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The top chess players have become the top chess players because of chess tournaments.  The individuals in our list are individuals who have gone to live chess tournaments and been on top for years because of their brilliance and strategy.

Bobby Fischer is the first name that comes to mind when comparing top chess players.  Bobby Fischer was recently highlighted in a film to tell of his life and how he learned to be one of the top chess players.  Bobby Fischer didn’t start out at top of the line chess tournaments.  Instead he would play chess tournaments with others in a park to learn about the game and have a little fun.  Still, he was the youngest of the top chess players that made it to official chess tournaments and still managed to be more brilliant than other players.

Now the system for picking the top chess players is based on the ELO system.  This is how to rate the players.  It was created in 1978 by Arpad Elo.  Many of the top chess players on the list have not had training.  Jose Raul Capablanca would be one of them.  Capablanca has been in chess tournaments, but he didn’t have a private lesson teacher to help him learn the game.  Currently his standings are the point system as the top chess players.

Mikhail Botvinnik and Emanuel Lasker are second on the list of top chess players as defined by the chess tournaments points and the Elo rating system.  They have been in chess tournaments several times over the years, so only their top scores are listed.  Bobby Fischer beat out the system with a 2780, but this record has since been beaten.

The last chess tournaments that Bobby Fischer was rated for was in 2004 with a 2785.  Garry Kasparov of Russia is the current of the top chess players.  Kasparov has a 2851 as of 2007.  To become one of the top players you must play in the chess tournaments.

These tournaments are available every year and you can be a top qualifier once you learn the game and practice a great deal.  The live tournaments are different than online tournaments which can change who the top players are if you are only concerned with online play. Kasparov and Bobby Fischer among others have played in live tournaments to be national and world champions.

When you look for the top ten best players in chess you have a list, which is shown below.

1. Garry Kasparov
2. Anatoly Karpov
3. Bobby Fischer
4. Mikhail Botvinnik
5. Jose Raul Capablanca
6. Emanuel Lasker
7. Viktor Korchnoi
8. Boris Spassky
9. Vasily Smyslov
10. Tigran Petrosian

These are the top ten chess players in the world throughout the history of the Elo system.  They are more than just the best players because of their scores though. They are also the best because of their strategy and ability to play the game without becoming phased by the things around them.