![]() In 2018 he played in the world chess championship match against Carlsen. He became a chess GM (Grandmaster) at the age of 14. He just missed by one point making it to the World Championship match of 2016. Tigran Petrosian (USSR, present day Georgia)Ĭaruana has the third highest elo rating ever attained with 2844 in October 2014. The following chess players just miss making the Top 10 of all time, in my analysis and deserve some mention and ranking from number 25 to 11 making this article also the Top 25 Chess players of all time.Ģ4. Honorable mentions, number 25 to number 11 Significance of the player to the promotion of the sport/game and the image of chess Significance of the player to the history of chess (or one of the predecessors of the current game) Ability of chess player to use actual chess skills, creativity and strategy and not memorization of opening theories, as evidenced by performance in Chess960 (similar to D-Chess) Number of years as World Champion (if any) Brute strength of the player (as determined by ratings, best performances, but taking into consideration the inflation of ratings over time) ![]() For my version of the Top 10 all-time, I use the following factors: Only woman to have competed in a World Championship tournament (open/men's) and to have a rating ranked in top 5 among the men: Judit PolgarĪ composite of factors need to be looked at.Best moves made according to a super chess computer program analyzing players' best 15 year chess tournament period: Jose Raul Capablanca.Best moves made according to a super chess computer program analyzing players' best 3 year chess tournament period: Bobby Fischer.Players who have won a World Championship in Chess960 where opening theories are of no use since the back rows are randomly placed (see: D-Chess).Most world championship matches won: 6 by three players Lasker, Kasparov, Karpov (however, 3 undisputed for Karpov and 4 undisputed for Kasparov).Most years as World Champion (during era of world championship matches being held): Emanuel Lasker, 27 years.Second highest rating gap between a number one and number two: 139 rating points Bobby Fischer (October 1971 Fischer was number one and had a rating 139 points higher than the number two).Highest rating gap ever between a number one and number two: 199 rating points Wilhelm Steinitz (April 1876 Steinitz was number one and had a rating 199 points higher than the number two).Highest rating ever attained: Magnus Carlsen: 2882 (elo rating) May 2014.Here are some interesting factors to consider, not as sole determining factors, but one of several things to consider: Also, elo chess ratings tend to get inflated over time (as do all rating systems), so that is not entirely accurate. For example, in the past when competition was lighter, it was easier to remain champion for many years, so length in years at the top is not the best method, by itself. In determining the best all-time, there are many different methods and no one measure works. José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942) from Cuba Viswanathan Anand (1969- ) from India (Tamil Nadu) Garry Kasparov (1963- ) from Russia, Azerbaijan Sa'id bin Jubair (665-714 CE) from Africa / Persia Wilhelm Steinitz (1836-1900) from Austria / U.S. Peter Leko (Yugoslavia, Serbia, then Hungary) Ruy López de Segura (1540-1580) from Spain Viktor Korchnoi (former USSR, then Switzerland) Tigran Petrosian (USSR, present day Georgia) 2 Honorable mentions, number 25 to number 11.1 Various methods and factors to consider.Snyder and discussed at the Theravada Buddhist online forum, Dhamma Wheel. Listed below are the Top 25 Chess players of all-time, according to the opinion of Dhamma Wiki founder Dr. He argued that a person with weaker intelligence than his opponent, but with strong concentration skills, will do better than the intelligent player whose mind wanders away often. One of the most important teachers of Confucianism after Confucius was Mencius (372 BCE – 289 BCE), and he wrote that meditation and concentration can be more important than intelligence in board games such as chess. Alexandra Kosteniuk and Judit Polgar are two women that appear on this list of Top 10 and Top 25 chess players of all-time.Ĭhess is known as a great test of intelligence, but it is also a great test of concentration. Number 10 on this list Alexandra Kosteniuk, champion in classical time controls, fast time controls and Chess960 and has won competitions where the other competitors are men.
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