Up Morphy, down Carlsen
Bobby Fischer - 29
Emmanuel Lasker - 26
Paul Morphy - 32
Wilhelm Steinitz - 22
Jose Capablanca - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 8
Mikhail Tal - 23
Mikhail Botvinnik - 23
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 22
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 18
Boris Spassky - 17
Lasker up, Petrosian down.
Bobby Fischer - 29
Emmanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 32
Wilhelm Steinitz - 22
Jose Capablanca - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 8
Mikhail Tal - 23
Mikhail Botvinnik - 23
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 20
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 18
Boris Spassky - 17
Tal down, petrosian up
Bobby Fischer - 29
Emmanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 32
Wilhelm Steinitz - 22
Jose Capablanca - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 8
Mikhail Tal - 22
Mikhail Botvinnik - 23
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 21
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 18
Boris Spassky - 17
Carlsen down, Morphy up
Bobby Fischer - 29
Emmanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 33
Wilhelm Steinitz - 22
Jose Capablanca - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 6
Mikhail Tal - 22
Mikhail Botvinnik - 23
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 21
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 18
Boris Spassky - 17
Fischer Up
Tal Down
Bobby Fischer - 30
Emmanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 33
Wilhelm Steinitz - 22
Jose Capablanca - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 6
Mikhail Tal - 20
Mikhail Botvinnik - 23
Vishy Anand - 25
Tigran Petrosian - 21
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 18
Boris Spassky - 17
It is difficult to play against Einstein’s theory. – Mikhail Tal (on his first loss to Fischer)
Fischer discovered modern preparation in the opening. Unlike Botvinnik who realised the importance of preparation, Fischer gave it a modern slant: he set tasks for his opponent at every move with either colour and in every opening. Fischer kept his opponent busy from the very beginning, he started setting problems from the very first move! Later Kasparov improved this 'high-tension' style; and followed Fischer to some extent. Fischer was the first chess player to mount tension from the first till the last move without giving his opponent even the slightest break. He had a similar precept for both positional and tactical games: he tried to set as many tasks for his opponent as he could. He played very 'vigorous' chess. - Vladimir Kramnik
+1 carlsen
-1 anand
Bobby Fischer - 30
Emmanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 33
Wilhelm Steinitz - 22
Jose Capablanca - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 7
Mikhail Tal - 20
Mikhail Botvinnik - 23
Vishy Anand - 24
Tigran Petrosian - 21
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 18
Boris Spassky - 17
Fischer up, Morphy down
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Corrected Anand score for previous poster, downvote is 2 points down!
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Bobby Fischer - 31
Emmanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 31
Wilhelm Steinitz - 22
Jose Capablanca - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 7
Mikhail Tal - 20
Mikhail Botvinnik - 23
Vishy Anand - 23
Tigran Petrosian - 21
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 18
Boris Spassky - 17
Morphy up, Fischer down.
Bobby Fischer - 29
Emmanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 32
Wilhelm Steinitz - 22
Jose Capablanca - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 7
Mikhail Tal - 20
Mikhail Botvinnik - 23
Vishy Anand - 23
Tigran Petrosian - 21
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 18
Boris Spassky - 17
Morphy up carlsen down
Bobby Fischer - 29
Emmanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 33
Wilhelm Steinitz - 22
Jose Capablanca - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 5
Mikhail Tal - 20
Mikhail Botvinnik - 23
Vishy Anand - 23
Tigran Petrosian - 21
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 18
Boris Spassky - 17
Morphy up, Steinitz down
Bobby Fischer - 29
Emmanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 34
Wilhelm Steinitz - 20
Jose Capablanca - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 25
Garry Kasparov - 26
Magnus Carlsen - 5
Mikhail Tal - 20
Mikhail Botvinnik - 23
Vishy Anand - 23
Tigran Petrosian - 21
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Howard Staunton - 18
Boris Spassky - 17
