Who is the GOAT of chess?
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GM_Atharva_Bhaip
Dec 26, 2024
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For me it's Bobby Fischer aka Robert James Fischer. He was the only American person who faced against a whole system of USSR. He gave us 2 greatest chess game ever played. He also created chess 960 also known as Fischer's Random. He also explained the true of chess right now which is too bad as Computers are more advanced, Chess is all about memorization. He said.
Dec 26, 2024
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Bobby fischer he was performing at 2895 performance while everyone else was playing like 2500s or 2600s
It's none other than PC Morphy. The opera house game is the greatest chess game ever played between two humans.
Jan 1, 2025
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Grand_Mister wrote:
It's none other than PC Morphy. The opera house game is the greatest chess game ever played between two humans.
A good chess game requires both players to play well. The Duke was playing at an elo of probably 1000.
Jan 1, 2025
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Don't think this question can really be answered...only way to do a true comparison is to somehow get every great player (including those who did not become a world champion) transported into today's times and give them the same access to databases, chess engines, chess playing websites and internet. I imagine most of the prior great players would have become grandmasters in their early teens instead of 18 and above and would have been exposed to far more games at a younger age today.
insane wrote:
Grand_Mister wrote:
It's none other than PC Morphy. The opera house game is the greatest chess game ever played between two humans.
A good chess game requires both players to play well. The Duke was playing at an elo of probably 1000.
Agreed the opponent was at a level much below PC but then again we cannot transport today's ratings to those times. For those times it was still stunning to pull it off like that. Sacrificing a piece was probably unheard of in those times and PC sac'd 3 including his queen to deliver the coolest checkmate ever.
MervynS wrote:
Don't think this question can really be answered...only way to do a true comparison is to somehow get every great player (including those who did not become a world champion) transported into today's times and give them the same access to databases, chess engines, chess playing websites and internet. I imagine most of the prior great players would have become grandmasters in their early teens instead of 18 and above and would have been exposed to far more games at a younger age today.
Just based on raw talent and the era in which they all played, PC is the best ever. You just have to look at how insanely he dominated the field and with so much ease. What makes it even more interesting is that he was a casual player who was professionally practicing law while his peers were damn serious about the game. Staunton who was touted the greater player back then ran away from the contest looking at how easy he was butchering everyone else.
Jan 3, 2025
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I think Morphy, Tal, Nezhmetdinov or Kasparov. Someone along those lines.
If to pick only one, I think I'll go with Kasparov.
Jan 3, 2025
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You just have to look at how insanely he dominated the field and with so much ease.
Oh yeah, that's why he was afraid to defend his title in order to quit chess being undefeated. Lol.
Oh yeah, that's why he was afraid to defend his title in order to quit chess being undefeated. Lol.
Idk for me maybe Magnus Carlsen
umm ofc bobby my man
Bobby Fischer
