Top 5 Players of All Time

1. Fischer

2. Kasparov

3. Karpov

4. Anand

5. Tal

I don't know about you, but I like Nezhmetdinov the best, because he played Qxf6!? (queen sacrifice) against Chernikov.

What about Alekhine? I also would switch Fisher and Kasparov around, although I think they are pretty evenly matched.

1. Fischer (in his prime) RIP

2. Kasparov (has done a lot for the game, and hasn't lost his sanity)

3. Morphy

4. Capablanca

5. Karpov, or Tal    its a tie.

 I think "hasn't lost his sanity" is a bad thing.

-Fischer

-Kasparov

-Karpov

-Capablanca / Tal

-Lasker / Botvinnik

In that order,

1. Kasparov

2. T i g r a n   P e t r o s i a n

1. Ficsher

2. Kasporov

3. Karpov

4. Capablanca

5. Kramnik

Capablanca, Morphy, Fischer, Kasparov would probably be my top 4

ah this old chesnut!  i got alot of hateful postings when i put a topic like this up, everyone said "go read old posts" and "you cant objectivly compare old masters with new masters" blah blah blah...i say, i want to be a part of a conversation not read old posts!

Lasker, Kasparov, Fischer, Capa, Morphy...i think thats a hard list to argue with!

capablance, fisher, alekhine, morphy, kasparov  - in that order. 

Any list of the top 5 of all time that does NOT include Fischer cannot be taken seriously.

Mine : Fischer, Morphy, Kasparov, Karpov, Steinitz

So a list without capablanca is surely just a wind up right?

mine would be:

kasparov

fischer

karpov

botvinik

alekhine=tal.

1.Kasparov

2.Anand

3.Karpov

4.Fischer

5.Stienez

My personal and humble opinion...

1.Kasparov

2.Fischer

3.Karpov

4.Capablanca

5.Botvinik and Alekhine

By the way, this should be a Top ten... is hard not to include some like Tal, Lasker, Morphy, Steinitz or even Anand and Kramnik... :D

 I agree!  I would put it chronologically: Morphy, Lasker, Capa, Fischer, Kasparov and say that each dominated his era in his prime, whether it be brief (Morphy) or long (Lasker)

1. Capablanca, Keres, Alekhine,Andersen, Karpov

Groups about a lot great chess players:Chose the one you like and join!

Fischer's group , Tal's group , Paul Morphy , Kasparov , Capablanca , Keres.