Who is the best player of all Time ?

I would say definatly Magnus, Fisher and Kasparov.
Also Mihail Tal even though he only was world champion for 1 year, his games were increadble.

Every chessplayer mentioned in this string is a unique jewel, glittering in the halls of time.

Somewhat irritatingly, they were all pretty good looking, too, at least during their youth. Life isn't fair. Perhaps karma explains it?

The best player of all time was the one who played the best in their era, so for all the champions of the past, time is eternal

The player "who played the best in their era" describes as many different people as there were eras. So it describes no one person for all time. Yet, if we persist in naming the one best of all time, we must persuasively name, at least for the time being, one individual. Who is best judged, in the end, by his (or her, no doubt!) penchant for cigars.

Don't make me repeat myself. Denying the obvious is a mistake.

@kindaspongey said in #28:
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Very interesting. I want to clarify that when I refer to Paul Morphy as the most talented player, I mean that, in my opinion, he was the one with the most talent. However, in my view, Magnus Carlsen is the one who has played chess the best, thanks to his tremendous talent and the advances in theory.

Rubinstein. Its not even close to 2nd place.

Who is this bad tempered @choolingo who gives a thumpdown to each comment??

I suppose Rubenstein could have liked cigars. But despite reading diligently about the excellent Akiba, I don't recall stumbling across any indication that he ever smoked a stogie.

But we know who did.

Proof is in the mustache: www.youtube.com/shorts/lHhR0cWbMts

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