Great chess players of the world. Chess players rating

Who are such great chess players? How are they identified and by what criteria are they selected? The question is very difficult, because there are many "great" people. The most relevant and fair criterion is the comparison of current players, because historical chess players such as Paul Morphy, Emanuel Lasker and others can not compete with grandmasters of our time, such as Carlsen, Nakamura, Karjakin, Anand, Kramnik.

Why are modern chess players better than historical

Current athletes have access to tons of books and databases, can exchange experiences on forums and use ready-made computerized algorithms. The age of information technology has significantly changed the level of the game in chess. The current rating of chess players far exceeds the figures of historical grandmasters. However, chess players of past years laid the foundation for this game. Aron Nimtsovich, Bobby Fisher, David Bronstein and many others are people who once were champions and, moreover, are the authors of the most famous chess textbooks. Without the past there would be no present!

Undeniable world chess leaders of all time

Some chess critics singled out a dozen grandmasters who were or will remain the undisputed champions of the world for many years. The strongest preponderance and epochal domination over others are noticed by the following chess players of all time: Emanuel Lasker, José Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Robert Fisher, Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen.

Great chess players of the world - foreigners

Magnus Carlsen is a chess player from Norway who does not need special representation. He is the world champion (from 2013 to the present), the man who was the first to reach the chess rating of 2872 points. This is the best result of all time and people, therefore Magnus Carlsen undoubtedly falls into the list of the great chess players of the planet. The current champion has an incredible mentality, which has a pathological function to build high tactical lines behind the chessboard.

K. Magnus is the strongest chess player, this is a fact! Experts and critics believe that the Norwegian could beat any ever existing chess player in the world.

Viswanathan Anand is the strongest player from India, who became the first grandmaster in his country. Anand is a phenomenal chess player with an analytical mind. Viswanathan became the world champion of FIDE (International Chess Federation) in 2000 and retained his supremacy until 2002. During his championship in India, an incredible interest in chess was raised, which also captured all of Asia.

Viswanathan Anand was never profiled as a "blitzkrieg", but he managed to become the world champion in blitz in 2003, thereby confirming the status of the strongest chess player. Further more! The Indian Grandmaster was the absolute champion of the world in the period from 2007 to 2013. During this period, the main rival of Anand was Vladimir Kramnik, but the Indian was always stronger. Viswanathan's achievements deserve to be rightfully considered the strongest chess player of the planet.

Kasparov - Karpov - the best chess players of the USSR

Garry Kasparov - definitely the best player of the XX century! Many connoisseurs of chess can argue with this, saying that Garry Kasparov is on par with Anatoly Karpov. However, statistics and facts speak for themselves.

For which Kasparov can be considered the best:

• He became the youngest world champion in 22 years.
• He was an unbeatable world champion for 15 years.
• In the period from 1984 until the very exit to "retirement" in 2005, he had the highest rating according to the version of the International Chess Federation (FIDE).
• Holds a record for the number of consecutive professional victories in tournaments - 15 tournaments for 9 years (1981-1999). The white band was interrupted by Vasily Ivanchuk in Linares (1991), where Kasparov took second place, behind the leader by a half point.
• Became the best player of the year a record number of times (11 Chess Oscars).

Anatoly Karpov is another chess king of the 20th century. In 1975, Anatoly Karpov managed to win the tournament applicants. This allowed him to enter the match for the title of world champion against Robert Fisher, but the defending champion refused to defend his title.

According to the chess regulations, the title of world champion in chess was appropriated to Karpov. Realizing that the title went to, roughly speaking, "idle", Anatoly Karpov went to radical measures - he took part in every world chess championship of different categories. Karpov aspired to fulfill the mission - to prove to everyone that his title "world champion" is well-deserved. And this is what happened:

• World champion 1975-1985.
• Nine-time winner of the Chess Oscar.
• Six-time winner of the chess Olympiad.
• Given the fact that there was a keen competition between Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov, Kasparov often spoke about Karpov as the most powerful player. Chess players played 144 games among themselves, and all were within the world championships, Kasparov won 21 times, and Karpov - 19. All other games were tied. These two are great chess players of the world, whose rivalry always aroused the greatest interest among fans of the old game.

FIDE rating

The rating of chess players according to the FIDE version, top-10:

1. Carlsen Magnus, 1990, Norway, 2872 points.
2. Caruiano Fabiano, born in 1992, the USA, 2827 points.
3. Wesley So, 1993, USA, 2822 points.
4. Kramnik Vladimir, born in 1975, Russia, 2811 points.
5. Vachie-Lagrave Maxim, 1990, France, 2796 points.
6. Anand Viswanathan, 1969, India, 2786 points.
7. Aronian Levon, b. 1982, Armenia, 2785 points.
8. Nakamura Hikaru, born in 1987, the USA, 2785 points.
9. Sergey Karyakin, born in 1990, Russia, 2783 points.
10. Giri Anish, born in 1994, the Netherlands, 2769 points.

Great chess players of Russia

Vladimir Kramnik is a player who managed to cross the rating step in 2800+ points. Kramnik has the best level of performance among all the strongest chess leaders. In 2000 he became the world champion, having defeated Garry Kasparov himself. Vladimir Kramnik is the best chess methodologist, whose potential is endowed with computer accuracy and stress resistance.

Sergey Karyakin is the only chess player who has not yet become a world champion in classical chess. He is the youngest grandmaster on the planet, this rank was awarded to Sergei in 12 years and 7 months. In addition, in 2002, twelve-year-old Sergey Karyakin was the official coach for the tactics of grandmaster Ruslan Ponomoriev (world champion FIDE 2002-2004). There was no such thing in the world!

In 2016 he won the tournament of contenders and became an opponent of Magnus Carlsen, but he could not win. Sergei Karyakin still remains the most important rival of the current champion. In 2012 and 2016 he became the world champion in blitz. Karjakin is the best chess dominant, strategist and blitzkrieg.

Experts believe that the rivalry between Magnus Karlsen and Sergei Karyakin will surpass the famous couple of Kasparov - Karpov.