whos The Best Chess Player Ever?



I personally really like Tal... by sheer science though I'd say the 'strongest' player ever to play chess is Kasparov.
So in human vs. human battles - Tal
If chess were to ever be 'solved' the best in the 'presolved' era would be Kasparov

If the vote was for who made chess most popular the vote would definately be for Fischer, but the title for best chess player should go to Kasparov.

1.Bobby Fischer
2.Garry Kasparov
3.Alexander Alekhine
4.Jose Raul Capablanca
5.Mikhail Tal
6.Anatoly Karpov
7.Paul Morphy
8.Mikhail Botvinnik
9.Boris Spassky
10.Emanuel Lasker
And????
Well... Topalov would get smashed by Fisher, even by Kasparov in his old age.


Lasker was champ longest
Capablanca had the greatest winning percent
Either Morphy or Tal were the most dominant at their height
Kasparov probably in a complicated position
Petrosian was the one that was hardest to beat (especially in Olympiads)
Alekhine was probably the best when he was sober
But if we are saying the best of the best it has to be Fischer because he took on the whole Russian army and crushed them like a bug. If he had recognized he had severe mental illness and had gotten medicated with therapy, there would be no argument.