Author: Charles Worthington
Date: 16:11:27 02/19/03
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On February 19, 2003 at 19:07:12, Mike Byrne wrote: >On February 19, 2003 at 18:43:48, John Jack wrote: > >>Players 50 years from now will be better than todays players. Why because >>knowledge of the game changes.That's if computers don't take over >> The top players of all time >> >> >> >>Bobby Fischer >>Gary Kasparov >>Karpov > >I don't think anybody will quible too much about your first 2, your 3rd choice >is suspect IMO. > >I rate the first 3 below higher than Karpov and Karpov higher than the last 2 >-- all very subjective of course. > >Alekhine >Botvinnik >Capablanca >Lasker >Tal C'mon guys lets give Morphy a little credit!!! He had the guts to pay any man in europe $10,000.00 if they could defeat him in a match. That was a LOT of money in those days. Especially out of your own pocket. Maybe he wasn't the best (Fischer) but he certainly belongs on your long list.
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