Is Magnus better than Bobby Fischer?

As the best player in the world, today, Magnus Carlsen is clearly very good. His highest ever rating on the ELO scale is 2882 (though it currently sits at 2862) which is far higher than that of Bobby Fischer. Like Fischer, Carlsen was a child prodigy and by the age of 18 he had passed the 2800 ELO rating mark.

Was Bobby Fischer mentally challenged?

Mental state He had a lifelong history of disputes, conflicts and controversy. He believed he was the victim of conspiracies. Fischer showed symptoms of the mental illness paranoia, similar to Morphy.

Was Fischer a better chess player than Kasparov?

Fischer was far better chess player meaning he would be the winner of the games they play more times. Why? you may ask. After all, there are too many arguements in favour of Kasparov: like Kasparov’s tournament record which was rivalled only Karpov whom Kasparov defeated several times,

Is Tal considered Kasparov’s equal?

If he was able to maintain that level of play during the remainder of the 1970s and displayed his superiority over the next generation of the chessplayers, led by Anatoly Karpov, then we might have considered him as Kasparov’s equal. Tal is similar to Fischer in the regard of subjectivity.

Which chess player would you like to play with Bobby Fischer?

Some of the greatest chess player like Karpov, Anand and Kramnik were overshadowed by Kasparov’s dominance and success. If you somehow managed to make them time travel in past and arranged tournament where all mentioned player would be playing with Fischer.

Could Bobby Fisher have beaten Karpov?

If you analyze the 1972 World championship, Bobby Fisher a life long E4 player switches to D4, and still wins, even handing a game to his opponent by forfeit, he was a formidable match player. I would argue that he had a universal style and would have beaten Karpov in the way that Kasparov won & in the way that Fisher had already beaten Petrosian.