Who is the greatest chess player of all?

I have discussed this before but I've never gotten a set answer.

You did not get an answer because there is no answer, and stop maikng topics like this.

Stop with this already.

it seems that this topic is posted everyday.

It's akin to, what's the best food?

There is no such thing as a "black and white" answer...

or put it in this way, nothing is in black and white.... you should know, you got it as your name ! lol

it has to be me !, because it only took me 20 years to reach 1700

This has been discussed hundreds of times in this forum, so i am sure that you will find numerous posts if you just do a search in the forum. Anyway i can give you some names of great chess player.

Bobby Fischer and Kasparov is considered to be maybe the two greates chess players ever lived. Ho`s the greates, we can never decide. Other great players is: Tal, karpov, Spassky, Morphy, Capablanca, Nimzovich, Steinitz, Lasker, alekhine, Rubenstein and many many more. Hope this helps you.

I agree, there's no point in making the same post over and over again unless you want to discuss an interesting twist on the question, such as 'What constitutes the 'greatest player'?'

Milan Vidmar

Is that the sort of "set answer" you wanted?

Lol, where did you get dr. Vidmar?

Paul Keres

me

Fischer of course!

Here we go again. Countless lists, suggestions, stats. THERE IS NO BEST. EVERY CHAMPION WAS THE BEST IN HIS TIME!!!!!!

I think John Jones is the best player ever.

Bobby Fischer, no question.

my computer xDDD

Have you people forgot Gary Kasparov and Vishy Anand?

no we haven't

oh. well nobody mentioned them. I just read a lot of Botvinnik and Fischer.

They were the best in that era and Kasparov later on , actually I like all three of them.