17 Oct 07
Originally posted by IDAVIDThinking about this if there wasn't the need for the player to be dead I'd say Karpov. He never won the world championship, he gained it by default twice and defended it numerous times.
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!?
17 Oct 07
Originally posted by QRIn the early 1930's, Alekhine himself thought that Kashdan would be the next World Champion. Unfortuantely, Kashdan had a family and had to give up playing chess for a living. Oh, what might have been...
I will suggest Kashdan, Reshevsky and Bogoljugubov as three candidates. Of those three, my guess would be Kashdan.
18 Oct 07
Originally posted by rubberjaw30Paul Keres was a strong player but he had personal problems that kept him from playing well all of the time. When his country was having trouble it affected his play. Thus he was not able to play chess as well as he could have? Keres played belowed his level too many times? Rubinstein would have beaten Lasker but was denied a match? Bronstein drew a title match with Botvinnik but he had outside pressure too lose. Botvinnik was a very strong player so a drawn match with him is a considerable accomplishment.
man, and I thought when I first saw the thread that Keres would win it hands down...
great debate folks!
20 Oct 07
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Originally posted by IDAVIDI think I got it.... Morphy! Because back then they didn't have a world chess champion.
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!?
