Originally posted by IndianaBrandonYeah Botvinnik was great.
I admire Botvinnik the most. I like going over his games. I think he would have beat Alekhine if not for WW2. I read during the rematch with Tal, Botvinnik would write "Fight" in his notebook after every move logged. The Chess version of Marvelous Marvin Hagler, it wasnt a game to Botvinnik it was war. I dont think he was the greatest, just my favorite.
It was very fun when he played Tal, coz Botvinnik considered chess as a war (like you said) and he deeply hated whoever sat in front of him on the other side of a chessboard: he only desired to destroy him, while Tal was such a sportsman and considered chess as a creative matter: 2 genius sat down at a table and created something beautiful by moving pieces on a board. He kept on smiling for all the game!
I'm sure Botvinnik couldn't bear him...
Originally posted by el gilwould asking for the most brillant instead of the best result in a completely diferrent list of candidates?
Yeah Botvinnik was great.
It was very fun when he played Tal, coz Botvinnik considered chess as a war (like you said) and he deeply hated whoever sat in front of him on the other side of a chessboard: he only desired to destroy him, while Tal was such a sportsman and considered chess as a creative matter: 2 genius sat down at a table and created something b ...[text shortened]... ces on a board. He kept on smiling for all the game!
I'm sure Botvinnik couldn't bear him...
Originally posted by quorthonId tend to agree with you, but i think youd have to admit kramnik is pretty damn close he has beaten him after all in the championship match in 2000
No one is better than Kasparov was or still is.
Fisher,Alekhine,Euwe,BotwinnikCapablanca the all were very good,but no one is like Kasparov.
Originally posted by smw6869the bloke was probably Harry Pillsbury.he may well have been the best if he did not die at a young age.
who was the world champ in 1939? My father beat him. The champ was playing a local chess club in the US. He was playing 25 games at one time. My father was the only one to beat the champ. However, the champ was playing blindfolded. True story.
Originally posted by smw6869Alexander ALEKHINE
who was the world champ in 1939? My father beat him. The champ was playing a local chess club in the US. He was playing 25 games at one time. My father was the only one to beat the champ. However, the champ was playing blindfolded. True story.
Born: October 31, 1892 in Moscow; died: March 24, 1946 in Ashtoryl, Portugal (but is buried in Paris).
A Russian chess player, the 4-th World Champion (1927 - 1935, 1937 - 1946), a chess theorist and literary man, the Doctor of Jurisprudence.
From: http://www.chessebook.com/history_1.php?chem=ale
Originally posted by YogiflFascist, anti-semite & alcoholic too!
Alexander ALEKHINE
Born: October 31, 1892 in Moscow; died: March 24, 1946 in Ashtoryl, Portugal (but is buried in Paris).
A Russian chess player, the 4-th World Champion (1927 - 1935, 1937 - 1946), a chess theorist and literary man, the Doctor of Jurisprudence.
From: http://www.chessebook.com/history_1.php?chem=ale