Kasparov had an amazing tournament record but he played surprisingly low number of tournaments. Carlsen plays much much more number of tournaments compared to Gary and still got an amazing score.
I think you are confusing Kasparov with someone else. He played all the top tournaments, and won almost all of them.
Maybe you counted all the meaningless online tournaments for Carlsen? I don't know.
I'm not. Kasparov played much less tournaments than Magnus. Last year for instance Magnus played 11 . Show me a year Kasparov played that much. Kasparov never played more than 4 , later only 1 in a year perhaps. And when you play so less it's easier to maintain quality as I said already. And I'm not considering Magnus' online tournaments.
I'm not. Kasparov played much less tournaments than Magnus. Last year for instance Magnus played 11 . Show me a year Kasparov played that much. Kasparov never played more than 4 , later only 1 in a year perhaps. And when you play so less it's easier to maintain quality as I said already. And I'm not considering Magnus' online tournaments.
Last year Magnus played only one tournament (Norway Chess) plus the Olympiad, and skipped all the others. He plays mostly rapid and blitz tournaments, but those are almost meaningless.
I'm not. Kasparov played much less tournaments than Magnus. Last year for instance Magnus played 11 . Show me a year Kasparov played that much. Kasparov never played more than 4 , later only 1 in a year perhaps. And when you play so less it's easier to maintain quality as I said already. And I'm not considering Magnus' online tournaments.
Last year Magnus played only one tournament (Norway Chess) plus the Olympiad, and skipped all the others. He plays mostly rapid and blitz tournaments, but those are almost meaningless.
Of course you have to include rapid and blitz especially nowadays. Kasparov played in a different era when rapid and bltz weren't popular like today but now rapid and blitz are just as important. Moreover it's about who's the best chess player, so one must include all formats. As long as it's a FIDE sanctioned event there's no denying it.
Carlson is better than Kasparov in terms of quality and playing.
Carlson is better
Next step: learn what his name is.
Always tough as different eras. No one played like GK and no one played like MC. Mentally GK could crush you with a move and made sure you knew that it was solid and painful. MC mentally plays reeling you in the same time like he's going after a big fish
.... edit MC baits you he has a wide range of board skills that are not matched. GK was that beast with a thousand eyes.
Seriously? You support the guy and you don't even know his name? Tough love.
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Kasparov had an amazing tournament record but he played surprisingly low number of tournaments. Carlsen plays much much more number of tournaments compared to Gary and still got an amazing score. When you play less it's easier to maintain quality since you have time for preparation, but when someone is playing continuously and yet winning all without fail, I feel that's more impressive. Also Carlsen sometimes plays weird opening moves against his opponents like h5, a6 etc and yet manages to win. Gary on the other hand relied deeply on opening preparation. Magnus plays pure chess and doesn't rely on preparations to outclass his opponents. Also in World Championships Magnus lost lesser number of games. So for me Magnus. Sorry for the long answer. It's my first.