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The most famous chess player to never be world champion?
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Paul Keres? I don't think he won a World championship but is known to beat 9 world champions (or something like that can't quite remember)
Bobby Fischer
DeadlyDirtyDonkey wrote:
Paul Keres? I don't think he won a World championship but is known to beat 9 world champions (or something like that can't quite remember)
Keres never even qualified for a match with the World Champion... although he came second in the Candidates tournament FOUR consecutive times, and on three more occasions was forced to retreat from a qualifying spot because of the "maximum of three players per country" rule then in force.
Keres, along with Bronstein, was certainly one of the "uncrowned kings" of chess.
Although if we are really talking about the most FAMOUS chess player who never became world champion (as opposed to the BEST player), then it would have to be either Napoleon Bonaparte or Albert Einstein.
SNUDOO wrote:
The most famous chess player to never be world champion?
Me?
Yes, ur better than even bluemu
blueemu wrote:
Although if we are really talking about the most FAMOUS chess player who never became world champion (as opposed to the BEST player), then it would have to be either Napoleon Bonaparte or Albert Einstein.
Finally someone agrees with me
AthenaTheChessCub wrote:
SNUDOO wrote:
The most famous chess player to never be world champion?
Me?
Yes, ur better than even bluemu
He can't be more famous than me!... I've got an entry in the Urban Dictionary!
blueemu wrote:
Although if we are really talking about the most FAMOUS chess player who never became world champion (as opposed to the BEST player), then it would have to be either Napoleon Bonaparte or Albert Einstein.
Most famous chess player for their chess accomplishments
Nimzovich
rychessmaster1 wrote:
blueemu wrote:
Although if we are really talking about the most FAMOUS chess player who never became world champion (as opposed to the BEST player), then it would have to be either Napoleon Bonaparte or Albert Einstein.
Most famous chess player for their chess accomplishments
... moving the goal-posts.
blueemu wrote:
rychessmaster1 wrote:
blueemu wrote:
Although if we are really talking about the most FAMOUS chess player who never became world champion (as opposed to the BEST player), then it would have to be either Napoleon Bonaparte or Albert Einstein.
Most famous chess player for their chess accomplishments
... moving the goal-posts.
... ok
AthenaTheChessCub wrote:
for me it's Albert Einstein who reached a peak of 2434 USCF, you can't say that doesn't count
Source? I thought I read he was like 1500
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Itude wrote:
Yes..whatever you say
Maybe they where @ltude?
I am the most famous player never to become world champion.
Just kidding, I'm not even good...
Viktor Korchnoi kinda dope!
And the Bobjogobov guy,
What about Agadmator. He's pretty famous.
HMM...
Welp.
Don't mind me tryna get more ideas.
I think Morphy maybe cuz technically World Champion wasn't a thing.
And that French Bourbannais guy.
Yep, that's my input.
Round_house_kick wrote:
me
Close but its actually me myself and I
Me?
Not quite
but Itude said I was !!!!1!1!!!!1!1