Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 16:20:21 02/19/03
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On February 19, 2003 at 19:11:27, Charles Worthington wrote: >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. Not on my list - one of the best of his day - for sure. But go over his with a engine and you'll he got away with some less than optimal moves. Would he beat me, no doubt about it. Now if he was born in 1960, the story might be different, but he wasn't and it's not.
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