20 Oct 07
Originally posted by tomtom232Harry Nelson Pillsbury and I share the same birthday. (He was a tad older than me. And a little bit better player.)
I would say Pillsbury but he died too soon. So I'm goin' to have to say Akiba Rubenstein the master of Rook and Pawn endgames.
20 Oct 07
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Originally posted by IDAVIDI'd say Morphy. Ignore his "odds" games or games against weak players in the opera house.
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!?
Go straight to the quality stuff:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1019059
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1027917
20 Oct 07
Based on the info at http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2409, the top four candidates for best-non-world-champion are
Korchnoi, Tarrasch, Keres, Rubinstein
Of the other possibles, my votes would go to Bronstein, Geller, and Ivanchuk.
A few months ago I would have said Anand. 🙂
20 Oct 07
Originally posted by DawgHausThis has to be a dead person. Korchnoi may be one hundred and twenty twelve but he aint dead yet. I don't think Anand is dead either.
Based on the info at http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2409, the top four candidates for best-non-world-champion are
Korchnoi, Tarrasch, Keres, Rubinstein
Of the other possibles, my votes would go to Bronstein, Geller, and Ivanchuk.
A few months ago I would have said Anand. 🙂
21 Oct 07
Originally posted by SquelchbelchAnd without Morphy modern theory might not be so modern.
I'd say Morphy. Ignore his "odds" games or games against weak players in the opera house.
Go straight to the quality stuff:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1019059
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1027917
21 Oct 07
Originally posted by IDAVIDViktor Korchnoi
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!?