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Oh fek! Doesn't work.
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Re2+ oh shet he can take it
Bent Larsen, most crooked player ever.
I agree about Bent Larsen - he experimented much with openings (1.f4, 1.b3, ...) and there are some famous games, where he showed just amazing tactical ideas. But the question is hard to answer as I believe there have been a lot of original players, but not all of them was successful, so we would need to restrict the question to the most original from the elite players or the most original and strong player. Why not Fisher then again?
PS. the puzzle above is tricky indeed.
I think you'd have to look to the great original thinkers of old: Philidor, Steinitz, Nimzowich, etc. Their style of play was completely unique at the time.
Another one candidate: Vaselin Topalov - sometimes he loses in such a strange way, but he is still in top four, how does he manage to balance his play? For me he is an original player too.
Bronstein. No discussion possible 😊
1. Kxd1 Bxg2 2. Qf2#
1.Kxd1 Qe2+ and no mate at the next move.
Jan 4, 2015
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The thing that bothers me the most is how ppl say Tal didn't calculate all the way....and that he speculated....even he admitted this at times....U know, that some of his play was unsound or not fully worked out.
I say....SO WHAT !....that's what makes chess and players interesting.
Max Lange is one of the most original ones without a doubt; the 'Lunatic' and 'Mad Max' were two of his nicknames. He played one of the most interesting café games where he accepted bets on which squares he would mate and with which piece that were said by obversers.
That's something you don't see nowadays.
He also sacrificed his pieces oftenly without any compensation just to confuse his opponents and make them blunder.
i would have said Tal but reading all the replies has made me see that many of these masters could come very close
Im going to stick with Tal he broke more chess rules than most and still became World Champio ,granted a classical opening style but once his troops were deployed
How could you forget Michael Basman? I believe he made 1. ...a6 playable.
Yep, there was only one Mickey Basman!
Good one malibumike!
Jan 4, 2015
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For me, it's Duncan Suttles. He plays such original subtle openings. Then there is always Henri Grob (Mr. Spike) and Claude Bloodgood (a killer player).
Duncan Suttles,brilliant San Francisco born player who finished 6th in the San Antonio 1972 tournament,ahead of such players as Hort,Larsen,Mecking,D.Byrne,Evans,Browne,etc.
Ivanchuk definitely comes to mind, although he famously tends to pendulate between hyper originality and creativity, and next to none lol.
Morozevich as many players have mentioned is very creative in his general play, as well as famously original in his opening preparation.
Bastiaan makes a good point for nimzowitsch. However, it also raises the issue that playing creatively is much more difficult in modern times with our vastly improved knowledge of chess than it was back in nimzowitsch's day.
Right, LuftWaffles, that's the only move.