Author: Joseph Merolle
Date: 05:28:09 09/16/04
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On September 16, 2004 at 03:53:45, ludicrous wrote: >I totally agree with the top 5 list. May I add some other candidates? > >>>>1) Korchnoi (he is my top pick by far) >>>>2) Keres >>>>3) Bronstein >>>>4) Reshevsky >>>>5) Rubinstein > >6) Geller = Had Amazing Plus scores vs many world champions. >7) Schlechter = Not that strong, but had a one-in-a-lifetime chance to become >world champion (which is uncharacteristically flunked). This drawmaster needed >only a draw in the last game to become the world champion, but he had a change >of heart then - he decided to complicate things and lost. >8) Larsen = Terrific player in the 60's and 70's. He took on all-comers. A >fighter. Won many, many tournaments. >9) Tarrasch = For a period of time, he was the number 1 or number 2 in the >world, but when he was in his prime, he backed out from a world championship >match vs lasker. He played lasker years later, when his strength has already >subsided. >10) Gligoric = Like larsen, he was a fantastic and tenacious player in the 60's. > Won many tournaments and qualified for the Candidates matches many times, but >never made the hump over to the WC. > >11) Bogoljubov - Had his chances vs Alekhine during their marathon World >Championship Matches, but didn't make it past Alekhine's will. > >Nehzmetdimov = Greatest ever not to have become a GM. Scored victories against >the Soviet Greats. > >Contemporary Players >==================== > >Morozevich - Number 4 now in the world list, and absolutely capable of beating >any of the top ten players. > >Leko - Very solid and capable anytime of winning the title if given a chance. > >Polgar - >Topalov - >Shirov - >Svidler - Basically all the 2700+ players have the best chances at the title, >but Moro and Leko are my bets. As guess no one can argue that Karpov was the stroungest player never to WIN a world championship title however defended it. JAMerolle
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