The Best Player Never to Become World Champion?
" Would his family and friends say that they were complicit in the corruption of a child? "
His father and uncle were chess players. His uncle especially encouraged him and even advertised (to no avail) for opponents with stakes. They didn't see it as corrpution at all. Thinking about chess sans voir and training such as a professional would - which is the topic in discussion - aren't in the least similar.
The contemporary accounts are from those who knew Paul best, such as Charles Maurian, his friend and school mate. Also according to Maurian, Morphy only possessed 5 chess books and Morphy himself claimed he never read an instructional book that told him anything he didn't already know through reasoning. Morphy had no need for a pocket set. I've never researched it, but I can't recall having seen, or read about, a pocket set from that era.
One can believe whatever one wants to imagine, disregard what facts we know and create something that fits one's own ideas. I'd rather put stock in things with some basis.
Just counting the 3 years peak of the ELO points is not the correct solution for determining who was the best player ever not becoming worldchampion. Because there is an inflation of ELO points during the decades and centuries. So you first have to make a correction for the inflation to find the correct answer to that question. But Korchnoi is still a very good candidate, among others...
no; the best player is best at the moment he wins but he can't win all times because relativity so the notion of best player is relatived to time and it can be handled by the most improved player throught one time (sorry if my english is not so good).
Pillsbury is one of those great players who had tremendous potential. In his case, his personal life ruined any chance he may have had to become world champion.
I would say Paul Keres. He used to be called "The Crown Prince of Chess." He won the AVRO tournament in 1938, and thus he could challenge A.Alekhine to the world champion match. But the match couldn't be played, because next year the war broke out, and shortly after the war Alekhine died. I believe Keres could have a solid chance.
Komodo.
Even with an initial letter that gives it much higher chance of becoming a world champion, it is rightly permanently banned.
Pillsbury is one of those great players who had tremendous potential. In his case, his personal life ruined any chance he may have had to become world champion.
Could it be said that Pillsbusry was the first chess playa?
Pillsbury is one of those great players who had tremendous potential. In his case, his personal life ruined any chance he may have had to become world champion.
Could it be said that Pillsbusry was the first chess playa?
He definitely liked his brothels.
Mortuus,
Keres was tied with Fine. They both deserve consideration. Fine thought of himself as a World Champion and I agree. He was conspired against. Keres was never going to be allowed to play, so the title belonged to Fine.
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