It is far too early to say Carlsen is the best ever.
who is the greatest chess player of all time?
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he's pretty good
1.) Vasilly ivanchuk (sober)
2.) Magnus Carlsen
3.) Everyone else
Jun 17, 2014
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#5
ah the "meaning of life" 'question is very difficult to answer; a far far easier question to answer is "who is / or was the greatest chess player of all time", that is easy; Tal...
Stockfish 5
Jun 17, 2014
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#7
Gullk wrote:
Stockfish 5
Exactly. The greatest chess player doesn't have to be a person.
It is impossible to compare due to the technology these days. If some of the past greats had the tools avalable today, who is to say how good they would have been?
Jun 17, 2014
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#9
rofl, so what "Stockfish 5" is not a person; that means Stockfish 5 is what? a chess 'engine'... ;)
Jun 17, 2014
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#10
yes the world of technology is vastly different, imagine playing flanking openings against chess greats from a hundred years ago... if you did have "modern" openings back then you would have most likely been the early world champion of chess :)
Jun 17, 2014
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#11
Yeah it seems the Eastern Europeans did only two things, drink booze and play chess; it seems not much more to do in the old "Russian" 'countries'.
Magnus Carlsen all the way.
Kasparov no argument
I've got 6 things to say: Bor...i...slav...I...van...ov.
Mikhail Tal...Checkmate
At this point, it's between Kasparov, Fischer and Capa.
Kasparov and Lasker. Carlsen is obviously very far from being one of the greatest three-four players ever at age 23, compared to players that were clear #1 for decades and won lots of title matches. I'd already rank him top ten though.
Bobby Fischer
Garry Kasparov
Dont you think Carlsen(obviously)?