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does anand go down as the greatest player of all time
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LOL Absolutely not.
Nov 28, 2014
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Anand will be remembered, along with Kramnik, as the two great players who bridged the gap between Kasparov and Carlsen, the two greatest players so far.
All time hasn't finished yet.
If someone won 20+ World Championships in a row, very rarely played imprecise moves and very rarely lost a game there's a good chance they might BE the best of all time.
But there would be no way to be sure that someone better wouldn't arise...
Greatest black dude maybe, at least for another few years anyway.
Nov 28, 2014
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One of the greatest? Absolutley.
Greatest Indian player? Absolutley.
Career at an end? Dude, he could live to be 100 for all you guys know. I mean, sure he is long past 9 years old, but seriously he ain't done in yet if he doesn't want to quit.
pfren wrote:
tigerprowl5 wrote:
His career is not at an end. Korchnoi is still alive and Anand could live longer.
Kortchnoi cannot be "the greatest player of all time": He is not an Indian. He doesn't even look like an Indian. Only Indians have the right to be the greatest of all time.
Did Sitting Bull or Crazy Horse play chess?
nooooooooooooooooooo
yeres30 wrote:
What about Carlsen?
Anand may have become a world champion, but he has a low winning percentage of 38.92% (1,076 wins) and a higher drawing percentage of 49.04 (1,356 draws) with 333 losses (12.04%). In short, Anand drew a lot more games than win.
Karpov is also like Anand with a very low winning percentage of 41.4% (1,500 wins) and a high drawing percentage of 46.51% (1, 685 draws) with 438 loses.
On the other hand, Kasparov has a high winning percentage of 54.88% (1,349 wins) with 923 draws (37.55%) and 186 losses.
Fischer, had a higher winning percentage of 57.23% (546 wins) and a much lower percentage of draws at 29.77% (284 draws).
Spassky - 33.11% or 790 wins, 57.42% or 1,370 draws (226 losses or 9.47%)
Petrosian- 36.87% or 774 wins, 55.17% or 1,158 draws (167 losses or 7.96%)
Smyslov - 34.45% or 935 wins, 1,466 draws or 54.03% (313 losses or 11.53%)
Tal - 40.4% or 1,035 wins, 1,232 draws or 48.09% (295 losses or 11.51%)
Botvinnik - 46.42% or 460 wins, 410 draws or 41.37% (121 losses or 12.21%)
I'd say top 10 of all time.
tigerprowl5 wrote:
Lol that picture of Carlsen, he hardly looks any different, and already was repping his trademark orange juice.
top 100
Nov 28, 2014
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pfren wrote:
tigerprowl5 wrote:
His career is not at an end. Korchnoi is still alive and Anand could live longer.
Kortchnoi cannot be "the greatest player of all time": He is not an Indian. He doesn't even look like an Indian. Only Indians have the right to be the greatest of all time.
+1
yeres30 wrote:
Anand may have become a world champion, but he has a low winning percentage of 38.92% (1,076 wins) and a higher drawing percentage of 49.04 (1,356 draws) with 333 losses (12.04%). In short, Anand drew a lot more games than win.
Karpov is also like Anand with a very low winning percentage of 41.4% (1,500 wins) and a high drawing percentage of 46.51% (1, 685 draws) with 438 loses.
On the other hand, Kasparov has a high winning percentage of 54.88% (1,349 wins) with 923 draws (37.55%) and 186 losses.
Fischer, had a higher winning percentage of 57.23% (546 wins) and a much lower percentage of draws at 29.77% (284 draws).
Spassky - 33.11% or 790 wins, 57.42% or 1,370 draws (226 losses or 9.47%)
Petrosian- 36.87% or 774 wins, 55.17% or 1,158 draws (167 losses or 7.96%)
Smyslov - 34.45% or 935 wins, 1,466 draws or 54.03% (313 losses or 11.53%)
Tal - 40.4% or 1,035 wins, 1,232 draws or 48.09% (295 losses or 11.51%)
Botvinnik - 46.42% or 460 wins, 410 draws or 41.37% (121 losses or 12.21%)
Your profile, on the other hand, lists your blitz results as 21,798 W/ 2,798 L / 323 D, which proves that you are greater than any noob like Carlsen or Kasparov.
Alternatively, you may just stop posting nonsense.
Yes, Anand goes down as the greatest ever, with Spassky as second and Gelfand as third.
Definitely top 10 all time.
as his career winds towards an end