Who is the best player of all time?

Players like: Magnus Hikaru BobbyFisher etc.

many people might have different opinion , also they might not like my choice . but personally i like Vidit Gujrathi , for me he is the best .

note - i have clearly said for me he is best , its your choice if u dont like him but thats my call

I aggre with lost of peep's in this but I think That it is Bobby Fisher

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I think Magnus

Magnus

It has to be Magnus Carlsen the greatest based on fact he was world champion 5 times defending it 4 times, Followed closely behind by Kasparov then I would put Fischer a close 3rd a lot of people say Fischer waa the best but having only won the Title once and not defending it you are only presuming he could have gone on to defend the title but this would only be based if he was able to do so?!

Me

Magnus Carlson is the best chess player in history

he is objectively not the best

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Hard to say, there have been many amazing Chess players and they didn't all play each other.

In the 16th Century, Father Ruy Lopez wrote some of the first books on opening theory including coining the word gambit in regards to sacrifices, though he was one of the best in the world and certainly the best in Spain, he lost in a championship event to Italian Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona who was probably the earliest positional chess master.

In 17th Century you had Gioachino Greco as probably the best player of his time. He wrote about Fool's mate and smothered mate and other traps.

In the 18th Century you had French masters François Antoine de Legall de Kermeur(of Légal Mate fame) and the only person to defeat him François-André Danican Philidor.

Philidor was by far the best player of his time.

In the 19th Century you had Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais and Howard Staunton then Anderrsen from Germany showed up Staunton but all of them were showed up by Paul Morphy of New Orleans. Morphy was by far the greatest player of the 19th century and could have been of all time.

In the 20th Century you had many masters, Lasker, Capablanca(First to win a championship with a 100% score), and eventually the soviets took over Chess but were defeated by American Bobby Fisher who also could rank among the best ever.

Fisher refused to defend his title and the soviets took over again. Kasparov and Karpov battled for the top for many years and are also candidates for best of the 20th Century though I'd personally say Fisher is.

In the 21st Century you have Kramnik, Anand, and Magnus Carlsen of Norway. Kramnik lost his ability and now calls everyone who beats him a cheater, and Anand was defeated by a young Carlsen. I'd say Carlsen is the best of the 21st century.

Would Carlsen have beaten Fisher? Or Morphy or Philidor? I don't know and neither do you.

Magnus