who do you think is the best chess player of all time?

"Capablanca v anyone today? Easy"

How easy was it against Alekhine 90 years ago?

Capa vs. Fischer?? hm.. great endgame skills . I am not sure who wins??

Fischer once said in response to the claim that Capa had studied 200 rook endgames, if he really studied 200 rook endgames, he studied the wrong ones! Alekhine showed that Capa's technique deserted him when his opponent fought hard for every move, game after game. Fischer seemed to get stronger when his opponent fought harder.

Capablanca's great skill wasnt really in pure technique. It was in recognizing which positions were winning long before his opponents did.Capa did win some truly memorable endgames, but I'd rate Fischer far ahead of Capa in just about every phase of the game, especially the endgame. 

Staunton is the GOAT brahs followed by Draw master Anish girly.

Whatever is the best computer program at the moment is the best, until beaten by a human, ANY human.

Just as a forklift is the best weightlifter!

Not only is this and others that claim engines are the best players boring, it's also wrong. 

Engines are not self-aware, and therefore don't understand that they are playing. Therefore, they are disqualified from the start because they aren't players. But even when engines do become self-aware, the question will still refer to human players by common inference.

Tell it to Kasparov.

I can't decide between Gaios Nigalidze and Zurab_Azmaiparashvili. They are both great chess players from Georgia.

Bump, also Carlsen

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Five years later, Carlsen is the only player over 2800, is the only player ever to hold the blitz, rapid and classical titles at the same time, is the current holder of the triple crown, had the highest individual rating in history and the highest sustained (5years) rating in history.

Carlsen has clearly surpassed Kasparov not only as the best ever, but also as the greatest ever.

BUMP

Tal