Best Chess Players (relative to their peers)

@rayquaza you are still sore about Morphy not being able to win. I'm sorry you feel this way. Who is Maurian? Steintiz reigned for twenty years - I don't know what you are talking about. OK sure, Fischer didn't rule for long, but the others did. They are not just voting for the player they like because otherwise Tal would be 100 because everyone likes his sacrifices. You are blinded and please wake up to the reality that Morphy didn't win.

Voting is stupid. Time for a revolution. That's it I am taking over this thread in a coup. Viva La Morphy! Voting has been shut down as of now.

Here are the new numbers.

Moprhy 100
Everyone else 0

If you disagree you will be put in perpetual check... FOREVER for your insufferable ignorance.

if the game is trolled then Capablanca is the winner with a clear difference with 38 votes, Im done with this game if its not moderated.

+ Fischer -Kasparov
Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 0
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 39
Anatoly Karpov - 7
Garry Kasparov - 18
Mikhail Tal - 13
Vishy Anand - 18
Tigran Petrosian - 14
Francois-Andre Philidor - 19

@Puzzletraining

Typical, a plea to authority... Didn't anyone ever teach you that "snitches get stitches"?

We are all just having fun here joking around then you try to bring down ban hammers, and locking threads.

What you call "trolling" I call "free speech". We are having a civil discourse here, nobody is going to get hurt... no need to call the wambulance. Your tears will dry up eventually buttercup. You can make it through this I believe in you!

As for Capablanca being awarded the winner if this thread gets derailed. I disagree. The thread has already been LONG DERAILED by people who come in, and vote strictly based on "Who is my favorite chess player", or "Who is the strongest player" over "Which player is strongest relative to his piers".

Morphy is so far beyond anyone else in this category that to vote for anyone else shows a lack of understand or care for the rules of the game. The only other player even in contention is Chuck Norris as when he was asked to play against Alpha Zero to bring back honor to humans he caused a blue screen of death with his round house kick leaving the matter unresolved.

Nice fun, then how does the voting continues or do u want to stop the game?

Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 0
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 39
Anatoly Karpov - 7
Garry Kasparov - 18
Mikhail Tal - 13
Vishy Anand - 18
Tigran Petrosian - 14
Francois-Andre Philidor - 19

+ anand - kasp

Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 0
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 39
Anatoly Karpov - 7
Garry Kasparov - 16
Mikhail Tal - 13
Vishy Anand - 19
Tigran Petrosian - 14
Francois-Andre Philidor - 19

Up Morphy, down Petrosian.

Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 100
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 39
Anatoly Karpov - 7
Garry Kasparov - 16
Mikhail Tal - 13
Vishy Anand - 19
Tigran Petrosian - 12
Francois-Andre Philidor - 19

@rayquaza (#318)

Morphy can't have 100 up-votes...

Up Karpov, down Lasker

Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 25
Paul Morphy - 1
Wilhelm Steinitz - 16
Jose Capablanca - 39
Anatoly Karpov - 8
Garry Kasparov - 16
Mikhail Tal - 13
Vishy Anand - 19
Tigran Petrosian - 12
Francois-Andre Philidor - 19