Davy Jones Chess Challenge

IDAVID

Only Chess

17 Oct 07 02:10

gaychessplayer

Joined: 22 Aug 06
Moves: 359

20 Oct 07 19:19

Originally posted by tomtom232
I would say Pillsbury but he died too soon. So I'm goin' to have to say Akiba Rubenstein the master of Rook and Pawn endgames.

Harry Nelson Pillsbury and I share the same birthday. (He was a tad older than me. And a little bit better player.)

Squelchbelch

Joined: 14 Jul 06
Moves: 20541

20 Oct 07 19:54

1 edit

Originally posted by IDAVID
Although some will say that this is a "point-of-view" type of a question, there is an answer that is universally considered correct by most chess experts. (including myself teehee:>😉

Ok, here we go:

Who was (no longer alive) the greatest player never to win the World Championship?

Who will win Davy Jones chess Challenge part 1!?

I'd say Morphy. Ignore his "odds" games or games against weak players in the opera house.
Go straight to the quality stuff:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1019059
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1027917

DawgHaus

Joined: 21 Sep 06
Moves: 24552

20 Oct 07 20:23

Based on the info at http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2409, the top four candidates for best-non-world-champion are

Korchnoi, Tarrasch, Keres, Rubinstein

Of the other possibles, my votes would go to Bronstein, Geller, and Ivanchuk.

A few months ago I would have said Anand. 🙂

Kepler

Demon Duck

of Doom!

Joined: 20 Aug 06
Moves: 20099

20 Oct 07 21:13

Originally posted by DawgHaus
Based on the info at http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=2409, the top four candidates for best-non-world-champion are

Korchnoi, Tarrasch, Keres, Rubinstein

Of the other possibles, my votes would go to Bronstein, Geller, and Ivanchuk.

A few months ago I would have said Anand. 🙂

This has to be a dead person. Korchnoi may be one hundred and twenty twelve but he aint dead yet. I don't think Anand is dead either.

tomtom232

Joined: 15 Jun 06
Moves: 16334

21 Oct 07 01:28

Originally posted by Squelchbelch
I'd say Morphy. Ignore his "odds" games or games against weak players in the opera house.
Go straight to the quality stuff:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1019059
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1027917

And without Morphy modern theory might not be so modern.

CalWriter

Creative Genius

Literary Lion Land

Joined: 12 Sep 04
Moves: 75934

21 Oct 07 22:39

Originally posted by IDAVID
Although some will say that this is a "point-of-view" type of a question, there is an answer that is universally considered correct by most chess experts. (including myself teehee:>😉

Ok, here we go:

Who was (no longer alive) the greatest player never to win the World Championship?

Who will win Davy Jones chess Challenge part 1!?

Viktor Korchnoi

Davyboy

Vancouver

Joined: 17 Dec 04
Moves: 1281

22 Oct 07 16:57

Congratulations guys!

Paul Keres is the answer I was looking for!

Davy Jones of:
Davy Jones Chess Challenge 1

Stockton

Joined: 28 Sep 06
Moves: 6883

22 Oct 07 23:54

I was gonna say Botvinnik, but Korch beat me to it.

tomtom232

Joined: 15 Jun 06
Moves: 16334

23 Oct 07 00:01

Originally posted by Stockton
I was gonna say Botvinnik, but Korch beat me to it.

he won the world championship.

IDAVID

Joined: 11 Dec 04
Moves: 1246

27 Oct 07 23:16

Tomtom, what was the idea of posting this "I beg to differ!" 3 times?

If it was some kind of a joke, it definately went over me.

tomtom232

Joined: 15 Jun 06
Moves: 16334

27 Oct 07 23:20

I was going to keep saying it and when you gave the answer I would say it again and then say I was the best but then I realized Im not dead yet! 😳 🙄