Who is the best chess player of all time? Entire books have been devoted to the subject, but all have one major flaw: they are mainly subjective. Necessarily so, since there is no direct way of comparing Morphy to Fischer, Lasker to Kasparov. Or is there? Two scientists from Slovenia try it with computers and statistics. The results might surprise you.
Who was The Strongest Chess Player of All Time?
Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik defeated GM Veselin Topalov 2.5-1.5 in the four-game tiebreak after a tough twelve-game match, which ended 6-6. Kramnik demonstrated his excellent nervous system by grinding down his opponent in two very well-played endings in game two and four. With this victory in the tie-break there will be no discussion at all regarding the famous fifth game, which everyone remembers was won by Topalov after Kramnik forfeited in protest to the decision of the Appeals Committee to close his bathroom, following Topalov’s protest.
A World Chess Championship game between Russia's Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria was called off on Saturday pending talks to overcome the crisis over cheating allegations against the Russian.
Kramnik, who was leading 3-1, was deemed to have forfeited the fifth game after not showing up for the match on Friday. Protesting against the decision, the Russian argued that the match should resume from game five, while Topalov insisted he was now one point behind and it was game six that should to be played.
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