Best Chess Players (relative to their peers)

Morphy down Capa up

Bobby Fischer - 29
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 1
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 38
Anatoly Karpov - 8
Garry Kasparov - 22
Mikhail Tal - 13
Vishy Anand - 18
Tigran Petrosian - 15
Francois-Andre Philidor - 19

Up Tal, down Morphy

Bobby Fischer - 29
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 38
Anatoly Karpov - 8
Garry Kasparov - 22
Mikhail Tal - 14
Vishy Anand - 18
Tigran Petrosian - 15
François-André Philidor - 19

This thread should be renamed to "your favorite chess players" instead of best chess players related to their peers. People are just voting for their favorites and often downvoting the players that don t deserve it, Morphy and Carlsen are fine examples.

@rayquaza

Totally agree... Morphy should have the most votes, but instead he just got voted off. I'm done with this thread.

Too many retards who can't follow instructions.

Nevermind I'm back, I just analyzed some of the voting... It seems some people with oddly similar numbers in names are voting multiple times against Morphy. Also when morphies vote has been going down it has been by 2 instead of 1... Also people are voting numerous times in a day.

So since others are playing it that way I'm going to just go ahead, and revive Morphy giving him 100 points because others have cheated against him.

Bobby Fischer - 29
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 38
Paul Morphy - 100
Anatoly Karpov - 8
Garry Kasparov - 22
Mikhail Tal - 14
Vishy Anand - 18
Tigran Petrosian - 15
François-André Philidor - 19

Stop cheating!

Guys, this thread says "RELATIVE TO THEIR PEERS " Morphy was extremely good in his time because there were no defenses. Even though he would be a strong FM/ weak IM today IMO, he was good against his peers.
BUT PLEASE TAKE MORPHY TO 25. THANK YOU. 100 IS WAY TOO MUCH.
For example, I personally do not like Fischer but he was a very good chess player so I will not downvote him.
And I love Tal and his style, but he was not so strong; he won games generally creating psychological issues for his opponent.
I carefully analyzed those two lists
http://www.wikizero.net/m/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi5tLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9MaXN0X29mX0ZJREVfY2hlc3Nfd29ybGRfbnVtYmVyX29uZXM
http://www.wikizero.net/m/index.php?q=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi5tLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9Db21wYXJpc29uX29mX3RvcF9jaGVzc19wbGF5ZXJzX3Rocm91Z2hvdXRfaGlzdG9yeQ
Sorry for not giving real wikipedia links; wikipedia is banned in my country.
One of those links goes to "Best Chess Players Comparison Throughout History"
The other goes to FIDE #1's list.

Fischer up, Anand down.

Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 38
Paul Morphy - 25
Anatoly Karpov - 8
Garry Kasparov - 22
Mikhail Tal - 14
Vishy Anand - 17
Tigran Petrosian - 15
François-André Philidor - 19

Morphy got eliminated just like Carlsen. People just don't think he's worth it. You cannot insert him back in just because you think your opinion counts more than others. How many people do you think were mad when Carlsen got eliminated by some people who just wanted to eliminate him for fun? They did not insert him back in because of their rage, they accepted and moved on! Please do not cheat because you are upset that Morphy is out. I do think this has gotten a bit out of hand though...

@lurarose when you down vote it is -2. Also don't call people names (ret*rds) because people may be offended.

Down Tal Up Capa

Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 39
Anatoly Karpov - 8
Garry Kasparov - 22
Mikhail Tal - 12
Vishy Anand - 17
Tigran Petrosian - 15
François-André Philidor - 19\

Let go and move on!

It is pretty stupid that Morphy was eliminated when by all accounts he's probably the MOST dominant player of all time. Oh well.

Up Karpov down Anand

Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 39
Anatoly Karpov - 9
Garry Kasparov - 22
Mikhail Tal - 12
Vishy Anand - 16
Tigran Petrosian - 15
François-André Philidor - 19

Up Morphy, down Philidor.

Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 39
Paul Morphy - 26
Anatoly Karpov - 8
Garry Kasparov - 22
Mikhail Tal - 12
Vishy Anand - 17
Tigran Petrosian - 15
François-André Philidor - 17

Very sneaky!