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Subject: Re: Best chessplayer ever?

Author: Steve

Date: 17:41:48 08/07/99

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On August 07, 1999 at 13:44:51, Helmut Conrady wrote:

>I know that my posting isn“t exactly a question belonging to computer
>chess. But if you remember that Garry often uses them...
>
>More and more Garry Kasparow is considered to be the best player ever.
>It`s clear that in nowadays chess` there are less mistakes tahn in
>earlier times (see John Nunns books e.g.). But what about Lasker and
>Morphy e.g. (my personal favorits) in their time?
>
>What do others think?
>
>Bye
>
>Helmut from Germany

I'm not qualified to say, but I believe that Kasparov himself has called Fischer
the greatest player of all time, measured by the extent to which his skills
exceeded those of his contemporaries.



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