who is the greatest chess player in the history???
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Bobby Fischer?
Carlsen-2961 Kramnik-2868 Kasparov-2816 Fischer-2775 Anand-2759 Karpov-2698 Capablanca-2664 Tal-2636 Spassky-2619 Smyslov-2618 Botvinnik-2602 Euwe-2547 Alekhine-2547 Petrosian-2543 Lasker-2498 Morphy-2409 Steinitz-2323
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Mar 1, 2018
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#4
playing accuracy: Carlsen.
Talent: Debatable but i'd say Jose Raul Capablanca.
Creativeness: Rashid Nezhmetdniov or Tal.
I think gray kasparov is the greatest chess player
Mar 5, 2018
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#6
Pillsbury. He played great chess in spite of syphilis eating up his brain.
Mar 5, 2018
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#7
Smellfungus wrote:
Pillsbury. He played great chess in spite of syphilis eating up his brain.
He had an insanely good memory.
GMAbhishekpodishetty пишет:
Capa.
Bobby Fischer?
I'd like to say Kasparov but then Lasker comes to mind 28 years world champion unbelievable! but Gary 20 years wow
Vishy Anand is only player... who was 5 times world champion 
bahubali371 wrote:
Vishy Anand is only player... who was 5 times world champion
Lasker was 6-time undisputed world champion. Botvinnik was 5-time undisputed. Kasparov and Karpov were both 6-time champions, but some of their titles were during the FIDE-classical split (as was 1 of Anand's).
Mar 22, 2018
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#13
- the germans held the olympics to show the world they were the master race - the russians tried that with hockey - and with chess - bobby fischer bestest them - he will be my all time chess hero forever - he was there when the free world needed him
eugenio torre
"GOAT" , (for anyone who doesn't know,) stands for: Greatest Of All Time
Btw, the question, who is the greatest player in history, is very difficult to answer.
Btw, the question, who is the greatest player in history, is very difficult to answer.
Morphy, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Petrosian, Fischer, and Kasparov are all worthy of consideration. Hard to say who was best among them.
Lasker and Capablanca were contemporaries, but while Capablanca lost less often and was better in match play, Lasker won much more and was better in tournament play. Alekhine was a clear step below the two of them until he added hypermodern elements to his game, at which point he was at least even with them.
Fischer and Petrosian were near-contemporary, but due to Soviet shenanigans, we didn't get to see them play head-to-head much while Petrosian was still at his peak.
As for Morphy and Kasparov, neither of them had reasonably close rivals during their respective peaks.