There
are numerous candidate games for the greatest game ever played..
Often mentioned are games by Fischer, Kasparo, Lasker, Capablanca,
Morphy and Mikhail Tal. Sixteen year old Wei Yi of China-a young
super-GM recently played a classic 'great game' that is somewhat
comparable to Fischer vs Byrne, yet there are few objective standards
for determining the greatest chess game ever played (against a GM, IM
or CM I suppose). Hopefully a computer algorithm will be developed to
find the best
objective method for evaluating the greatest chess
game ever played.
Criteria
for evaluation among GM games could be fewest moves, comparative
player ratings, most pieces sacrificed etc. While I like Bobby
Fischer's 'game of the century' vs Donald Byrne, it lacks some of the neatness
and pure irony of the game I think is the greatest (Tal vs. Sviridov
in Stuttgart). Kasparov vs Topolov -Netherlands 1999) is also
mentioned for complexity and elegance yet also lacks a quick,
decisive finish that one finds in Morphy's P[era House game. There
have also been numerous 'top ten' games with sacrifices put together
(that is why Capablanca is worth considering ), and complexity
combining with directness against top level opponents merit many
other games in contention inclusion for greatest chess game ever
played.
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