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Who was the greatest chess blitz player ever?

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Objectively, I suspect most of the best blitz players ever are active right now. It's just a huge advantage to have the option to play online. Grandmasters these days have played hundreds of thousands of blitz games online. read more

Tal a great blitz player himself who played against other renowned blitz players' when they were at the peak of their powers eg Petrosian, Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov said towards the end of his life that Fischer was the best he had seen/ played against at Blitz. read more

The clear topic is who was the best blitz player of all time. I would argue Fischer in 1970 they played an unofficial blitz . Unofficial (1970) The first unofficial "Speed Chess Championship of the World" (or World Blitz Championship) was held in Herceg Novi on April 8, 1970. read more

At the beginning of 2001 a large poll for the "Ten Greatest Chess Players of the 20th Century, selected by Chess Informant readers" resulted in Fischer having the highest percentage of votes and finishing as No. 1, ahead of Kasparov, Alekhine, Capablanca, Botvinnik, Karpov, Tal, Lasker, Anand and Korchnoi. read more

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