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Who do you think is the best chess player in the universe?

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I think it's Magnus Carlsen. I mean he's amazng

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Modern player I agree, but before Alot to choose from! My vote would be Morphy; maybe Fisher

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Magnus Carlsen!

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In this world--Magnus Carlsen

In the next--Jose Capablanca

In my fantasy world--me

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morphy.

/thread.

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In the universe? Some form of ultra intelligent foreign life I assume, we would have to teach them/it chess first though ;)

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it must be alanmajo125:

Who else could it be?

          Cool

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It could be that 5000 yr old guy from Kooktan14. He has a rating of 894857.

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how do you even get a rating of 894857?

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You get it by being the best and living for 5000 years.

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I'm guessing black's previous move was ...Qd1. So did white miss it or got lost in his calculations and forgot to play Bxe6 first?

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The best chess player WHOEVER EXISTED? Fischer said, It is him! Now go argue with him not with me here or others.Laughing

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Wow, Anand fell into that?  Ouch!

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Sources seem to indicate that the decisive mistake was a move or two before that, when he allowed ...Qd1 to be strong. Indeed, Anand is an aging player.

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FilipinoChess wrote:

The best chess player WHOEVER EXISTED? Fischer said, It is him! Now go argue with him not with me here or others.

"Morphy was probably the greatest genius of them all."

-Bobby Fischer

I am not overlooking the possibility that Fischer meant Morphy was a lesser player but a greater genius...

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AndyClifton wrote:

Wow, Anand fell into that?  Ouch!

Anand is getting old. He needs to retire

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Yeah, the jerk!

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Me

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rite!

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