Another remarkable thing about Morphy is he progressed so far with very limited opposition when he went to Europe he played dramatically superior opponents, and often lost an early game or 2, he then adjusted his play (without computers or any quality books, and presumably without a second) figured it out and destroyed them. This is just incredible. My guess is he is the greatest talent that ever sat for a game of chess! If he played a current GM I suspect he would lose a game or 3 but would eventually win a match. To win against a Magnus, Kasparov, or Fischer he would need time and resources. We will never know in this life, but maybe these questions will be answered in heaven. Maybe God will tell us there was someone who never saw a chessboard who would have wiped the floor with all of them. If Einstein or Newton loved Chess would they have been as good?
Who is better Paul Morphy or Magnus Carlsen
Magnus I think it is the karma of Lasker and Morphy maybe Ray Robson or Hikaru...
magnus sucks bruh brr skibidi sus
paul murphy on top everyone who disagrees is braindead
i think magnus is a litte wuss who should not be allowed to play again
beatboi i agree. H esimply is not good at chess and im better
It's like asking who was the best miler, Roger Bannister or Hicham El Guerrouj.
During this 10 year old argument Morphy s kid could have become a super gm.
Not comparable. Magnus lives in era of technology, Morphy lived in era of intellengence. You figure out the answer?
I think if we had a Time Machine and could force them to play under the same time period and have the same material available I would have to say Morphy. But who knows I’m not God.
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Oh, what a totally fair comparison between two chess players separated by a casual 150 years, modern engines, and entirely different eras of competitive play. That’s like asking if a steam locomotive is better than a bullet train.
Sure, Paul Morphy was an undisputed genius who played dazzlingly aggressive chess in the 1850s against weekend hobbyists and the occasional serious player who couldn't prepare with Chess.com. Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen is out here in the 21st century, calculating 30 moves deep while dealing with supercomputers, databases, and players who live on five-hour prep sessions. But yeah, let's weigh that against Morphy beating people who barely understood pawn structures.
Clearly, the only way to settle this is a head-to-head match: Morphy gets his 19th-century gambits, no adjournments, and Magnus gets a month of opening prep and an iPad. I’m sure it would be super close.
The science will progress of course, but the genius of the past can not be over looked. The great players of the last 50 years have certainly pushed the game further, but no one pushed it as far from his predecessors as Paul Morphy.