Aronian. He lacks the killer instinct to be anything higher than #2.
Mersaphe wrote:
btickler wrote:
I won't speculate on ever, but currently I would say Aronian. He lacks the killer instinct to be anything higher than #2.
People said the same thing about Anand when Kasparov was still around.
...and he'd still have been #2 if Kasparov had not lost focus in chess and stopped playing ;).
Aronian is in the Timman/Short also-ran category; I won't even give him credit for Korchnoi/Keres territory.
Who do you think is the most overrated player ever? No silly answers like members of this site, non chess players, etc.
Current Poll Results:
Borislav Ivanov: 1
RJ Fischer: 1
Random Unknown Person: 1