Best Chess Players (relative to their peers)

Fischer Up Carlsen down

Up Morphy and down Carlsen

Bobby Fischer - 26
Emmanuel Lasker - 25
Paul Morphy - 26
Wilhelm Steinitz - 25
Jose Capablanca - 25
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 25
Magnus Carlsen - 18
Mikhail Tal - 25
Mikhail Botvinnik - 25
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 25
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 23
Boris Spassky - 25

up Morphy down Staunton.

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Bobby Fischer - 26
Emmanuel Lasker - 25
Paul Morphy - 27
Wilhelm Steinitz - 25
Jose Capablanca - 25
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 25
Magnus Carlsen - 18
Mikhail Tal - 25
Mikhail Botvinnik - 25
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 25
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 21
Boris Spassky - 25

Up Tal / Down Spassky

Bobby Fischer - 26
Emmanuel Lasker - 25
Paul Morphy - 27
Wilhelm Steinitz - 25
Jose Capablanca - 25
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 25
Magnus Carlsen - 18
Mikhail Tal - 26
Mikhail Botvinnik - 25
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 25
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 21
Boris Spassky - 23

Up Fischer
Down Staunton

Bobby Fischer - 27
Emmanuel Lasker - 25
Paul Morphy - 27
Wilhelm Steinitz - 25
Jose Capablanca - 25
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 25
Magnus Carlsen - 18
Mikhail Tal - 26
Mikhail Botvinnik - 25
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 25
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 20
Boris Spassky - 23

Up Philidor
Down Morphy

Bobby Fischer - 27
Emmanuel Lasker - 25
Paul Morphy - 25
Wilhelm Steinitz - 25
Jose Capablanca - 25
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 25
Magnus Carlsen - 18
Mikhail Tal - 26
Mikhail Botvinnik - 25
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 25
Francois-Andre Philidor - 24
Howard Staunton - 20
Boris Spassky - 23

Up Morphy
Down Tigran

Bobby Fischer - 27
Emmanuel Lasker - 25
Paul Morphy - 26
Wilhelm Steinitz - 25
Jose Capablanca - 25
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 25
Magnus Carlsen - 18
Mikhail Tal - 26
Mikhail Botvinnik - 25
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 23
Francois-Andre Philidor - 24
Howard Staunton - 20
Boris Spassky - 23

Up Kasparov, down Spassky

Bobby Fischer - 27
Emmanuel Lasker - 25
Paul Morphy - 26
Wilhelm Steinitz - 25
Jose Capablanca - 25
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 18
Mikhail Tal - 26
Mikhail Botvinnik - 25
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 23
Francois-Andre Philidor - 24
Howard Staunton - 20
Boris Spassky - 21

Up Fischer / Down Carlsen
Bobby Fischer - 29
Emmanuel Lasker - 25
Paul Morphy - 26
Wilhelm Steinitz - 25
Jose Capablanca - 25
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 17
Mikhail Tal - 26
Mikhail Botvinnik - 25
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 23
Francois-Andre Philidor - 24
Howard Staunton - 20
Boris Spassky - 21