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Kasparov, Kramnik
Aronyan, Svidler
Kamsky, Anand
Korchnoi, Carlsen
Karpov, Karyakin
Ice $ flame, experience & juvenility
chackmate
Aronian has brother?
Nakamura, Morezovich, Topalov, Polgar J., Grischuk, Bacrot, Kasparov, Fischer, Carlsen, Fritz
Judit Polgar, Susan Polgar, Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Sofia Polgar, Chiburdanidze, Kosteniuk, Stefanova, Zhao Xue.
An all-star top female match
Fritz, Junior, Rybka, Spike, Fruit, shredder, hiarcs, glauring, crafty, loop
No chance of toiletgate!
No whining!
No need to shake hands!
No missed mate in 3s!
Kasparov, Fischer, Tal,
Topalov, Carlsen, Aronian,
Kamsky, Anand, Alehine
Judit
I include some players no longer
around. 🙂 but this is a fantasy tourney, right?
Susan Polgar, Sofia Polgar, Judit Polgar, Pia Cramling, Zhu Chen, Xu Yuhua, Maia Chiburdanidze, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Harriet Hunt, Me
the one and only tournament where I would be top man 🙂
Hydra (neither male nor female, but arguably the strongest chess-playing entity in the world), Rybka on a strong multiprocessor machine (for a second datapoint in AI vs. humanity comparisons), Kasparov (for the sake of history), Kramnik (present chess world champion), Topalov (for his strength and uncompromising style of play), Judith Polgar (strongest female in the world), and Kamsky, Svidler, Aronian, Shirov, Adams for their being world-class chess players in general.
Kasparov, Karpov
Topalov, Fisher
Spassky, Anand
Korchnoi, Carlsen , Karyakin ,Rybka
I would change the tournament to a match between Kramnik and Anand. Anand deserves a shot at the title.
Matches are really so much better than tournaments. the recent elista match shows that so clearly.
but it has to be a WC match. regular matches between players are kind of boring. they have some 4 game matches. they are just not the same. 4 games in not really serious.
Kasparov Fischer Kramnik Topalov Anand Szvidler Morozevics Lékó Polgár Carlsen
Kasparov Kramnik Karpov Ivanchuk Shirov Morozevich Carlsen Kajakin Mamedyarov Topalov
bye
Megalovic
You’re kidding, right?
Who would come to my tournament? You would all request thousands of dollars for appeareance fees. Money, whih I don’t have. And then you would make quick draws and spend the time on the toilets. And force me to make rules to prevent you from making quick draws (quick money).
If you’re not kidding, then I would invite the first 10 from the elo list. They are the best, anyway.
pick the top 10 rated player includind the inactive kasparov and polgar
Ilyumzhinov, Danailov, Makropoulos, Azmaiparashvili, Topalov, Gijssen, Vega, Zhukov, Putin, Rybka.
Fischer, God.
How else are you going to get him to play?
Topalov, Kasparov, Fischer, Korchnoi, Spassky, Karpov, J.Polgar, Alekhine, Capablanca and ME… with my newly acquired knowledge of the scholar’s mate opening (C20)…
I would take the top five rated players from the Men’s and Women’s FIDE Ratings lists and let them have a tournament:
Judit, Koneru,Kosteniuk,Cramling,Xu
Topalov,Anand,Kramnik,Svidler,Morozevich
Easy. The top 10 ranked players.
Any of the top players besides those that play for draws.
the top 9 players and myself, as long as I can make 1 trip to an unsupervised room per move, then i will win!
I would invite
CARLSEN to complete his rise
KASPAROV to show his superiority
TOPALOV to show his attacks
KRAMNIK to show his defense
FISCHER to crush the rest
ANAND to deliver masterpieces
KAMSKY to lose and win the nicest
POLGAR J to make the men behave
FRITZ to beat Topalov
KARPOV to finish last the first time in his life
Alex
http://www.alexblog4u.blogspot.com
Judit Polgar, Sofia Polgar, Susan Polgar, Topalov, Kamsky, Anand, Kramnik, Fischer,Nakamura, and Pia Cramling
The 10 strongest players of course, no matter what.
Kramnik, Anand, Topalov, Svidler, Morozevich, Leko, Grischuk, Kamsky, Aronian, Ivanchuk.
And impose the Sofia ‘no draw offers’ rule!!
[N.B. Kasparov would beat them all!]
alexse,
Karpov has already finished last in a tournament – the double round robin supertournament of 6 in 1996.
Kramnik, Leko, Gelfand, Bacrot, Karpov, Spassky, Ribli, Andersson, Elvest, Chernin. And Sofia rules.
Tatev Abrahamyan, Vishy Anand, Joel Benjamin, Martha Fierro, Jennifer Shahade, Alex Sherzer, Elizabeth Vicary, Patrick Wolff, Iryna Zenyuk and me.
“antonym
said…
Fischer, God.
How else are you going to get him to play?”
———
That would not help. He would refuse to play vs himself.
I’ll consider ‘active’ being on the FIDE list…that excludes Fischer, Kasparov…
1) Kramnik
2) Topalov
3) Kamsky
4) Morosevich
5) Short (just to see him cry when Kamsky beats him)
6) Anand
7) Carlsen (youth)
8) Nakamura
9) J. Polgar (best female)
10) Korchnoi (venerance)
A tournament of fiery attackers and tacticians (even though there may be some mismatches):
Magnus Carlsen
Emory Tate
Veselin Topalov
Alexei Shirov
Larry Christiansen
Hikaru Nakamura
Alexander Morozevich
Viktor Korchnoi
Ljubomir Ljubojevic
Alexander Beliavsky
Kasparov-Fisher-Karpov-Korchnoi-Topalov-Judit Polgar-Anand-Yelena Dembo-Susan Polgar-Aronian.
Fighters-no Kramning (boring)chess.
The best gambiteers !
Or else very original grandmasters :
Vaganian, Ljubojevic, Kaidanov, Glek, Hodgson, Sveshnikov, …
I would think this would get a little fire on the boards:
1 Topalov
2 Anand
3 Morozevich
4 Svidler
5 J. Polgar
6 Shirov
7 Short
8 Kamsky
9 Nakamura
10 Carlsen
No Draw before the first time control and a bonus for the best fighting spirit. Perhaps make it theme-manic with 1. e4 or King’s gambit or Pirc…something interesting!!!
topalov, viscovi (brasil), kamsky, anand, short, karpov, bruzon (cuba), becerro rivero (usa/ cuba), kasparov, henrique mecking (also known as mequinho, brasil) he was once considered the third best in the world.. when you consider 1-2 were two guys named spassky and fischer, you got to wonder what could have been..
The question is about active players
So I would invite :
Kramnik
Anand
Morozevich
Topalov
Svidler
These are the 5 current strongest IMO
then i would add for entertainment :
V.Korchnoi ( Senior)
A.Karpov (Senior former W.Champ )
Carlsen ( great young talent)
J.Polgar (Best female ever )
Mamedyarov (current Junior Champ)
5 of the best attackers vs 5 of the best defenders.
Not a bad idea, Susan. You have so many of them. I am going to take liberties and bring in not only the inactive but thoses that have passed. With the Super GM tournaments, we have pretty close to your suggested fantasy already.
Steinitz (Great will, held forever. His eccentrencity would be interesting to watch in a largely modern tournament.)
Lasker (More of the same, with more practicality)
Capablanca (Probably the one most praised by the GMs themselves)
Alekhine (He would have to be dealt with)
Botvinnik (He would never be unprepared.)
Fischer (A genius and an ego among geniuses and great egos. It is worth it for just the headlines alone , folks!)
Karpov (Underestimated, great nerves under stress to be respected)
Kasparov (He thinks, without being arrongant and respectful to other parties, that he was the best. He’d be able to find out.)
Kramnik (Take away the health problems and this guy is much better than people suspect)
MORPHY (OK, so I pulled a chronological “fast one” on you. There is something about the middle game that is so brillant that I can’t equate with the modern tactical geniuses. Let’s face it, with just a touch of the romantacism, the time period, the man, and his style, you really want him in.)
4 games RR 1st tournament: They materialize without warning. The tournament site has no computer and no books. No seconds. The moderns have only their MEMORY of past games as a guide. That is still a huge advantage. 2nd tournament: Every one books up and plays private practice games for 5 years before the tournament. Peak strength and health of participants.
3rd Event: Morphy plays a blindofl simul agianst the other 9. (Just kidding, but I know that you laughed.)
Men vs. women match.
Men’ side
IM Josh Friedel
FM Lev Milman
FM Matthew Hoekstra
FM John Bartholomew
Women’s side:
IM Anna Zatonskih
IM Irina Krush
WGM Rusudan Goletiani
WGM Jennifer Shahade
I am really trying to think about who would have the best chances under both circumstances in my tournament. I think that Kasparov would win the tournament where the dead players don’t have the theory/practice update. I do not think that the difference would be as great as modern GM and non-GM ego would believe, because the older players played different games with a somewhat different skill set. The more modern, the more research and variations. Tactical surprise from that base.
Players such as Lasker, Capablanca, Lasker and Karpov would simplify the opening and have better defensive technique. Comments respected and welcome from all! Susan, What do you think?
I think Fischer would win that hypothetical tournament. At his peak he was performing at over a 3080 Elo for over a year. I haven’t seen that from any other gm’s before or after.
Of course I’d give every player a month with an ECO index to get up to date.
Kramnik
Anand
Leko
Topalov
Shirov
Polgar
Kamsky
Aronian
Bacrot
+wild card
Than the main tournament between some famous people who play chess!
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/famous.htm
for example:
Klitschko, Vladimir (1800)
Klitschko, Vitaly (1800)
Stallone, Sylvester
Schwarzenegger, Arnold (1500)
Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik , Topalov , Shirov, Judit and…..ME !!!
C’mon its all a dream…
Dear Churchill40,
I liked your post. I think it is fair to compare the greatest of the past with contemporary GM’s. In the best of all possible worlds (borrowing the famous line from Voltaire), give Morphy, Paulsen (though he quit once chess clocks were introduced), and Steinitz…maybe throw in Andersson, also, 2 years to collaborate and “catch up” on theory, add to that their own respective styles and they could probably hold their own against modern GM’s.
In a hypothetical match between:
Morphy-Steinitz (winner-Morphy)
Pillsbury (though not a world champ might have been had he lived) vs Morphy or Steinitz: Winner-Pillsbury.
I think Kasparov would be able to defeat virtually any of his predecessors in a match. Even if they had time to catch up on theory.
I still think he is the best living chess player.
Alas, we’ll never know. Morphy became disgusted with chess and unstable. He was an outcast due to leaving the U.S. during the Civil War.
His blindfold games are extraordinary. Do any contemporary GM’s play blindfold games?
Kind of off the topic but if anyone know, then I’d appreciate it.
Many Thanks,
Tim Harris
Kasparov{i wish}, topalov, anand, kamsky, shirov, mozervich, judith polgar, carlsen, radjabov{I think I haven’t got the spelling right}, aronian
Bronstein (Former World Championship draw)
Smyslov (Former World Champion)
Spassky (Former World Champion)
Fischer (Former World Champion)
Karpov (Former World Champion)
Kasparov (Former World Champion)
Kramnik (World Champion)
Judit Polgar (Strongest female in chess history)
Anand (Arguably the strongest former FIDE Champion – certainly the fastest)
Topalov (Former FIDE Champion)
All are alive now (2006), and superb fighters. Several are great ambassadors for chess (good role models) and many are just plain good sports – win lose draw – Wow – what a tournament.
KRAMNIK – World Champion!
TOPALOV – Always Fighting!
ANAND – Positional Powerplay!
SVIDLER – Russian Superstar!
MOROZEVICH – Mercurian Creativity!
SHIROV – Fire On Board!
GRISCHUK – World Blitz Champion!
POLGAR,J – No.1 Female Player!
CARLSEN – Wonderboy #1
KARJAKIN – Wonderboy #2
I would definately skip work for a week or two if this tourney came about 😉
The Fighters:
Kasparov, Anand, Topalov, Morozewich, Shirov , Judit Polgar, Carlsen, Karjakin, Aronian, Ivanchuk
i am going to go with any players “alive today” since it would obviously be possible to have any players who are living and breathing. and with this conclusion here it is.
Time control” Game in 25 minutes 10 sec increments
1)Garry Kasparov 2800+ fide (13th world champion considered to be the best chess player of all time)
2) Bobby Fischer 11th world chess champion considered to by many to be the greatest chess hero of all-time.
3) Anatoly Karpov (although past his prime still can play interesting chess at fast time controls especially 12th world chess champion)
4)Vladimir Kramnik (14th world chess champion) would this be the first time 4 world champions have played? i dont know did lasker,capa,alekhine and euwe ever play in same tournament. probably.
5)Vishy Anand ( well how bout 5 world champions !! i know that would be a record….at least i think now im wondering if botvinnik,tal,spassky,smyslov and petrosian ever played in same tournament lol)
6) Veslin Topalov (!!! how bout 6 guys who were considered to be world champions. that’s gotta do it!)
7) Judit Polgar (gotta add this lady ……strongest female chess player of all-time not to mention very capable of beating any of the above in any given game)
8) Hikaru Nakamura (sorry kinda biased here. he is exciting chess player lol…. and probably wont see many draws from this line on the crosstable at the end LOL)
9) Gata Kamsky (getting stronger by the day and could be a serious figure in the chess world in the next 12 months…not to mention his plus score against most of the active players today and his world title match against Karpov)
10) Magnus Carlsen……..gotta throw a junior in there and what a junior he is. This boy is a beast yo! Watch out
come on Bill Gates be the all-time hero for chess and sponor a $20 million dollar tournament prize fund and get these people together. 🙂
Fischer, Kasparov, Karpov, Kramnik, J. Polgar, Korchnoi, Reshevsky, F. Marshall, Pachman, Keres
Tim,
I must tell you, national pride aside, I would have added Pillsbury, who of could have probably won a world championship under some circumstances. ( An Example: Pillsbury and Tarrasch could have probably beat the Steinitz of 1895 as Lasker did.) The Rubinstein of 1912. Rubinstein or Pillsbury could have had the San Luis of their time and if it had been a WC format, they world have been world title players. I have read that one of Paulsen’s chief weapons was his sitting ability. He was known to play 10 or 11 hours games. Now when you consider how his positional style would have made 19th century romantics impatient anyway, just add those hours for good measure. 🙂
Did Euwe, Capa, Alekhine, Lasker all play in the same tournament? Yes Nottingham 1936. Along with Reshevsky, Fine, and Flour no less! (There were the 4 weaker British players, along with Tartakover and Bogoljubov) There was a narrow miss at AVRO 1938, where Lasker and others were disappointed as Lasker’s absence. Incidently, Lasker won the championship in 1894. I incirrectly listed 1895 in my last post
Magnus,
Judit,
Bobby,
Vladimir,
Garry ,
Vishy,
Peter,
Yifan,
Viktor,
Anatolij
How about All The living World Champions?
Smyslov, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov, Khalifman, Kramnik, Anand, Ponomariov, Kasimdzhanov, and Topalov. Oh that’s 11. We’ll just have to have a bye every round.
1)Anand, The Player and The Gentleman
2)Kramnik, The World Chess Champion; The Wall
3)Morozevich, The Great Unpredictable; The Shuffler
4)Shirov, Mr. Fire (On Board)!
5)Carlsen, The Energy of Youth; Power of the Norsemen
6)Kamsky, Blast From the Past; The Hope of The Americas
7)Ivanchuk, The Ukrainian Sphinx – The Genius
8)Svidler, The Sophisticated Chess Giant
9)Aronian, The Brilliant ‘Hustler’
10)Leko, The Solid Rock
TopAILOV-entity didn’t make it on the list because they/he(?) need(s) to learn how to behave first. After all chess is played by gentlemen (and ladies as well these days).
Kasparov (if he’s active on chessbase)- he’s supreme,
Kramnik – he is the proven current champion, at chess,
Anand a must,
Morozevich for brilliance,
J Polgar a must,
Adams best English player, now recovering from defeat by microchip,
Topalov – currently most proven attacking genius,
Carlsen – astonishing,
Radjabov – astonishing,
S Polgar – for personality and on form a match for the rest,
Fischer(strength,politics),Alekhine (strength,drinking partner), Korchnoi(knowledge of French def,Argue with him),Morphy (strength, connection to past),Capablanca(strength, another drinking partner),Short (insult him, rub in Kasparov-Short, 1993), Kramnik (discuss washroom hygenics), Karpov (great all around player), Kasparov (name speaks for itself),Zsofia Polgar (convince her to divorce her husband and marry me, her chess isn’t bad either: Gyimesi-Polgar,Hungarian championship,1995