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
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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