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Who is your favorite chess champion and why?

Who is your favorite chess champion and why?

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Yeah, I'd have to go for Tal, too. No-one plays chess that beautifully any more, and he seems to have been a pretty nice guy for all his talent.

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Originally posted by Dixon Bainbridge
Certainy do sunshine and i bet Brad Pitt plays Chess aswell or has homosexual sex with his homoboy crew. Real. Word.
Can you communicate without making a reference to homosexuality, non caucasianism and all other specific topics you seem obsessed about, in about each and every post? That would be nice.

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Originally posted by Amaurote
Yeah, I'd have to go for Tal, too. No-one plays chess that beautifully any more, and he seems to have been a pretty nice guy for all his talent.
Quite how do you play chess 'beautifully'?

I'm sure you have a point but it's lost on me big time.

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Emanuel Lasker

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Originally posted by Amaurote
Yeah, I'd have to go for Tal, too. No-one plays chess that beautifully any more, and he seems to have been a pretty nice guy for all his talent.
I agree completely; he has my vote too. A true classic.

As an American, I have to appreciate Bobby Fischer as well for bringing chess to the average American.

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Originally posted by Dixon Bainbridge
I am just being funny retard.
The word 'a' is not spelled 'funny'.

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Originally posted by Dixon Bainbridge
I am just being a funny retard.
I put the "a" in that you forgot.

Though I don't think you're funny at all.

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I like Tal for his "out of the box"tactics.
I like Lasker because he played the man as well as the board.
I like Alekhein for his attitude.
I like Fischer for his accuracy.
Hard for me to choose one, but I think Tal was the most exciting of all.

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Who: Boris Spastic

Why: Cos he makes me look good.

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Misha Tal !

A great man ( he had no enemies in the chess world !!! ) and a wonderful chess player, an uncommon mix in chess champions ....

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Steinitz, for his methodical and logical approach to the game. Close is Lasker, for holding the championship longer than anyone, and for being a master of the psychological aspect of chess. A book he wrote that a friend had looked very well written as well from what I saw, which impressed me too. This did as well:

In 1920, Lasker saw that Capablanca was becoming too strong, and resigned the title to him, saying, "You have earned the title not by the formality of a challenge, but by your brilliant mastery." Capablanca wanted to win it in a match, but Lasker insisted that he was now the challenger. They played a match in Havana in 1921, and Capablanca defeated Lasker +4 -0 =10.

Nimzowitch gets credit for the same reason as Steinitz but he was never World Champion.

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I'd go for Tal too, the guy was a legend.

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Originally posted by asromacalcio
Quite how do you play chess 'beautifully'?

I'm sure you have a point but it's lost on me big time.
I mean inspirationally, with originality, with precision, flair, flexion, lateral thinking, irony and a sense of romance. Tal exhibits all of those qualities.