Who is the best positional player of all time?

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Karpov

No fookin clue m8 lol. Think Karpov was good tho

I mean come on, obviously Karpov. For example, this beautiful game
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067298
Or this
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067846

Petrosian, Carlsen, Botvinnik and Fischer (no order) probably make up the top 5, but maybe Anand edges out Fischer/ Botvinnik

Salo Flohr

Max Euwe. The Pearl of Zandvoort:

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1013180

No one suggests Akiba Rubenstein yet? or Kramnik? or Smyslov? I'm not qualified to judge but I'd guess those 3 would be on the list of possibles.

Hey! I did well to suggest Max. :)

Nobody for Nimzowitsch? He would take that as a complement? He would say that positional play was a term used by the Tarrasch school.

Horsey was the best player