Tal appears to have painted the building that Murphy built.
If you could be one of the world chess champions, which would you choose?
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Dec 10, 2023
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Blueemu -- I think Reti would agree with your focus on accuracy. In his book, he mentioned, that Rubinstein always looked for the perfect move. He also thought that the reason for Rubenstein's periodic blunders was that the mental energy always used to find the perfect move may have, at times, depleted his ability to attend the position -- an interesting theory.
I wonder what the perfect tradeoff is between spending time and energy to find the perfect move and making a "good enough move, reserving one's energy. By the way, Vasyl Ivanchuk may have the same problem, although in this case, the problem that he runs into is a time problem. I heard that he lost a whole tournament by timing out each game (and from what I understand it was a tournament with classical time control.)
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#24
Renate-Irene wrote:
Note: I like Tal as well; however, Tal was a World Champion, and Murphy could be considered a WC at his time before the current WC cycle was in place.
Morphy is generally regarded as the strongest player in the world in his own day... and by a wide margin.
The second-or-third best player during Morphy's "miracle year" was Adolf Anderssen, who played a match against Morphy and was afterward quoted as saying:
"Whoever plays Mr Morphy must give up all hope of catching him in a trap"
This comment makes it clear that Anderssen didn't have even the slightest idea why he had lost the match to Morphy. (Catching him in a trap? You don't beat the best player in the world at the time by catching him in a trap!). Anderssen wasn't beaten because Morphy avoided his traps. He was beaten because Morphy had come up with a new doctrine for the Open Game, which was now focused on superior development, center control, and advantages in space and time.
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Murphy was the one who developed new chess concepts. Wilhelm Steinitz consolidated them and was named the father of modern chess.
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#26
It marked a radical change in the style of play at the very top level, though.
It isn't obvious to us nowadays, because people who take or make a "History of the State of the Art" course for chess typically start with Morphy, but the style of play prior to his advent was quite different, and not just in degree but also in kind.
It's called the Romantic style. Attack took precedence over development, whether you were White or Black. Look over Anderssen's two best known games (The Evergreen Game and the Immortal Game). They are easy to find online. They represent the "Baroque" late development of the Romantic school... just before Morphy and Steinitz destroyed it.
Dec 10, 2023
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AturnMarso wrote:
I’d do Magnus.
He is the best chess player
He is the best chess player
If that's true, then you'd like to be the best...🙂
Dec 11, 2023
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#29
Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik[a] (August 17 [O.S. August 4] 1911 – May 5, 1995) was a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster who held five world titles in three different reigns. The sixth World Chess Champion, he also worked as an electrical engineer and computer scientist and was a pioneer in computer chess. He also had a mathematics degree(honorary). Wikipedia
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#30
Botvinnik was the first world-class player to develop within the Soviet Union. He also played a major role in the organization of chess, making a significant contribution to the design of the World Chess Championship system after World War II and becoming a leading member of the coaching system that enabled the Soviet Union to dominate top-class chess during that time. His pupils include World Champions Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. He is often described as the patriarch of the Soviet chess school and is revered for his analytical approach to chess. Wikipedia
One of those still living... I´d say Carlsen, Norway is a beutiful country, almost as good as Sweden.
Dec 11, 2023
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hermanjohnell wrote:
One of those still living... I´d say Carlsen, Norway is a beutiful country, almost as good as Sweden.
Yes..it is a beutiful country
Dec 11, 2023
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#35
mf410827 wrote:
capa blanka
I also always play with blanka sf2.. my wild nature that is
He quickly found the best moves....He had a clear understanding of chess.
Dec 11, 2023
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#36
Honor_Leslie wrote:
Garry Kasparov 😎
To be Kasparov is more than
Being a chess champion.
me
Dec 11, 2023
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Tal or Alekhine. I am unable to understand anything about their games for obvious reasons, but they are the two chess figures who impress me the most reading their biographies and chess deeds. I would very much like, one day, to be able to study their games and understand at least a little their chess thinking.
Dec 11, 2023
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Hoffmann713 wrote:
Tal or Alekhine. I am unable to understand anything about their games for obvious reasons, but they are the two chess figures who impress me the most reading their biographies and chess deeds. I would very much like, one day, to be able to study their games and understand at least a little their chess thinking.
Mikhail Tal "There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine." ―
Tal. I'd love to be able to attack like he did.
Is there anyone who doesn't like Tal?
I played him in 1988 in Saint John NB. in a simul. A draw.
According to your rating, the result was natural.