Top 10 attacking players.

I think we need to give TetsuoShima his own "I love Fischer" forum where he can feel perfectly free to keep posting strings ofconsecutive posts without anyone even responding in between...but without spamming threads that are not actually all about Fischer.   It happens every time.

Fischer's games/style are my favorite, too, but come on.

TAL is the best attacker,then topalov and shirov 

NEZHMEDINOV that's a good one and easily forgotten. Nez smashed Tal on several ocassions; in fact he had plus score on him if I remember correctly. Here are some quotes from other leading GMs on Nez:

"Nobody sees combinations like Rashid Nezhmetdinov." Mikhail Botvinnik

"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

btickler wrote:

I think we need to give TetsuoShima his own "I love Fischer" forum where he can feel perfectly free to keep posting strings ofconsecutive posts without anyone even responding in between...but without spamming threads that are not actually all about Fischer.   It happens every time.

Fischer's games/style are my favorite, too, but come on.

Oh so i should ignore smyslov Trolling?

Ofc Fischer was an attacking Player, no1 would ever doubt that

6. Ivanchuk

7. GSHAPIROY!! 

A great game! Not seen it before, and since the last Dortmund tournamnt it looks like Mickey isn't far past his best as you put it! My favourite attacking game of his was when he played Jaan Ehlvest earlier this year at gibraltar - the first time I had ever really taken an interest in high-level chess:

Adjusted to game because the puzzle is too hard!

Judit Polgar. :)

Oops sorry! And I was so impressed with myself that I was able to upload a game in the first place - oh dear.

I think Morphy was one of the greatest attacking players ever. I wish he wouldn't have stopped playing to please his Mother (thats my own personal opinion on why he stopped playing publicly and professionally). BatGirl has some very interesting articles on Mr. Morphy. He could play against anyone of his time.

I also think Karpov was a great player period. All facets of the game. I liked Spassky as well. Of course you can't forget Kasparov, possibly the greatest player of all time. There are numerous other great attacking players, Fischer, etc. but those above are my favorites.

As good as Morphy was, the most boring modern positional player would probably look like a tactical monster against most of his opponents.

well your comparing apples to oranges. Lol. If Morphy lived in today's time, he probably (key word here)  would still blow them away, how would he stack up to Kasparov (its all conjecture).

He also did play skilled players of his time. We also have to remember it was a different time, and era. Civil war etc. Morphy was a great player period, in my opinion, and he will always remain my favorite player of all time, even if others disagree.

Morphy was a genius not only in Chess but in his studies as well. He had the thick Lousiana Law Code volume memorized and could recite articles from it word for word. He earned his law degree in 2 years; as opposed to the standard 4 year duration for most.

Morphy excelled at the open game and his attacks were based on rapid and efficient development. Piece play was his game and he outwitted his opponents in combinations. In selecting winning mating combinations, he would often choose the one which brought most of his pieces in to play - even if it was a longer way to victory. His opening reportoire as White supports his preference for the open game; mainly King's and Evans' Gambits.

Morphy was a master taking advantage of immediate and short-term advantages VS long-term advantages found in the styles of positional players. In fact, Morphy had the toughest battles against positional players.

Morphy came from a wealthy and educated family of high standing. Some stated he did not study chess; but that is not the case. Morphy had the means and time to obtain lots of literaraly material - or any material for that matter. As confirmed in Kasparov's My Great Predecessors I - Morphy studied Philodor's works, chess articles, and was familiar with most if not all of Adolf Anderssen's games.

Nimzo morphy met positional Players?

@ TetsuoShima

Morphy did in fact meet some strong positional players. Most of his stronger opponents were in Europe. The game I'm thinking of was against some British Master. There is an excellent book on Morphy I recommend - Paul Morphy: A Modern Perspective by a Swiss author Valeri Beim. It is hard to find and out of print but may be found used on some book sites. The book focuses on games where his opposition was very strong (Master strength) and excludes all games he played at odds.

Louis Paulsen was a contemporary of Morphy's, and faced him in the final of the first American Chess Congress of 1857, before Paulsen had achieved his full strength.  Paulsen believed in the chances of the defender in gambit openings, and tried to hold onto the two bishops in his games.  He is often seen as an important forebear of Steinitz's theory.

Daniel Harwitz tended to play closed openings more than many players of that time.  It can also be argued that Anderssen chose strange openings against Morphy in order to move the game into more positional channels, since Morphy was so obviously better in the open games.

Yes! Paulsen another great player who developed many modern opening systems. Paulsen like Morphy seemed to be from the future when it came to their style of play. They were both way ahead of their time. Surprisingly I have not seen a good book about him or his theories. Paulsen was one of the first to play the Sicilian Dragon and fianchetto his bishops. The Paulsen variation of Sicilian is yet another great development; there are many more for which Paulsen should be given proper credit for.

I am also a big fan of Adolf Anderssen. Anderssen was deemed the strongest player in Europe and later the world after Morphy retired from Chess. Anderssen was very much tactical and liked open Games like Morphy. Known as the Master of Attack his games often had spectacular sacrificial attacks and mates. 

As White he started the game with 1.a3 later transposing to a Sicilian Najdorf with colours reversed. Against Morphy that was too slow; he later stopped playing 1.a3 and played for the open game with King's Gambit.

After his match loss to Morphy he was asked why he did not play his regular attacking game against Morphy. He replied something like - 'It's not that I did not play attackingly against Morphy, but that Morphy himself did not let me..." Anyway Anderssen had lots of respect and praise for Morphy - before and after the match.

In no particular order: Kasparov (known for being a calculating monster), Morphy (know for his rapid, dynamic development and swift combos), Tal (known for his sacrificial attacks), Bent Larsen (Known for the mase thing as Tal), Efim Geller (Known for always chasing a win), Alekhine (known for astonishing combinations), Rashid Nezhmetdinov (known for the same as Alekhine), Paul Keres (when he was younger he was a really aggressive player - he got more positional as he got older), Frank Marshall (known for always chasing the win) and Alexi Shirov (known for operating on a tactical level most GMs don't even understand)

While there are some players on this list that aren't always regarded as the 'best' players EVERYONE on this list is known for going after thier opponent from move 1. Moreover, few of them played wild gambits or risky openings. Instead they would aim to set thier opponents problem after problem, move after move. Most of thier opponents would just crumble under the tactical pressure. Thats why I've chosen whom i have.

definitely Judit Polgar. Right up there with best attacking players of all time. thank you Zebra.

my list is as follows...

1.MIKHAIL TAL

2.DAVID BRONSTEIN

3.EFIM GELLER

4.ROBERT FISCHER