What is your list of the top 10 chess players ever?
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Sep 30, 2023
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Kasparov, Magnus, Fischer, Alekhine, Capablanca, Anand, Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Caruana
Nov 29, 2024
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I do like your list of Vishy Anand on 9 plays I only Realized how underrated he was when I watch a video with Hikaru Nakamura And your list is unique which I like but honestly tall should not be on seven please he has at times made a lot of inaccurate sacrifices and even though at times of sacrifices are beautiful and tricky. He’s probably not in the top 10 of all time.
Here is my list of the top 10 chess players who have walked this planet (adjusting for the era they played in): What's your?
1. Magnus Carlsen: If human beings have any hope to score at least 1 or 2 out of 100 games against engines or aliens from planet Chessiter, then it must be this man. Undescribable.
2. Garry Kasparov: The undisputed emperor of the game.
3. Bobby Fischer: Two words for this man -- THE GENIUS (full stop).
4. Jose Raul Capablanca: The game of chess flowed naturally through this strategic and technical genius.
5. Anatoly Karpov: The Boa Constrictor; this positional God does not need to attack violently or go for checkmate; he will just strangle you mid-board.
6. Mikhail Botvinnik: The chess scientist known for his outstanding preparations.
7. Mikhail Tal: Who needs queens, when the magician is there? Pieces were created for being sacrificed!
8. Paul Morphy: The sharpest player of the mid-1800s. If you want to learn chess, follow other legends; if you want to love chess, make this man your idol!
9. Vishy Anand: The master with universal style and the single person leading to the chess popularity in India.
10. Tigran Petrosian: Never ever think of attacking when you are playing against the Iron Tigran. His defensive walls are almost unbreakable.
I know I have missed many legends such as Emmanuel Lasker, Alexander Alekhine, Vladimir Kramnik and Judit Polgar in this list, but that is only because of the list size limitation.