Old Ways

My favorite player of all time(I love Capablnca's games,but not so keen on Alekhin's) is Morphy.My problem is:he went to the table and played.No data bases.I think Morphy would not have made it in any other age than he was born.
I wish upon wish I could glance at a position and play like that.
Mari

I agree!😀 It is amazing to think of how well he played, the way he played. I haven't studied many GM's styles but from what I've seen, I like Andersen's style. He was a great attacker and had many exciting games. He to though, wouldn't fair so well nowadays as defenses have become much more refined and the 'hacking and slashing' or swashbuckling play of old isn't seen to often in modern play.🙂

Originally posted by mariposa
My favorite player of all time(I love Capablnca's games,but not so keen on Alekhin's) is Morphy.My problem is:he went to the table and played.No data bases.I think Morphy would not have made it in any other age than he was born.
I wish upon wish I could glance at a position and play like that.
Mari

The only thing I don't like about Nimzowitch was his political views. I believe he was a White Supremist or a Nazi or something awful like that. 😠 He played a brilliant game of chess it's just a shame he wasn't a better person. 🙁

If he was around today he would have access to all the wondeful stuff modern day players have and he would use it.

He would be a great player in any age.