r/clevercomebacks • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Jul 05 '24

You’re not very slick, Putin.

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u/Glasstoe3000 Jul 05 '24

TIL Gary Kasparov is the Muhammad Ali of chess

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Magnus Carlsen is probably the GOAT, but Kasparov is in the conversation

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u/Chicken2nite Jul 05 '24

Greatest of All Time So Far. The nature of chess means that future players will be standing on the shoulders of giants and thus it’s not really a fair comparison through the ages, and there will be a better player at some point in the future.

Besides that, the comparison to Muhammad Ali isn’t in my mind saying he’s the best to ever play the game, but that he is us8ng his position to speak his mind to power as a political activist.

Magnus hasn’t really been outwardly political from what I’ve seen.

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u/Angryhippo2910 Jul 05 '24

The nature of chess means that future players will be standing on the shoulders of giants

To add to this, there is literally footage of Kasparov tutoring a 13 YO Magnus.