whos The Best Chess Player Ever?

Here is an interesting interview by Vladimir Kramnik where he pointed out all the strong points and weaknesses of the 13 chess world champions.

http://www.kramnik.com/eng/interviews/getinterview.aspx?id=61

1. Kasparov

2. Fischer

3. Capablanca

4. Karpov

5. Botvinnik

6. Tal

7. Petrosian

Let's see what Carlsen will achieve, his place is to be clear in upcoming 10 years

 Alekhine is one of only a few world champions that has a life time result better than 70% and he isn't on your list ?!  He was also Russian which make his omission by you eve more strange.

I'd like to think, not that Fischer puke.

Sorry, I simply forgot about Alekhine. I think he is number 5 or 6

Ms. Pickleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

BOBBY FISCHER is and will always be the greastest.

[After 1.e4] "I think Black can resign now." - Bobby Fischer

Why did Anand beat him in the 2010 World Championships and why is Magnus Carlsen the number 1 player in the world? If Topalov is, as you say, "by far the best player" why isn't he the reigning champion? Why isn't he number 1 in the World? And why is he threatening to pull out of the canidates tournament?  He is a great player, but by far the best? NO!!!

Kasparov

At 13, he won a brilliancy that became known as the Game of the Century. Starting at age 14, he played in eight United States Championships, winning each by at least a point. At 15½, he became both the youngest Grandmaster and the youngest Candidate for the World Championship up until that time. He won the 1963–64 US championship 11–0, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. In the early 1970s he became the most dominant player in modern history—winning the 1970 Interzonal by a record 3½-point margin and winning 20 consecutive games, including two unprecedented 6–0 sweeps in the Candidates Matches. According to research by Jeff Sonas, in 1971 Fischer had separated himself from the rest of the world by a larger margin of playing skill than any player since the 1870s

1. Fischer

2. Tal

3. Alekhine

4. Kasparov

5. Carlsen (Fingers crossed he can reach his full potential)

Lesser World Champions:

Steinitz, Euwe,Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer....

Greater World Champions:

Lasker,Capablanca,Alekhine,Botvinnik,Karpov,Kasparov

(Lost track of the later ones)

just to add a little bit of controversy to the pot...Don't get me wrong, Fischer was the chess god for many of us, but the others had longevity and in the case of Alekhine and Botvinnik they regained the title after losing it. All the "greater" champions played multiple championship matches

Best Female Player Ever:

1. Judit Polgar

2. Pia Cramling

for me my fav is Fischer...but  he left  the game before he could prove he was more  than  a one trick pony...in  my  heart i think if he  would  have  stayed Kasporov would not have been the 30 year monster he was in the chess world...so with  sadness in my heart here is my list  with  no offence to  all the great  ones       1.Kasporov 2.Karpov 3.Capablanca 4.Fischer 5.Alekhine                                                                                                          

 Seeing that king start marching up the board... :D

Mohammed Rasol! :))