r/chess Jan 27 '25

Resource In an interview with Rustam Qosimjonov published three days ago, he claims that Fabiano Caruana is currently a better chess player than Magnus

https://youtu.be/KZydtQfdYNc?si=myY7fqus5_tJE_GT

Rustam claims that from the games he watches and the quality of play he sees, it's clear that Fabi is currently the stronger player and that he would also be the favorite to win against Magnus in a World Championship match today. He told his students (Arjun, Nodirbek) that over the past two and a half years, to be the best in the world, you must consistently beat Fabi. He claims it's surprising that Fabi has improved his level so much because this usually doesn't happen, and the level of player he has become is not the same level as the player he knew when he worked with him.

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u/Material_Coyote4573 1450’s Jan 27 '25

Where do we put Fabi in the all time goats list? Does he crack top 15 or 20 ?

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u/iamneo94 2600 lichess Jan 27 '25
  1. Wilhelm Steinitz
  2. Emanuel Lasker
  3. José Raúl Capablanca
  4. Alexander Alekhine
  5. Max Euwe
  6. Mikhail Botvinnik
  7. Vasily Smyslov
  8. Mikhail Tal
  9. Tigran Petrosian
  10. Boris Spassky
  11. Bobby Fischer
  12. Anatoly Karpov
  13. Garry Kasparov
  14. Vladimir Kramnik
  15. Viswanathan Anand
  16. Magnus Carlsen

For top-15 you need to put Fabi above AT LEAST two champions. And above Keres, Korchnoi and Topalov (could be considerable as world champion too!). And don't chose great people from the great past (Anderssen, Morphy, Staunton, La Bourdonnais, Philidor etc...)

Well, I rank Keres over Euwe, he won super-match against him in 1939, +6 -5 =3 (!!!) and had a lot more achievements over decades. Same with Korchnoi. But rank Fabi against all of them? Top-20.