@doom12384
"Objectively at his peak"???? You cite no arithmetic data whatsoever and claim to be "objective"? Wow, is this what debate has devolved into i.e., someone declares themselves "objective" so does that mean the debate is over. How about you at least TRY to refute my arguments with actual math. Also, you have no mathematical basis for asserting that the world's elite now is "just too high". By what metric? And don't use Elo rating because it's painfully obvious that GM ratings now are incredibly inflated. In Fischer's era he was the only guy over 2700 and Petrosian's peak was 2645. Little wonder that this site does NOT use Elo.
I think the world's elite now are actually weaker because when I go Daniel King's site or Agadmator's site to see them replay GM games most of them are dry, sterile technical games without any tactical fireworks at all. Most of the time they point out one missed tactic after another. After Kasparov quit, the era of the chess "technician" began and, frankly, Carlsen is the poster boy of that. Most of his wins are endgames where he just grinds. Kasparov was the last super tactician. Most super-GMs now strive for controlled positions where they try to remove tactical chaos as much as possible. MVL is the last guy that isn't afraid of chaos.
I miss the era of magical combinations. I fear it will never come back.
"Objectively at his peak"???? You cite no arithmetic data whatsoever and claim to be "objective"? Wow, is this what debate has devolved into i.e., someone declares themselves "objective" so does that mean the debate is over. How about you at least TRY to refute my arguments with actual math. Also, you have no mathematical basis for asserting that the world's elite now is "just too high". By what metric? And don't use Elo rating because it's painfully obvious that GM ratings now are incredibly inflated. In Fischer's era he was the only guy over 2700 and Petrosian's peak was 2645. Little wonder that this site does NOT use Elo.
I think the world's elite now are actually weaker because when I go Daniel King's site or Agadmator's site to see them replay GM games most of them are dry, sterile technical games without any tactical fireworks at all. Most of the time they point out one missed tactic after another. After Kasparov quit, the era of the chess "technician" began and, frankly, Carlsen is the poster boy of that. Most of his wins are endgames where he just grinds. Kasparov was the last super tactician. Most super-GMs now strive for controlled positions where they try to remove tactical chaos as much as possible. MVL is the last guy that isn't afraid of chaos.
I miss the era of magical combinations. I fear it will never come back.
