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Although some will say that this is a "point-of-view" type of a question, there is an answer that is universally considered correct by most chess experts. (including myself teehee:>😉

Ok, here we go:

Who was (no longer alive) the greatest player never to win the World Championship?

Who will win Davy Jones chess Challenge part 1!?

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Originally posted by IDAVID
Although some will say that this is a "point-of-view" type of a question, there is an answer that is universally considered correct by most chess experts. (including myself teehee:>😉

Ok, here we go:

Who was (no longer alive) the greatest player never to win the World Championship?

Who will win Davy Jones chess Challenge part 1!?
Dutch Defense

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Mikhail Tal!!!

oh wait ... ah forget it he's best anyways 😛

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Originally posted by ih8sens
Mikhail Tal!!!

oh wait ... ah forget it he's best anyways 😛
I beg to differ! 😏

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Paul Keres.

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Originally posted by gaychessplayer
Paul Keres.
I beg to differ! 😏

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Originally posted by IDAVID
Although some will say that this is a "point-of-view" type of a question, there is an answer that is universally considered correct by most chess experts. (including myself teehee:>😉

Ok, here we go:

Who was (no longer alive) the greatest player never to win the World Championship?

Who will win Davy Jones chess Challenge part 1!?
Akiba Rubenstein

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Uh, problem is that Tal was champion. Keres too I think.

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Originally posted by Kunsoo
Akiba Rubenstein
I beg to differ! 😏

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Originally posted by Kunsoo
Uh, problem is that Tal was champion. Keres too I think.
Paul Keres never won the World Championship and is a good candidate for best player never to have done so.

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Three spring to mind: Rubinstein, Keres and Bronstein.
I'd probably go for Bronstein.

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Originally posted by IDAVID
Although some will say that this is a "point-of-view" type of a question, there is an answer that is universally considered correct by most chess experts. (including myself teehee:>😉

Ok, here we go:

Who was (no longer alive) the greatest player never to win the World Championship?

Who will win Davy Jones chess Challenge part 1!?
Richard Reti

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Originally posted by Kepler
Richard Reti
That's an interesting choice, I never really thought of him as being a possible World Championship candidate, Capablanca, Alekhine and Lasker were much better than him for just about his entire career and I'd rate Rubinstein as a better player as well.

How about Harry Pillsbury, he doesn't seem to get talked about much nowadays (maybe it's different in America), but I reckon he would have been World Champion for years if it wasn't for Lasker.

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Would our Nigel Short be a candidate as a possible champion if it weren't for Kasparov keeping him away.

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Originally posted by Mahout
Would our Nigel Short be a candidate as a possible champion if it weren't for Kasparov keeping him away.
No. He was never in Kasparov or Karpov's league (although he managed to beat the latter in a short, so to speak, match). Ivanchuck was probably better than Short at that time as well and maybe even Anand (though he was still nowhere near his peak).

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