Who are such great chess players?How are they identified and by what criteria are they selected? The question is very difficult, because there are many "great" people. The most relevant and fair criterion is the comparison of current contemporary players, because historical chess players such as Paul Morphy, Emanuel Lasker and others can not compete with grandmasters of our time, such as Karlsen, Nakamura, Karjakin, Anand, Kramnik.
Current athletes have access to tons of books anddatabases, can exchange experience on forums and use ready-made computerized algorithms. The age of information technology has significantly changed the level of the game in chess. The current rating of chess players far exceeds the figures of historical grandmasters. However, chess players of past years laid the foundation for this game. Aron Nimtsovich, Bobby Fisher, David Bronstein and many others are people who once were champions and, besides, they are the authors of the most famous chess textbooks. Without the past there would be no present!
Some chess critics singled out the tengrandmasters who have been or remain the undisputed champions of the world for many years. The following chessplayers of all times and nations notice the strong preponderance and epochal domination over the others: Emanuel Lasker, José Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Robert Fisher, Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen.
Magnus Carlsen is a chess player from Norway,which does not need special representation. He is the world champion (from 2013 to the present), the man who was the first to reach the chess rating of 2872 points. This is the best result of all time and people, therefore Magnus Carlsen undoubtedly falls into the list of the great chess players of the planet. The current champion has an incredible mentality, which has a pathological function to build high tactical lines behind the chessboard.
K. Magnus - the strongest chess player, this is a fact! Experts and critics believe that the Norwegian could beat any ever existing chess player in the world.
Viswanathan Anand is the strongest player from India,who became the first Grandmaster in his country. Anand is a phenomenal chess player with an analytical mind. Viswanathan became the world champion of FIDE (International Chess Federation) in 2000 and retained his supremacy until 2002. During his championship in India, an incredible interest in chess was raised, which also captured all of Asia.
Viswanathan Anand has never been"Blitzkrieg", however he managed to become the world champion in blitz in 2003, thereby confirming the status of the strongest chess player. Further more! The Indian grandmaster was the absolute champion of the world in the period from 2007 to 2013. During this period, the main rival of Anand was Vladimir Kramnik, but the Indian was always stronger. Viswanathan's achievements deserve to be rightfully considered the strongest chess player on the planet.
Garry Kasparov - definitely the best player of XXcentury! Many connoisseurs of chess can argue with this, saying that Garry Kasparov is on par with Anatoly Karpov. However, statistics and facts speak for themselves.
For which Kasparov can be considered the best:
Anatoly Karpov - another chess king of XXcentury. In 1975, Anatoly Karpov managed to win the tournament applicants. This allowed him to enter the match for the title of world champion against Robert Fisher, but the defending champion refused to defend his title.
According to the chess regulations, the title of world championChess was awarded to Karpov. Realizing that the title went to, roughly speaking, "idle", Anatoly Karpov took drastic measures - he took part in every world chess championship of different categories. Karpov aspired to fulfill the mission - to prove to everyone that his title "world champion" is well-deserved. And this is what happened:
The rating of chess players according to the FIDE version, top-10:
Vladimir Kramnik is a player who managed tostep over the rating step to 2800+ points. Kramnik has the best level of performance among all the strongest chess leaders. In 2000 he became the world champion, having defeated Garry Kasparov himself. Vladimir Kramnik is the best chess methodologist, whose potential is endowed with computer accuracy and stress resistance.
Sergey Karyakin is the only chess player whohas not yet become the world champion in classical chess. He is the youngest grandmaster on the planet, this rank was awarded to Sergei in 12 years and 7 months. In addition, in 2002, twelve-year-old Sergei Karyakin was the official coach for the tactics of grandmaster Ruslan Ponomoriev (world champion FIDE 2002-2004). There was no such thing in the world!
In 2016 he became the winner of the tournament of applicantsand became an opponent of Magnus Carlsen, but he could not win. Sergei Karyakin still remains the most important rival of the current champion. In 2012 and 2016 he became the world champion in blitz. Karjakin is the best chess dominant, strategist and blitzkrieg.
Experts believe that the rivalry between Magnus Karlsen and Sergei Karyakin will surpass the famous couple of Kasparov - Karpov.
