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Some famous recent Chess players are Anand, Kramnik, Magnus Carlsen, Alexei Shirov, and Garry Kasparov.

Older players would be

Emanuel Lasker, longest reigning world champion, 27 years

Alexander Alekhine, world champion 17 years

Jose Capablanca, who took the title from Lasker

Paul Morphy, an American, in 1858 he was generally acknowledged as world champion before there was an official title,

Howard Staunton, played in the 1850s and now the official style of pieces is named after him

Adolph Anderssen, winner of the game that has been called the "Immortal Game", widely considered the best game ever played

Bobby Fischer, the first American player to hold the official title

Some famous recent chess players are Anand, Kramnik, Magnus Carlsen, Alexei Shirov, and Garry Kasparov.

Older players would be

Emanuel Lasker, longest reigning world champion, 27 years

Alexander Alekhine, world champion 17 years

Jose Capablanca, who took the title from Lasker

Paul Morphy, an American, in 1858 he was generally acknowledged as world champion before there was an official title,

Howard Staunton, played in the 1850s and now the official style of pieces is named after him

Adolph Anderssen, winner of the game that has been called the "Immortal Game", widely considered the best game ever played

Bobby Fischer, the first American player to hold the official title

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The World Chess Champion of the world is Anand. He played Kramnik in the World Championship. There were 11 games and the score was 6.5-4.5. All of the games were played by the opening move d4 except for the 11th game which was played by e4.

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Of all time source: http://listverse.com/2009/09/06/top-10-greatest-chess-players-in-history/

1. Garry Kasparov

2.Anatoly Karpov

3.Emanuel Laskar

4.Wilhelm Steinitz

5.Jose Capablanca

6.Bobby Fischer

7.Alexander Alekhine

8.Mikhail Botvinnik

9.Paul Morphy

10. Deep Blue IBM chess computer

In the World today (as of May 2012) Source:http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml

RankNameTitleCountryRatingGamesB-Year1Carlsen, MagnusgNOR2835019902Aronian, LevongARM2825319823Kramnik, VladimirgRUS2801019754Anand, ViswanathangIND2791419695Radjabov, TeimourgAZE2784019876Karjakin, SergeygRUS2779719907Nakamura, HikarugUSA2775519878Caruana, FabianogITA27702619929Morozevich, AlexandergRUS27697197710Ivanchuk, VassilygUKR276401969

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Chess is full of many famous players, but these three names stick out: Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov. These three players are known for their skill, creativity, and enduring contributions to the game.

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Three famous chess grandmasters are Bobby Fisher, Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov.

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Bobby Fischer, Garry Kasparov, Alexander Alekhine.

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12y ago

Boibby Fischer.

Boris Spassky.

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Wang Yue .

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