Top Ten Best Chess Players
The best chess player in the world is currently Magnus Carlsen. Magnus is the reigning world chess champion and has been since 2013. Born in Norway in 1990, Magnus learned chess when he was five years old. He was quickly identified as a prodigy and became one of the youngest grandmasters of all time at the age of 13. Magnus has won numerous world championships, international tournaments, and online events.
After Deep Thought's 1989 match against Kasparov, IBM held a contest to rename the chess machine and it became "Deep Blue", a play on IBM's nickname, "Big Blue".
Bobby Fischer (1943 – 2008) became World Chess Champion in 1972, after beating the defending champion Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland. Taking place during a very chilling part of the Cold War, this match where a U.S. player challenged a Soviet Union one became highly publicized and was dubbed “Match of the Century”.
Former World Champion - and former top ranked player in the world - Vladimir Borisovich Kramnik was born in Tuapse, on the shores of the Black Sea, on June 25, 1975. As a child, Vladimir Kramnik studied in the chess school established by Mikhail Botvinnik.
Anatoly Karpov from the Soviet Union was the World Chess Champion from 1975 to 1985. Throughout his career, Karpov has established chess schools in several countries and been a strong proponent for in-school chess programs.
Jose Raul Capablanca is considered to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. He held a World Championship title from 1921 to 1927 until he lost it to Alexander Alekhine. Capablanca was known for his exceptional endgame skills, and ability to precisely play technical endgame positions.
yes paul morphy was god. he was the best chess player the world has ever known or ever will know and was undoubtedly the best in all phases of the game, in all types of positions.
Emanuel Lasker is an interesting case. Some people put him first on the list, and others put him toward the bottom. The major criticism is that he played infrequently. The major argument in his favor is that he was world champion from 1894 until 1921 — longer than any other player in history.
Viswanathan Anand interacted with the 14 players competing at the National 'A' Chess Championship for the visually challenged.
View or download the best chess games of Mikhail Botvinnik. You can search and sort by color played, year, moves, and more.
Now, if Bobby is considered the greatest chess player ever, up until 1972 Boris Spassky was arguably superior to him. Before 72, they played 5 games and Spassky scored 3 wins and two draws. in one of their matches, Spassky used an opening which is/was not used regularly in top level games and considered a weak opening and still beat Bobby.
View or download the best chess games of Alexander Alekhine. You can search and sort by color played, year, moves, and more.
Mikhail Tal was by far the most creative and ingenuous chess player of all times. If any player can really be credited with adding a whole other dimension to the game of chess, it has to be Mikhail Tal. He may not be the ‘best’ chess player of all times, but he is definitely the most brilliant and creative one.
I'm working my way through an excellent best games collection and thoughts of Tigran Petrosian. The book is 'Python Strategy' His best games are as elegant as any other player I know of.
Fabiano Caruana is a Grand Master with U.S. and Italian citizenship. In his youth, he was known for a very aggressive playing style where he was willing to sacrifice a lot of pieces. Today, his playing style is more varied. Caruana is a “Benefactor” Life Member of the United States Chess Federation (USCF).
The tournament started September 27 to October 16, 2005 where famous chess players around the world participated. Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov great victory in the FIDE World Chess Championship gave another honor and pride to his country.
Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz (May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian and later American chess player and the first undisputed world chess champion from 1886 to 1894. From the 1870s onwards, commentators have debated whether Steinitz was effectively the champion earlier.
Levon Aronian is one of few chess players with a 2800+ rating. (This select little group also includes Magnus Carlsen and Viswanathan Anand.) On the March 2014 FIDE rating list, Aronian was ranked number two in the world, with an Elo rating of 2830.
Hikaru is a very good player, but it isn't decent or fair to refer to him as "one of the best chess players of all time." He's probably not even top 50 of all time. From the world's current elite, Svidler, Anand, Aronian, and Giri easily hold their own against him.
Smyslov learned chess from his father, Vasily O. Smyslov, a strong Candidate Master strength player. His rise was swift once he entered the competitive arena. The younger Smyslov won a Soviet Candidate Master tournament in his late teens, earning the National Master title.
gm wesly so is amazing player,the team of the U.S.A in Olimpiad ,it takes a long year ,but this Gm wesly So and his Gm comrades,congrats to all of you,by the way during the match championship of gm carlsen,and gm karjakin,questionable by c.b dept.
Best chess players never to become World Champion. Part one reviews the results and scores of the GOAT of chess losers - Viktor Korchnoi.
IM (2001) & GM (2002) Sergey Aleksandrovich Karjakin was World Rapid Champion (2012-13); World Cup Champion (2015), Candidate (2014 & 2016) and World Championship Challenger (2016). Karjakin was born in Simferopol, Kramatorsk in Ukraine and learned to play chess when he was five years old.
Many of his theories on the principles of mobility and other aspects of positional play still stand as well, and today guide players of all levels of ability. Tarrasch also played consultation chess on the teams of Tarrasch / von Bardeleben / von Scheve / Schotlaender and Tarrasch / Harmonist / Heidebreck. Cf. Wikipedia article: Siegbert Tarrasch.
Garry Kasparov, the top-ranked player in the world, said of Judit, “She is talented but not greatly talented. Women by their nature are not exceptional chess players.” In 1994, Kasparov had the chance to test Polgár’s skills himself.
Alexander Grischuk is one of the best chess players in the world today. He was born on 31 October 1983. At the age 28 he has a lot of achievements, and we will shed some light on them now. Alexander started to play when he was about 10 years old, and become the U-10 world champion right away.
Chess games of Vassily Ivanchuk, ... Vassily Ivanchuk's Best ... To me Morphy's family owning slaves is completely different from some chess players appeasing ...
ARON NIMZOWITSCH (born Nov-07-1886, died Mar-16-1935, 48 years old) Latvia (federation/nationality Denmark) [what is this?] Aron Nimzowitsch, born in Riga, Latvia in 1886, came to prominence in the chess world just before the First World War. He was Russian Champion in 1913 (jointly with Alexander Alekhine) at St.Petersburg.
What do you chess players think about our Dutch Chess Player Anish Giri? He's a son of a Nepelase father and a Russian Mother. His father is working at a hospital in Delft, The Netherlands, his mother is supporting Anish at tournaments. His rating is almost the same as World Number one Carlsen when he was 16 years old.
Reshevsky won the US Open Chess Championship in 1931 at Tulsa; this event was known as the Western Open at the time. He shared the 1934 US Open title with Reuben Fine at Chicago. Reshevsky won the US Chess Championship in 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, and 1969.
Chess games of Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, ... Shakhriyar Hamid oglu Mamedyarov was ... dropping him to #7 blitz player in the world. Rating. Mamedyarov's best standard ...
Max Euwe From Wikipedia, ... Euwe was significantly older than the other players, and well past his best, and he ... and considers it "one of the best chess books ...
The exceptional genius of Hou Yifan. Growing up, Hou Yifan idolized Bobby Fischer, ... 18 of the world's best chess players facing off across nine wooden boards.
All chess players encounter this situation in every single game. You are considering your next move and see numerous tempting opportunities. All the moves look equally strong, so which one should you prefer? What is the best move to play? There is no simple answer to this basic question.
MARK TAIMANOV (born Feb-07-1926, died Nov-28-2016, 90 years old) Russia: PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] Mark Yevgenyevich Taimanov was born in Kharkov, Ukraine (formerly USSR) and was awarded the IM title in 1950 and the GM title in 1952.
In Israel, they mostly ask: ‘Great and what’s your profession, what do you do?’ I hope that there will be more respect here for professional chess players and their achievements” is what Gelfand has to say. Born in Minsk, Belarussian SSR, on 24 June 1968, Boris Abramovich Gelfand is an Israeli Chess Grandmaster.
In my opinion, Vlad is probably the player in the world who best understands chess. You can show him whatever position, his instincts will seldom let him down. He will always find what the evaluation of the position is and which plan to adopt.
Alexei Shirov is a Grand Master from Latvia. In 1998, he place fourth in the World Chess Championship. His highest elo rating so far is 2763, attained after his victory in the 2009 M-TelMasters Tournament.
Teimour Radjabov was born March 12, 1987 in Baku and started playing chess when he was four years old. He became an International Master in 1999 at the age of 11 years and 11 months and in 2001, at the age of 14 years and 14 days, he became the youngest Grandmaster in the world at the time, and the second youngest person after Bu Xiangzhi ever to become a GM at that time.
Johannes Zukertort learned to play chess at the advanced age of 19. He did not have a natural ability for the game but refused to stay a total beginner. He became friends with Adolf Anderssen, one of the best players in the world at that time.
Chigorin had become one of the strongest players in the world,(3)(7) but took a break from tournament chess until 1889. He celebrated his comeback with a shared 1st place New York (1889) together with Max Weiss.
DAVID BRONSTEIN (born Feb-19-1924, died Dec-05-2006, 82 years old) Ukraine: PRONUNCIATION: [what is this?] David Ionovich Bronstein was born February 19, 1924 in Bila Tserkva, Ukraine.1. Chess and Checkers Club. When Bronstein was six, his grandfather taught him how to play chess.
Chess games of Efim Bogoljubov, career statistics, famous victories, opening repertoire, PGN download, discussion, and more.
As Svidler is the lowest-rated player, the rest of the field might view games against him as a “must-win” if they hope to advance. This plays right into Svidler’s fighting style, so count on a bloodbath. He’s going to score wins and play spoiler to some of the other contenders.
Kamsky said something along the lines of gaining inspiration from the place you are in and the atmosphere and such. I can fully sympathize with what he meant, and he was dead right. In that bland village of Cham, the hotel was actually on the outskirt in a small newly built industrial zone right off the motorway where you could walk nowhere on foot (which is rare in Switzerland).
Jørgen Bent Larsen was born March 4, 1935 in Denmark. At age 19 he became an International Master, and two years later he achieved the grandmaster title. Larsen was Danish Champion on six occasions and won the Interzonal three times.
Alexander Morozevich is a Russian chess player known for this attacking playing style and reluctance to play for tie. He often utilizes sharp debutes, e.g. Chigorin’s defence and Albin’s counter gambit. His highest ranking so far is 2788 (second in the world), attained in July 2008.
Ruslan Ponomariov. He is from Horlivka ... Ruslan has also faced with the best competitors in the world. ... He managed to score high by beating the best chess players.
Let’s talk about Frank Marshall. This man was U.S. Chess Champion from 1909 to 1936. He was a man who beat Emanuel Lasker once and Capablanca twice, a player who feared no one. He won many tournaments against world class competition. He was an American hero who dared dream of being world chess champion.