what was the video about??
who is the best chess player of all time?
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Eseles wrote:
Kasparov laughing
i forgot it was his birthday here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPyN0tbV7y4
Yereslov wrote:
falcogrine wrote:
Yereslov wrote:
falcogrine wrote:
"In the opening no intelligence is required."
that made my day just now.
Of course no intelligence is required. It's all memorization, unless one veers off.
It's not my fault lower intellects like you can't grasp something so simple.
Become a grandmaster, or at least higher rated than me, before pretending that you know more about chess and opening theory. And since when is memorization not an example of intelligence? Additionally, if your opponent plays anything slightly different, you need intelligence to know what to do then. How many possible positions are possible after 1 move? 5? 10? Try and memorize them all.
I am higher rated than you.
no, by about 400 points in bullet (all I play now), and I'm still ahead even in time controls I almost never played. I looked up the USCF rating of your name, and the one result that came back was 500 points below mine. lol
Yereslov wrote:
falcogrine wrote:
Yereslov wrote:
falcogrine wrote:
"In the opening no intelligence is required."
that made my day just now.
Of course no intelligence is required. It's all memorization, unless one veers off.
It's not my fault lower intellects like you can't grasp something so simple.
Become a grandmaster, or at least higher rated than me, before pretending that you know more about chess and opening theory. And since when is memorization not an example of intelligence? Additionally, if your opponent plays anything slightly different, you need intelligence to know what to do then. How many possible positions are possible after 1 move? 5? 10? Try and memorize them all.
Honestly, why would it matter how many potential moves there are?
If you remove the dubious and losing moves, you are left with very few options.
You need intelligence to exploit dubious moves, even with rote memorization of book moves. Without intelligence, you would not be able to even memorize the book moves, let alone capitalize on a dubious sideline.
carlsen
Apr 13, 2013
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#148
Fisher is greatest because he did it on his own. Carlsen had Kasparov giving him homework assignments. Karpov, Kasparov and that ilk had the best players in the world prepping them for games and matches. Back then when games were adjourned, Fisher was up all night studying and others had analysis handed to them after a full nights sleep. Fisher had Lombardy! There was a recent article in Chess Life discussing a loss Fisher had in a game against a Soviet Player. Fisher was in the US and the Soviet was in Cuba. The night before Smyslov prepared the line for the Soviet who spent the night getting drunk. The Soviet played a "brilliant inovation" and won. He late admitted that he remembered Smyslov told him the sacrafice worked, so he took it on faith and played it.
The Soviets often did not need to work very hard as their games were sometimes pre-arranged. Being able to save ones strength is a benefit that could not be under valued.
Nakamura is like Fisher in that it really seems that he has not had the benefit of super strong trainers to learn from. He just does not have Fisher's talent.
Bronstein, none shares his brilliance
landwehr wrote:
Bronstein, none shares his brilliance
His head is really shining! 
TheBigDecline wrote:
Tal and Radjabov are my favorites.
The best chess player isn't even human, lol!
Why Radjabov?
DEEP BLUE
Apr 14, 2013
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#153
Computers aren't players. They aren't allowed to participate in Candidates' tournaments, don't have official FIDE ratings, and don't feel pressure.
I think Mikhail Tal. Mikhail Tal loved Attacking style. This was the first game that striked my mind:
hello i am new to this website.
hi. if i were you, i'd stay away from the forums and just play chess
i got addicted to the forums
Paul Morphy
Fischer
As far as best as in played the best moves I think Kramnik.
There have been attempts to use computers to determine this but I am not sure how well they worked out the kinks. Capablanca did amazingly well according to computers as well.
I haven't really followed much after Carlsen's rise to the top spot so maybe he is now.
man i cracked laughing with that video, why did you delete it?
oh, maybe it was out of topic