If you have choice of a historic chess match, which 2 players would you like to see face each other in their prime?
Fischer – Kasparov?
Kasparov – Tal?
Karpov – Fischer?
Someone else?
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Fischer – Kasparov
definitly!
Freaking troll.
Capablanca vs Alekhine rematch!
Rubenstein vs Lasker
Alekhine vs Botvinnik,Fine or Reshevsky (either or all)
Karpov vs Fischer
Kramnik vs Kasparov rematch!
Winner of Capablanca-Karpov plays winner of Alekhine-Kasparov. Petrosian subs in case of illness or disqualification. 🙂
Capablanca – Karpov
AND
Fischer – Kasparov
…both pairs having similar styles
Khalifman vs Kasimdzhanov? 🙂
Morphy-Steinitz
Morphy wins!
Pillsbury-Lasker
Pillsbury would have won.
1) Fischer-Karpov. It would have been a helluva match.
2) An Alekhine-Capablanca rematch.
Fischer vs Kasparov 🙂
Though it is unrealistic now that Fischer is el loco 🙂
Fischer-Kasparov!
Fischer vs Kasparov!!!
Fischer x Kasparov would have been very interesting. Steinitz x Morphy too, it was a good reminder.
myself vs tal..hehehe, i want to get hypnotized by the magician of riga
Judit just after she got her GM title, vs Bobby just after he got his. They were almost the same age, within a few months of each other.
Three matches because of their historical impact:
1. Morphy versus Staunton
2. Capablanca verus Alekhine, the rematch
3. Fischer versus Karpov
These are probably the biggest matches never to have been (maybe the 4th being Lasker – Rubinstein). Had they occurred they would have all:
1. Advanced chess knowledge
2. Contributed to examples of chess virtuosity and beauty
3. Popularized chess further with the chess public
4. Established the norm of having the champion face and take on the strongest opposition rather than the sad norm today of the endless gamesmanship and outright ducking of matches.
Capablanca – Rybka
20th vs. 21st Century 🙂 Or if you like, History vs. Future
Morph vs Magnus
Morphy vs Magnus
missed the “y”
Morphy vs Chigorin…that would’ve been a great contest.
Morphy vs Staunton…just to prove that Morphy was superior in chess to Staunton since Staunton was afraid to play Morphy.
Lasker-Pillsbury
What I would like to see is: the top players of today agreeing to play Chess960 versus Fischer!
Lasker and Pillsbury actually played each other 16 times from 1893-1904.
They had an even record against each other at 6 wins each and 4 draws. The last recorded game of them (that I know of) is shown below. Enjoy!
[Event “?”]
[Site “Cambridge Springs”]
[Date “1904.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Pillsbury, Harry Nelson”]
[Black “Lasker, Emanuel”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “D40”]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.Bg5 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Bxf6
gxf6 8.Qh4 dxc4 9.Rd1 Bd7 10.e3 Ne5 11.Nxe5 fxe5 12.Qxc4 Qb6 13.
Be2 Qxb2 14.O-O Rc8 15.Qd3 Rc7 16.Ne4 Be7 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Nc4 Qb5
19.f4 exf4 20.Qd4 f6 21.Qxf4 Qc5 22.Ne5 Be8 23.Ng4 f5 24.Qh6+ Kf7
25.Bc4 Rc6 26.Rxf5+ Qxf5 27.Rf1 Qxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Bd7 29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.
Ne5 1-0
David Sagunsky v. Kasparov
Kasparov vs Fischer – FischerRandom chess!!
Once we let our imagination fly, let it fly high: a round robin tournament with all former and present world champs
Morphy v Tal
I would love to have seen the artistic beauty the attacking explosive play and the brilliant sacrifices of 2 friends fighting it out in an all out war over the board! Fischer vs Tal!!
Karpov vs Fischer of course! The match that ‘should have been’ in 1975, but since Robert Fischer was afraid of Karpov, it never happened.
To all those who shout ‘Kasparov-Fischer’ : forget it, for the same reasons. Fischer would have never dared to play Garry.
I still think Karpov would have won in 1975 if they played!
Some have posted comments regarding the great 19th century (and previous) masters. Thanks for doing so.
Overall, though, it seems many have forgotten their chess history. Why not mention some of the great 19th century masters?
We all know Kasparov, Tal, Karpov, the insane Fischer…literally insane that is…and the other 20th century greats.
What about the Philidor, Adolf Andersson, Lowenthal, the coward Staunton for not playing Morphy, Chigorin (though one posts does mention him), Frank Marshall, and others?
Personally, I think Morphy was the greatest natural chess talent ever born as compared to his contemporaries. Capablanca might be equal in this respect…hard to tell.
However, none of the greats of any century could beat Rybka. So the “Capablanca vs Rybka” is utter nonsense.
He would lose. Just as he could not out run a car, he would lose to modern chess programs.
This argument of Humans vs computers is becoming absurd. Programs are better. Sure, you can “dumb” them down and make it where a human GM can draw but it’s not proving anything but that a human can tie a “disabled” computer.
Big deal.
You could line up all the great chess names mentioned on this topic and none, not a single one, could beat Rybka in a match. Period.
I think even they would agree.
Tal – Kasparov would probably produce the most interesting chess among all the possible matches, but Karpov – Fischer is the most intriguing as it nearly happened.
Why does Anonymous (6:29) make such an aggressive comment against the idea of Capablanca vs. Rybka?
By what criteria is it more nonsense than any of the other impossible fantasy pairings? People are posting here, what they would enjoy most, if it would happen. I think that was the idea of the question.
Also, you seem to underestimate Capablanca. I cannot prove that he would win or draw a match, but you cannot prove that he would lose it, either.
Computer chess experts have made the experience that if a GM goes for a draw, it is virtually impossible to win. Kramnik has shown exactly that in the 2nd match vs. Fritz (except for the rare blackout and the last game when a draw made no sense). Kramnik has often been compared to Capablanca, and if I am not wrong, he has mentioned him as one of his idols.
Commentators often think only about wins or losses (where players need to take risks to get winning chances), but they forget the draws. If Capablanca played bad compared to his typical strength, he still almost never lost. He just drew instead of winning.
Ok, 60:40 for Rybka but Capablanca would have his chances. 🙂
some great rematches that never took place:
Alekhine – Casablanca
Petrosian – Botvinnik
Kramnik – Kasparov
Eu concordo com 3 matchs importantes e interessantes:
1) (Capablanca or Alekhine) x Ribka (rybka wins) rybka is the best engine of chess.
2) fischer x karpov – fischer wins!
3) kasparov x fischer – kasparov wins!
but, fischer now is dead! 🙁
for me, kasparov is the best of chess! Always…
morphy vs capablanca
fischer vs either of the two
tal fischer prime