Top 3 chess players of all time

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Marcelo1990zare
who is your top 3 chess players of all time?
Rancid-Knight

1.) Paul Morphy: Bobby Fischer himself said he was probably the most accurate player of all time.

2.) Bobby Fischer: Took down the Russian Soviet Chess machine by himself.

3.) Emmanuel Lasker: Was World Champion for around 30 years! Insane.

snoozyman
1. Bobby Fischer
2. Paul Morphy
3. Mikhail Tal
PRWoodpusher

Magnus Carlsen

Garry Kasparov

Viktor Korchnoi

DreamscapeHorizons

The ONLY reason Lasker had the title for so long is because he didn't have to defend it very often. Also I think he got to choose who his opponents were. Crazy, right?

Circumlocutions
1. Bobby Fischer
2. Paul Morphy

Distant #3: José Capablanca
meowmeomeo

Carlsen, Karpov and Fischer.

CoiledRat
Carlsen, Capablanca, Kasparov, in no particular order.
tygxc

1) Kasparov
2) Fischer
3) Capablanca
http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/CM2/PeakList.asp 

LeeEuler

Kasparov, Fischer, Carlsen

TCSPlayer
1. Me,
2. My dog,
3. Magnus