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Who was the all time best
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There used to be a guy in my chess club who has never once lost a fair game of chess.
I nominate him.
Alekhine No1 of all time for sure ,have you read his books wow & such cool comments he was a genius.
Bobby Fischer
Alekhine's My Best Games of Chess 1908-1923 is a masterpiece, However his sequel My Best Games of Chess 1924-1937 is a potboiler, hastily written (most of it done blindfold from memory) and full of errors.
Fezzik wrote:
Soldier, I love Alekhin's chess, but you should be aware that several of the games he put in his best games collection didn't occur the way he "remembered" them. Still, My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937 is one of my favorite, most beat-up books.
I still think Alekhine was the best ,although Dr.Emanuel Lasker could be considered I have a book by him & it is excellent.
fischer ,no doubt
Yea - I don't think Nimzowitsch wrote huge amount of books, but what he wrote was very good indeed (although I read only My system).
Are you a teacher?
echecs06 wrote:
Most prolific chess author, Nimzovich by a mile. At the chessboard, it's much more difficult to select between Fischer, Kasparov, and Lasker(for his longevity).
What about Euwe ?
Euwe was the most under rated .
I don,t have any of his books yet.Lasker was a good authori have a book he wrote .
@ SOLDIERPIPER As also a veteran I am curious to know why your date of birth is miss- stated,seems people do this as some kind of wry joke but it doesn't always work that way.?
Well whats your ideas on that ?
Left guessing, I guess.Please excuse my commenting, there have been so many conflicts in the period and dob info does give some possible clues.
Euwe wrote some very good books. I like his two volume set on the middlegame and think there arent any better middlegame books out there......
Ali