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The 12 Best Chess Players of All Time

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"One of his greatest accomplishments included winning the 1925 Soviet Chess Championship, ahead of a brilliant field including Lasker and Capablanca."

Lasker and Capablanca competed in the 1925 Soviet Chess Championship? Yeah, and Santa Claus is real !
You get that nonsense by just googling it.

"One of his greatest accomplishments included winning the 1925 Soviet Chess Championship, ahead of a brilliant field including Lasker and Capablanca." Lasker and Capablanca competed in the 1925 Soviet Chess Championship? Yeah, and Santa Claus is real ! You get that nonsense by just googling it.

Keres in sixth place? I couldn't disagree more. You can accept Korchnoi and Caruana ahead, although, in my opinion, Keres was slightly better than Korchnoi.

Caruana being ranked higher is understandable—he played a match that many consider one of the greatest in history and was only defeated in a rapid playoff.

But Bronstein, Ivanchuk, and Rubinstein are by no means ahead of Keres. Keres spent nearly 30 years in the world's top 10. He defeated nine world champions: Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, and Fischer. He won one of the strongest tournaments in history, AVRO 1938, and claimed three Soviet championships, which were the toughest tournaments of their time. For several years, he could arguably be considered at least the second-best player in the world.

Additionally, he was runner-up in the Candidates Tournament on four consecutive occasions from 1953 to 1962, a testament to his consistency at the highest level.

In fact, Carlsen himself once answered a question on this topic and placed Keres ahead of Bronstein, citing his greater consistency over time. Bronstein only excelled at the top level for a few years—where was he in 1956, 1959, or 1962?

One could also argue that Rubinstein was only at the top level for about five years, and the same could be said for Ivanchuk.

Keres in sixth place? I couldn't disagree more. You can accept Korchnoi and Caruana ahead, although, in my opinion, Keres was slightly better than Korchnoi. Caruana being ranked higher is understandable—he played a match that many consider one of the greatest in history and was only defeated in a rapid playoff. But Bronstein, Ivanchuk, and Rubinstein are by no means ahead of Keres. Keres spent nearly 30 years in the world's top 10. He defeated nine world champions: Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, and Fischer. He won one of the strongest tournaments in history, AVRO 1938, and claimed three Soviet championships, which were the toughest tournaments of their time. For several years, he could arguably be considered at least the second-best player in the world. Additionally, he was runner-up in the Candidates Tournament on four consecutive occasions from 1953 to 1962, a testament to his consistency at the highest level. In fact, Carlsen himself once answered a question on this topic and placed Keres ahead of Bronstein, citing his greater consistency over time. Bronstein only excelled at the top level for a few years—where was he in 1956, 1959, or 1962? One could also argue that Rubinstein was only at the top level for about five years, and the same could be said for Ivanchuk.

@ebk1976 said in #4:

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As posted in the subtitle, this is just for players who never became world champion in classical chess. Magnus was 5 time classical world champ.

@ebk1976 said in #4: > @QiyuLiu > As posted in the subtitle, this is just for players who never became world champion in classical chess. Magnus was 5 time classical world champ.

MAGNUS????? HIKARU????? KARPOV????? MIKHAIL TAL???????

MAGNUS????? HIKARU????? KARPOV????? MIKHAIL TAL???????
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