Krammnik vs. Capablanca Who do you think would win ???

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chessmaster102

I always see Fischer vs. Kasparov topics but to be honest I've always felt that Krammnik to be better than Kasparov and Capablanca to be stronger than Fischer so I think these to would make for a better match up. Kramnik beat Kasparov without losing a single game in a WC match and to this day maintains his level of play at the most very elite even after all those years (top 5 still !!) Capablanca does the same feat of winning without a single loss in his world championship match against someone who held the title for longest years thus far and perhaps ever ! (Lasker 27 years) and when using computers to evaluate the skill of players in that day Capablanca was #1 (Crafy was used which not being a super computer caused doubt) even having a estimated rating above 2800 according to chess metrics and lets not forget his long streak of not losing a game and the most top level of chess over 8 years (63 games). Even now as im typing this I find it so odd that no one has said anything about these 2. Anywa who would win in a match ??

Ziryab

Capablanca would crush Krammnik, but might have more difficulty against Kramnik.

chessmaster102

I was typing fast please just ignore the misspelled =)

Ziryab

You are inviting sloppy, ill-considered responses with your sloppy question. Nor do I believe that a typo repeats itself with the sort of consistency exhibited here. The typo, it would seem, is in the third instance, when you accidentally spelled Kramnik's name correctly.

ViktorHNielsen

Depends on how to play the match.

Time machine, Cabablanca appears, match began: Kramnik will win.

Simply because Cabablanca is 70 years behind in how chess is played. He doesn't know about Exchange Sacrifices, computers, refuted openings.

 

Time Machine, Cabablanca appears 3 years before the match, he prepares and understands chess again: Kramnik will win

Because? Cabablanca was too lazy 

Legally-Blonde
chessmaster102 wrote:

Anyway who would win in a match ??

If it's the best of 24, i'd just like to see how the first few games go before making a prediction. Also, is Capablanca being transported into the 21st century, is Kramnik being sent back in time or are they both being beamed to a neutral venue ?

TheGreatOogieBoogie

Kramnik is hip on bleeding edge theory and modern training methods so it isn't a fair comparison. 

Legally-Blonde

If he was transported to 1990, he'd have time to acclimatise.

fabelhaft

Kramnik would beat Capablanca considerably easier than Alekhine did.

TheBlueKnight9

Kramnik would win.

Legally-Blonde

Capablanca's 2800+ evaluations don't cut no ice with the chess.com posse.

The_Aggressive_Bee
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Mandy711

Capablanca is the most easy going chess greats. He would not stand a chance against Kramnik. Capablanca is gifted with chess talents but he would preferred to enjoy other things in life than give his life to chess.

Ziryab

Kramnik's strength rests on lessons from Capablanca. If they had been born at the same time and had equal opportunities, the match would be a toss up. However, today's top players are vastly stronger than yesterday's. Even Fischer could not make the top ten today with the skills that he had in 1972.

Radical_Drift
SupremeOverlord wrote:

Capablanca is extremely overrated and a terrible player.

Your average modern IM would dominate him

Thanks for the laugh. I needed it.

DrCheckevertim
ViktorHNielsen wrote:

Simply because Cabablanca is 70 years behind in how chess is played. He doesn't know about Exchange Sacrifices

...wha??

pdve

capablanca would win easily. have you seen his damn games?

InfiniteFlash

I'm going with Kramnik.

Likhit1

Kramnik.Capablanca or any other old GM would get crushed like flies by the top players of today.

pdve

in terms of pure talent capablanca beats kramnik. in terms of opening theory and preparation, kramnik is obviuosly superior.