06 Oct 07
Originally posted by no1marauderIn 1970 Bobby Fischer listed the 10 best players of all time as follows:
Holding your breath till you turn blue, eh? Typical childish behavior.
Find someone with any knowledge of chess history who thinks that Leko and/or Grischuk are among the top ten players of all time (besides Leko and/or Grischuk's mother). Find someone with any knowledge of chess history who thinks Capablanca and/or Alekhine AREN'T.
1.Botvinnik
2.Capablanca
3.Gligoric
4.Larsen
5.Morphy
6.Petrosian
7.Reshevsky
8.Spassky
9.Steinitz
10.Tal
As you can see,no Alekhine.Fischer may be mad but I'm pretty sure he has some knowledge of chess history.
07 Oct 07
Originally posted by ouwe belg1970 is of course a long time ago, but still, I'm thrilled to see danish GM Bent Larsen in 4th place on this list.
In 1970 Bobby Fischer listed the 10 best players of all time as follows:
1.Botvinnik
2.Capablanca
3.Gligoric
4.Larsen
5.Morphy
6.Petrosian
7.Reshevsky
8.Spassky
9.Steinitz
10.Tal
As you can see,no Alekhine.Fischer may be mad but I'm pretty sure he has some knowledge of chess history.
It's not at all surprising, though. Bent Larsen was undoubtedly one of the world top 3 GM's in the late 60's/ early 70's.
He never did well in match play, but he was definitely one of the very best tournament players of all time!
07 Oct 07
Originally posted by ouwe belgFisher is not in the list either (and I didn't think he was a shy person) 😉
In 1970 Bobby Fischer listed the 10 best players of all time as follows:
1.Botvinnik
2.Capablanca
3.Gligoric
4.Larsen
5.Morphy
6.Petrosian
7.Reshevsky
8.Spassky
9.Steinitz
10.Tal
As you can see,no Alekhine.Fischer may be mad but I'm pretty sure he has some knowledge of chess history.
24 Nov 07
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Originally posted by no1marauderthere were two. PCA world champ Kasparov and fide world champ Karpov.
I really don't care what Kramnik agreed to (under threat of having his FIDE title, not the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP stripped). FIDE can't dictate who is World Champion; that is decided by match play.
EDIT: Riddle me this; who was the World Champion during the 1990's?
14 Nov 08
Originally posted by z00tI used to be very critical of Anand because from the Soviet School perspective you cannot have champs playing only 1. e4. He changed that in his match with Kramnik by playing 1. d4 Kudos to Anand for becoming a true chess player.
Anand won just as Kasparov had predicted before the start of the event. I have been critical of Anand in the past but his play of late is at a high level. FIDE's rules mean he has to face off Kramnik in a match next year.