The Best Chess Players Over Time

It's amazing how before computers in the internet Bobby Fischer would still be one of the top players in the world to a bunch of players who have all those resources

Bobby fischer has all huge gap

So disappointed that Pragyanandha was not on the list

Animation can ve improved. Line chart is ok but i think a bar graph is better

All I understood from this is Hikaru is trash

The title should highest rated, not best. You can't objectively call someone the best

This is a graph that just takes recent eras. Paul Morphy was the best in the world for a very long time.

Pragyanandha ?

Cool

where is Nodirbek my man

Video idea stolen to the increadible data visualiser ABACABA

Where is pragnanada ??

Bobby Fischer: To infinity and beyond

I would like to see one of these where it's accuracy outside of opening preparation. I think that would help minimize some of the advantages modern players have with engines.

It’s insane that Kasparov reached 2800+ elos when there is no computer better than him.

Even now only 2 players are 2800+ currently.

The fact that it would be 20 yrs before another player surpassed the 2780 Elo. Fisher is the Goat, the man was decades ahead of his time.

This just shows how strong Carlsen is 💀

Magnus’s long lasting top position will soon be captured by Gukesh or Pragg

A lot of people use arguments to suggest the gap between Fisher and his competition and Kasparov and his competition make them better than Magnus. And while the delta IS numerically higher, I think the SKILL gap between Magnus and his competition is MUCH more impressive. Those Legends were way above the competition in a time where computers weren't involved. Now every GM has the same access to the same engines, yet Magnus is still above the rest. I think Magnus is near the limit for what a human brain can achieve.

Tal⬆↗↘➡↙↗⬇

Damn as long as he burned, he burned like the hydrogen bomb.. Fischer i mean..

The way the graph remained flat in 2020 cuz of the pandemic

See too much isolation leads to insanity 😂

1. Carlsen
2. Kasparov
3. Fischer

why is the thumbnail like that?
it gets less click because theres large pictures in the thumbnail

Как вообще делают такие ролики с динамическими графиками?

The longetivity of Vishy Anand 🔥🔥

one day it wont be me

Carlsen is so close to beat kasparov ! Wow

The way magnus gained so much ELO so quick is very interesting. I'm not accusing anyone, but let's say it's interesting.

Magnus 2800+ since 2010

Anatoly Karpov would have been a blip on the system if Bobby Fischer didnt retire. Goat 🇺🇸

From 1984 to 2005 Kasparov is the best chess player. GOAT

Bobby Fischer - I am better 😤.
No one can defate me.

Facts

Some Fischer facts

Born: March 9, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois

Died: January 17, 2008 in Reykjavik, Iceland

Learned the rules of chess at age 6!: 1949

First recorded tournament game: July 1955

International Grandmaster title: 1958

U.S. Champion eight times in eight attempts!: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966

Winner of: every tournament and match in which he participated from December, 1962 through World Championship match 1972 with the exceptions of Capablanca Memorial, 1965, (2nd place – ½ point behind Smyslov), and Piatigorsky Cup, 1966, (2nd place – ½ point behind Spassky).

Bobby Fischer’s tournament and match results: 415 wins, 248 draws and 85 losses out of 748 games played from 1955 through 1992 for a performance average of .721 or 72.1%

Fischer’s highest achieved rating: 2785 ELO.

FYI, there is an earlier video by Abacaba that works as a companion piece, and covers 1809 to 2016.

Does this list weigh for activity or something? I was surprised to see LDP dropped from the chart so soon, especially as currently he is just a few ELO points shy of the next Candidates match. The man is still number 8 in the world, after all ;)

Tal is really the goat

For me Magnus is the GOAT because he dominate in the most competitive era...

where's wesley so

Bobby ,gary,vishy,magnus all are goat

Karpov played for twenty years after Fischer stopped and still he could never match his rating... anyone still has any doubts?

Wow

Jan Timman, the best of the West! 👍

you know whats crazy if karpov didn't exist kasparovs gap to the competition would be north of 140.

Fischer's rise to the top and dominance are unparalleled!

Did Radjabov and Mamedyarov retire this year? What is this?