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Yasser Seirawan's latest book, "Chess Duels" arrived at my house yesterday. In addition to some great games, annotations, and anecdotes, he names his "5 greatest chess players." For the curious:
5. Boris Spassky
4. Viswanathan Anand
3. Bobby Fischer
2. Anatoly Karpov
1. Garry Kasparov
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Posted 2010-July-09, 18:57
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IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk
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Posted 2010-July-09, 20:12
ok.....I bite
If we assume the top 5 why in the world would fisher be 3?
I can only guess...he was too mentally ill too ever be numberone with current computers?
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In any event it is always fun to compare different generations...with assumptions.....
If we assume the top 5 why in the world would fisher be 3?
I can only guess...he was too mentally ill too ever be numberone with current computers?
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In any event it is always fun to compare different generations...with assumptions.....
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Posted 2010-July-10, 01:17
Mike, Kasparov is as auto of a #1 as you can get in a game or sport. The only question is whether Fischer should be #2 or #3 imo.
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Posted 2010-July-10, 08:32
Lobowolf, on Jul 9 2010, 07:57 PM, said:
Yasser Seirawan's latest book, "Chess Duels" arrived at my house yesterday. In addition to some great games, annotations, and anecdotes, he names his "5 greatest chess players." For the curious:
5. Boris Spassky
4. Viswanathan Anand
3. Bobby Fischer
2. Anatoly Karpov
1. Garry Kasparov
5. Boris Spassky
4. Viswanathan Anand
3. Bobby Fischer
2. Anatoly Karpov
1. Garry Kasparov
I don't see José Raúl Capablanca, Paul Morphy, or Alexander Alekhine on the list oh wait none of these guys have played in the last 50 years
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the Freman, Chani from the move "Dune"
"I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
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Posted 2010-July-10, 14:09
He clearly went primarily with peak ability, not relative to peers. While no doubt he recognizes the genius of Capablanca, Alekhine, etc., they're the giants, and others are on their shoulders now. As for Karpov v. Fischer, Karpov got longevity credit. I think a peak Fischer beats a peak Karpov, but Karpov proved he was the best, albeit in a Fischer-less world, for a hell of a long time. He spent more than two years just defending the world championship.
In the world of what-if, it's possible that if Fischer hadn't retired, Karpov might not have been world champion. I think Fischer easily beats him in '75 and '78 (years in which Karpov struggled mightily to beat Korchnoi) The interesting match would have been '81. It's not at all clear that Karpov would have caught Fischer before Kasparov caught Karpov. Karpov was definitely one of the elite, but he did catch a break in coming a long during the gap between two other elites.
In the world of what-if, it's possible that if Fischer hadn't retired, Karpov might not have been world champion. I think Fischer easily beats him in '75 and '78 (years in which Karpov struggled mightily to beat Korchnoi) The interesting match would have been '81. It's not at all clear that Karpov would have caught Fischer before Kasparov caught Karpov. Karpov was definitely one of the elite, but he did catch a break in coming a long during the gap between two other elites.
1. LSAT tutor for rent.
Call me Desdinova...Eternal Light
C. It's the nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms.
IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk
e: "Maybe God remembered how cute you were as a carrot."
Call me Desdinova...Eternal Light
C. It's the nexus of the crisis and the origin of storms.
IV: ace 333: pot should be game, idk
e: "Maybe God remembered how cute you were as a carrot."
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