Top 10 Best Tactical Players of All Time

So Topalov cheated his way to a 0-2 start?

What??? Topalov scored 6.5/7 in the first half of the San Luis 2005 event. 

You are mistaken. Either I am blind, or Fisher isn't on the list, not even in honorable mentions! 

1. Carlsen

2. Kaspy

3. Shirov

4. Naka

5. Fischer

6. J. Polgar

7. Hansen

8. So

9. Alekhine

10. Tal

"There's a new book on San Luis which renews the old rumors that Topalov cheated, especially in the first half of the tournament. I remember reading one GM's interview who suggested that Topalov later accused Kramnik of cheating in their match (a patently ridiculous claim when you look at the moves they played) in much the same manner that he had cheated"

The claim that Topalov cheated (no less ridiculous than the claim that Kramnik cheated, at least to me) didn't exactly take into account for example that he played himself into a lost position against Leko before the latter blundered and lost... Topalov was simply the best player in the world in 2005, and also showed many times later that he could play on that level. I think the claims after more or less every event that he won thanks to cheating has never been based on much else than wishful thinking...