Author: Joseph Merolle
Date: 22:45:17 09/15/04
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On September 15, 2004 at 23:19:46, Mike Byrne wrote: >On September 15, 2004 at 23:01:10, Albert Silver wrote: > >>On September 15, 2004 at 22:38:50, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>>On September 15, 2004 at 22:20:27, Joseph Merolle wrote: >>> >>>>On September 15, 2004 at 21:47:13, Mike Byrne wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 15, 2004 at 21:36:11, Joseph Merolle wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Most say this person is Viktor Korchnoi however although not a popular vote I >>>>>>think this person by far is Yassar Seirawan! Yassar stoped both Kaspy , Karpov, >>>>>>and crushed Viktor Korchnoi. I think people just vote for their underdog rather >>>>>>then looking at facts and who the better players really are. I should add >>>>>>Kasparov was in his prime when Yassar beat him (more then once) back when no one >>>>>>could tauch him. Love to here your agreement or disagrement. >>>>>> >>>>>>Yassar Come out of Retirement with the Fide Knox outs you still have a chance to >>>>>>bring the title back to USA! All in agreement say I. >>>>>> >>>>>>Regards JAMerolle >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>IMO , it is Korchnoi- but I thing Yassar is a terrific player. Unfortunately , >>>>>he is not quite there. The truth is Yassar never even cracked the top 10 for >>>>>one year let alone the top 2 or 3. Contrast that to Viktor who was in the top >>>>>ten for 25 consecutive years. >>>>> >>>>>http://www.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL36683.htm >>>>> >>>>>http://www.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL20573.htm >>>>> >>>>>When Yassar played Viktor , Viktor was a mere shadow of his best days in chess. >>>> >>>> >>>>Your proving my point Yassar Crushed Viktor when he was at the top of his game >>>>in the 80s. YOu have to look beyound rating lists, ratings dont reflect the >>>>better player if they did Kaspy would be world champion and would have beaten >>>>Kram. Hay but thanks for the feedback. >>> >>>I'm glad you think so ;>) My database shows that Korchnoi has a winning record >>>against Yassy at LTC (excluding rapid games). >>> >>>Also, Korchnoi was near his best in the 60's and 70's - not the 80's. >>> >>>Seirawan is a maybe a top 50 for his time period. Best player ever not to win a >>>world champion - he is not in the running. >> >>I agree with you on all counts. He is a supremely talented player by all means, >>but best player never to be WC?? He is not even in my list of top 20 such >>players. He never even reached the top 10 players on the rating list for a year >>(was he at any time at all?), much less the top 5 or even the best player to not >>be WC. >> >>Top 5 players to never be WC in my opinion (the order is not necessarily exact): >> >>1) Korchnoi (he is my top pick by far) >>2) Keres >>3) Bronstein >>4) Reshevsky >>5) Rubinstein >> > >I think you nailed the top 5 contenders for the best non WC chess player right >there - at least for the 20th century. Reshevsky really got the short end of >the stick as the Russians were basically allowed to exclude him from the process >once they got control of the title. But my vote is still with VK for best all >time. Any Votes for Short?
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