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While I don't think it's fair to presume anything about his intentions, it's totally fair to presume he is aware of the rules. He's the world's best chess playe

• codr7 2y ago
  I think it's totally fair to ask the question, given that he seems to be involved in starting a competing organization.
• astrange 2y ago
  > He's the world's best chess player of all time This one is hard to tell because not all of them have been alive at the same time. Morphy was really, really good, but in the 1850s. Currently there's Ivanchuk, who is good enough to beat anyone but has no stamina so can't win tournaments reliably enough to be world champion.
  • epgui 2y ago
    There’s no way Morphy at his peak would beat Magnus at his peak (and the same goes for any of the old champions)— The way chess is played today is very different. Morphy would have needed to start from scratch and re-learn the game today from a young age to have any chance… But then he wouldn’t be the same Morphy.
    • gambiting 2y ago
      Or maybe Magnus wouldn't be able to cope with how Morphy plays the game and would lose. Both of them were/are used to how the game was played in their time.
      • 8note 2y ago
        magnus likely has every game morphy ever played, along with all of his contemporaries memorized, along with at every position in each game, what a strong engine would prefer as a move. morphy would probably be an IM by todays standards, without modernizing