who the greatest chess player?

I'm wondering of who is the greatest chess player of all time. Could you guys give me your opinion.

 i'd say garry kasparov.

Bobby Fischer .. Hands down

either Paul Morphy or Capablanca... they were decades ahead of their peers even bobby fischer said "they were the greatest chess players of all time and if they were around now they would defeat everybody hands down"...

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Capablanca was nicknamed "The Chess Machine" because even great players felt he was unbeatable. But, Tal could qualify if only he played more games. He could conjure up sacrifices when no one would even think of them.

 thanks hic2482w for the info.

i have recently been reading about the cuban jose raul capablanca.

i must say that he was quite impressive.

capablanca kicked ass all over the chess board!

what a player!

i also read about bobby fischer.

he was great also.

thankyou El_Gremio i agree with you.

I think Paul Morphy was probably the greatest chess player

i say topalov and xie

 thankyou for both of your opinions

This forum thread has a lot of discussion on the issue, plus links to other threads on the subject too:

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/who-is-the-greatest-bobby-or-garry

My choice:  Fischer!

 thanks for your opinion Niven42, I agree with fisherI will go on that website.

As the absolute greatest, I'd choose Kasparov. However, when Fischer still played, he was much better than any other player. He was dominating chess even more than Kasparov did. It's a tough decision but I'll choose Kasparov.

hmm, interesting choice chAmPheSs

based on my definition of great i think that there were and are two players tied for the greatest.  Tal for his creativeity and Kramnik because he beat Kasparov.  No offence Kasparov lovers but the guy is not my favorite and i like the games when he gets beat.

kasparov or ficher

Eh... Sorry to burst your bubbles, but it has to be me! Have you not seen my rating?

 lol " ya lilybetrice, you have such a high rating"