Which are the three greatest rivalries of all-time in chess?
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Which are the three greatest rivalries of all-time in chess?
Sofia, Susan, and Judit… I can only imagine the battles they had. What a rivalry.
1. Korchnoi – Karpov
2. Kasparov – Karpov
3. Kramnik – Topalov
1.Karpov – Kasparov
2.Karpov – Korchnoi
3.Botvinnik – Smyslov
Capablanca-Alekhine
Kortchnoi-Petrosian
Fischer-Fide Organizers
Only 3? – there are so many. And in what sense greatest? Among the obvious possibilities are;
Morphy-Staunton (ok, sort of a joke)
Steinitz-Tchigorin
Alekhine-Capablanca
Botvinnik-Smyslov
Fischer-Soviet chess
Spaasky-Petrosian
Karpov-Korchnoi
Kasparov-Karpov
Kramnik-Topalov
I’d vote for the long-contested ones: Steinitz-Chigorin, Botvinnik-Smyslov, Karpov-Korchnoi, and Kasparov-Karpov
1. Fischer vs Himself
2. USSR vs Fischer
3. Kasparov vs Karpov
Capablanca vs Alekhine
Tarrasch vs Nimzovich
Fischer vs Botvinnik/Tal/Petrosian/Spassky
1. Karpov-Kasparov
2. Fischer-USSR
3. Alekhine-Capablanca
There are and were so many. And many resulted with one of the combatants avoiding the battle.
IE: Morphy/ Staunton
Alekhine/Capablanca my god…he gave bogolyubov two !!! matches….who was he kidding?
Kramnik/ Kasparov
I think we all know who was avoiding who in this case.
Karpov must be commended to meeting it head on.
Karpov/Korchnoi marathons….and then it got even crazier..
the amazing Kasparov Karpov clashes. A real treat for modern players to look at top flight no holds barred chess.
How about Kasparov vs Silicon valley? That was a lot of fun to watch.
Fischer/ Rest of the world was fun..but like Alekhine…he sort of avoided the sharpest fights after winning the title.(For whatever reasons)
Kasparov it must be said NEVER backed down and I seriously have to respect that.
1St World champ to lose to a machine.
1st world champ to lose to a woman
1st world champ to lose to a kid.(Radjabov)
(In a regular tournament game..)
I mean..that guy just never shied away from a fight and fearlessly always showed up for the fight no matter what. His style DID calm down in his later years…sort of reminded me of Botvinnik..but I remember what Botvinnik did to Tal in the rematch….he was still amazing..(I think the computer matches affected his style)
Capa DID lose against Botvinnik when he (Botvinnik) was a kid but we have to at least accept that it was only a simul game.
Fischer/Reshevsky was also a great Rivalry…so was Fine/Reshevsky.
I could go on and on..but I may as well leave room for others to write..haha…regards everyone.
Mike Magnan
Sloani vs. chess
Laffernati vs. chess
Roberti vs. chess
Goichi vs. chess
Alerinari vs. chess
Ottersbrain vs. chess
“1st world champ to lose to a woman”
isnt exactly true.
Euwe lost gainst Vera Menchik before….
And my answer to the question:
Nimzovich-Tarasch
Fischer-restoftheworld
are clearly shared first place
3rd probably
Korchnoi-Karpov
my dad and me when I was 6 yrs old
my dad and me when I was 7 yrs old
my dad and me when I was 8 yrs old
my dad and me when I was 9 yrs old
not my dad anymore because I am 10 now.
WCM Claudia Munoz
http://www.chessmanual.com/2008/02/07/wcm-claudia-munoz/
Don’t forget the rivalrie Tarrasch – Lasker. The chess world had to wait from 1892 to 1908 until a match took place.
Alekhine – Capablanca
Kasparov – Karpov
Steinitz – Chigorin
Sam Sloan vs. Bill Brock
Fritz vs ChessMaster
Actually Euwe did lose to Menchik in 1930 but he was not world Champ till 35 I think so As World Champ..only Kasparov. Magnan was correct.
Score another historic first for the Polgars.
Fischer vs Fischer
Fischer vs Russian Chess
Fischer vs Fischer
Peanut butter vs. JELLY!
Oh yeah!
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Sofia, Susan, and Judit… I can only imagine the battles they had. What a rivalry.
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A rivalry that nobody saw is hardly one of the greatest rivalries of all time. The great ones are ones we can do more than “only imagine”.
David Sagunsky v. James Coons!