Who is the greatest chess player of all time ?? Bobby Fischer ??

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I read in the book Endgame that .Fischer and jack Collins used to go out for Chinese food.  FISCHER ordered chop suey.

 

Yesterday I ate duck for first time.  Do u like duck?

 

Chinese food is hit or miss.  Some places have questionable food.  

I ordered chicken low mein once and i think they gave me cat low mein.

How are asians so thin if they general tso chicken everyday for lunch and dinner in China?

Panda express is tasty too.  Do u agree?

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I like duck when I have hunted it, otherwise there is no mystery in it! The magic is lost...

Chinese don't get fat from Chicken because they don't eat other things with it, like we do. Bread-Sauces-Potatoes e.t.c

I eat chicken with fried rice once in a Chinese snack bar reaustarant. It was the best meal I eat this year. Simple-tasty-healthy. I felt after that could follow thirty moves theory in Najdorf and twenty seven in Gruenfeld. Amazing!

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Capablanca is the GOAT. He is idolized nearly by all top GMs. He is not as flashy as Morphy but usually wins... against top players of his time like Lasker, Nimzovivh, Tartakeover, etc. Morphy did not have tough opposition to show his greatness.

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It is impossible to name just one. Many of them were absolutely great for their respective era. 

 

BTW what means greatest? Strongest? The one who contributed most to the game? The one who had the most beautiful games? Because the answer would be different for each one of those questions. 

 

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Heh. Indeed. I didn't know that little tidbit, greenie, but I'm not surprised. And besides, everybody knows you don't get full on chinese food, right?

  And yeah, it can be hit or miss if you go to Chinatown (as far as ingredients goes) but Panda Express? Of course it's good food.

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Well, I too, am curious about the "fortress" building thing. And no, I haven't checked out any 'secret' YouTube videos. I'm a notorious Fischer advocate and I'm awestruck by this.

As I've often said, or implied, Bobby was an universal player. But then, heh, it's always been known he despised negative or tight positions where the air was thin. Not a wild player but always foremost an active one.

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Bobby Fischer was the greatest!!

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If Fischer was at his peak (1971-72) AND alive today AND allowed to use computers to study (his will to win through preperartion was among the greatest of all time)...he would be tough to beat.

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Bobby Fischer by a million wins
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I simply think that Taimanov, Larsen, Petrosian and Spassky were as great, strong and smart as Fischer in those dayd but Fischer edges them on physical condition. If you're on good physical condition, you'll probably be able to concentrate for hours. I have not analyze those games on engines (I use Komodo 8 for SCID and DroidFish) but I strongly believe I'm right.

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JessieMillano2015 wrote:

.... I have not analyze those games on engines (I use Komodo 8 for SCID and DroidFish) but I strongly believe I'm right.

It's good to have strong beliefs, as long as they're grounded in evidence. Belief before evidence is faith. I prefer to analyse all the evidence to the best of my ability and then come to conclusions.