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Apr-26-24
 | | plang: One advantage Short has is qualifying for a title match defeating Karpov in a match along the way. Adams had a long career of consistent excellence but never had an accomplishment of that magnitude. |
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Apr-26-24
 | | perfidious: It may well be that, as Bill James once wrote when comparing two Hall of Fame pitchers, there is not a dime's worth of difference between Adams and Short, but my nickel goes to Short. Short defeated Karpov in a set match at a time when it took everything even the great Kasparov had to get the job done. |
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Apr-26-24
 | | offramp: Poor old Michael Adams was within a hair's breadth of becoming World Chess Champion (FIDÉ). He was one move away from winning the whole caboodle. |
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Apr-26-24
| | plang: I certainly consider Adams to have had a greater career than Khalifman, Ponomariov and Kasimdzhanov who all won the World Championship tournaments but have never been given full credit because of weaknesses in the knockout format. |
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Apr-26-24
| | perfidious: The three players named after Adams in <plang>'s last post were all solid pros, but there, Adams gets my vote. |
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Apr-26-24
 | | FSR: It would have been nice if Ivanchuk had become FIDE World Champion. He lost in the final match to Ponomariov, a decent player (peak No. 6 in the world) but a nobody compared to Ivanchuk. |
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Apr-27-24
| | perfidious: For some players, getting to the top of Mt Olympus is not on the cards; formidable a player as Ivanchuk was, he displayed psychological instability, which proved ruinous when everything was on the line. |
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| Apr-27-24 | | Chessinfinite: <It's subjective to some extent but I'd reckon Michael Adams to be the greatest ever English player. He's Cornish though, so might not consider himself to be English.> Michael Adams has a strong case for the greatest English player, but I too think that Nigel Short gets the edge, mainly due to qualifying and playing the finals of WC match in those days, which was definitely harder to achieve in those days, atleast until the FIDE blunderfest (in Short's own words) events started in 1998, I think. I was thinking of writing - greatest british player, and would need to include people (about who I don't know much about ..)like H Staunton, Cochrane and some others too. I think Staunton was for some time a leading player, till he ducked a match against then emerging player Paul Morphy (iirc as per reports), and Staunton may have been top 3 at that time, going by rankings if it existed, and it gets complicated imo, so for now I too think that title might go to Nigel Short. |
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| Apr-27-24 | | Lambda: Staunton is generally listed as one of the unofficial pre-1886 world champions, so he would be the greatest relative to his time, though since that time was before Morphy, Steinitz and Lasker had figured out how chess really works, Short (peak achievement) or Adams (best consistent level) are more normally chosen. Blackburne (number 2 in the world for a while) and Miles (who opened the door which Short etc. came through) are other names who should probably get a mention. |
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| Apr-30-24 | | Caissanist: It's been obvious for a long time that chess was becoming more and more a conventional sport. In general terms, pretty much everything there is to know is now known, so the "animal element" of the game--stamina, speed, the ability to memorize and recall more information than the other guy--becomes paramount. There won't be any more world champions over 35, and perhaps none over 30, after Gukesh efficiently wears down Ding. This just doesn't seem as interesting. |
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May-05-24
 | | Check It Out: The same could be said of many sports which still hold interest. |
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May-12-24
 | | MissScarlett: <Nepomniachtchi: "Kids grow very fast, but I don't see anything special in Gukesh's play. It's very strong, but it's not bright. It's hard for me to bet on him, but at the same time it's more like betting against Ding than betting on someone else."> https://twitter.com/chess24com/stat... |
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May-12-24
| | perfidious: <Nepomniachtchi: 'Kids grow very fast, but I don't see anything special in Gukesh's play. It's very strong, but it's not bright....'> Nothing like a backhanded compliment; sounds a trifle like Lasker's criticism of Tarrasch, which ran on the lines of: <He lacks the passion that whips the blood> |
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| May-12-24 | | CourtChesster: I can't believe no-one is nicknaming him Dormammu yet. |
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May-12-24
 | | Korora: <CourtChesster>
Is there a reference I'm not getting? |
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| May-13-24 | | CourtChesster: "Dommaruju" bears a resemblance "Dormammu" one of most powerful the super arch villains in Marvel Comics and the bane of Dr Strange. Hence I've just discovered that I'm too big of a nerd for a chess forum. |
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| May-13-24 | | nok: Never heard of Dormammu, but I know Ur-nammu, the Sumerian king. Not sure which is the nerdier reference. |
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May-13-24
 | | chancho: Dormammu is a Marvel Comics villain.
Enemy of Doctor Strange.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Dxh1... |
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| May-29-24 | | Peinalkes6: Happy birthday to the challenger! |
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May-30-24
| | MissScarlett: He doesn't look a day over 30. |
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Jun-03-24
 | | ketchuplover: belated happy birthday young man |
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| Jun-03-24 | | Atking: <ketchuplover: belated happy birthday young man>! Just 18 years old and already one a the very best in the world. The one who could be soon a FIDE world champion. |
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Jun-03-24
| | ketchuplover: oh and congrats on being the next/newest world champion |
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| Jun-03-24 | | whiteshark: Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. |
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| Jun-03-24 | | dehanne: Gukesh defeating Ding will be like Dewey defeating Truman. |
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