My man Alexander petrov played alone for about 10 years.

0:11 F in the chat for Aleksei Kopev

1:38 ... I suspect Paul Morphy may have killed Ignatz.

Kasparov being untouched for like 20 years. Hats off to him. Love watching him play

It would've been pretty cool if by the end of the graph you zoomed out to show the entire graph. I don't know if that wouldn't work or something, but it would've been cool if you were able to.

Morphy was a savage. Essentially appears on the list at #1 at age 12, and stays there continuously with only one month off until he is 31.

0:27 VERY TALL FRECH FLAG ACTIVATED

The "war" between Capablanca and Lasker was impressive

The Fischer spike is always awesome. Gives me chills

4:39 *Kasparov joins the room* 5:22 *Kasparov has left the room* *_A WHOLE 43 SECONDS FOR THE LEGEND_*

That Fischer rise and fall is so sad. Tortured genius.

4:43 Karpov and Kasparov do an amazing dance

A fantastic video which really helps put players in perspective. Well done and many thanks, K

Such a beautiful and unique way to present data thats been around for centuries. Amazing job.

Ignatz Kolisch: Finally I am the best at ch- *dies*

4:25 highest peak reached by GOAT Fischer

After the whole vid is done, you should zoom out so you could see the whole graph, it would look cool.

lasker is unbelievable. dude goes 20 years as the undisputed number one. then it looks like the juggernaut capa is just gonna trounce him, but nope, that's then the old man decides to cross 2800.

My man kasparov got tired of winning so he retired.

0:44 ULTIMATE FRENCH FLAG

The music when Capablanca enters. The music when Alekhine and Capablanca are at the top. The music of the players that disrupted Botvinnik's reign. The music when Fischer enters and rises. And the music when Karpov and Kasparov dances above everyone. Perfect sync with chess history!

Fischer's spike was like Mount Everest, the most dramatic occurrence on the graph I thought.

Lasker holding number 1 at the age of 57 will never, ever be equalled. And it's insane how far ahead of everyone else Fischer was in his prime. No wonder his opponents fell to pieces facing him.

You know, in a video full of amazing changes and movements in the graph, the moment that always gets me is at 4:19, where Fischer edges out Tal and Petrosian, younger than everyone else on the graph at that time. Because I always see it and think "Wow, that's far ahead, everyone else is nearly neck and neck." And it never fails to impress me how immediately after that, Fischer has this 100 point spike that actually forces the graph to zoom out just to capture the scale of it. It gives a sense of how extraordinary his chess was, for his time. And then, of course, his line starts to drop and suddenly disappear. Not because he died or even because he started to play badly, but because he stopped playing altogether. It makes you wonder how high that rise could have gone, had he chosen to continue playing, rather than stubbornly decide to excommunicate himself from chess (he refused to play Karpov to defend his title under the conditions he obtained his own title for reasons that I think only Fischer really knew. Then simply refused to play anywhere after that). I see lots of people in the comments saying how impressive Kasparov's time at the top is and there's no doubt about it, it is. But for me, I cannot help but wonder if Fischer might have stood in Kasparov's way, had he decided to. To me, history is compelling, not for what has been but for what could have been.

morphy and fischer dissapearing after beating everyone lol

I really respect how long Petrov played for.

2:48 Competitiveness takes you to a whole new level.

Kasparov managing to hold the first place for 23 years IN MODERN ERA is insane and makes him the absolute king of chess.

OMG, when looking at Lasker's and Capablanca's rating you can clearly see what rivalry does! (2:48)

the feeling must have been bad when people were getting beat by a teen

"I will use modern flags" *sees flag of Yugoslavia*

Longest streak : Garry Kasparov (23years 5month) the most at n°1 : Emmanuel Lasker (25years 9 month) first to 2800 : José Capablanca (early 1915) youngest n°1 : Paul morphy (12years old) oldest : Willhelm Steinitz (53years old) Highest rate : Bobby Fischer (2893) I really love how every big name of chess share records.

There is someting really sad about Bobby Fischer's graph from 1970 to 1974. That symmetric rise and fall before it stops.

I got really sad when Paul Morphy's line just ended.

Bobby Fisher registered 2893 damn. Then Kasparov 2882. Damn these legends.Still my favorite #Mikhail Tal.

You can notice a period when almost entire list consists of Soviet Union chess players

that must hast been a ton of work for just one video. well done

Paul Morphy was #1 starting from 12 years of age, impressive👏🏻👏🏻

4:43 Kasparov and Karpov look like they're dancing together

Kasparov held the title of top Chess player for more than 20 years, what a legend.

Botvinnik seems to have been somewhat overlooked. His dominance over the field in December 1945 rivals that of Fischer's in April 1972.

KInda sad when you see a line end. Dead I assume.

4:22 watching Bobby's leap over the field, just mind boggling how much better he was than everyone else. Just had no equal.

I played an old Cuban man that played against Jose Capablanca back in the day.

I was waiting to see Deep Blue on the list

I see a pattern.. most players have their peak at age 25. Then at 35 they drop on performance. Makes me think about my life. I'm 26 years and still haven't built nothing good...

Watching this video after having consumed a million lectures is so awesome because you finally recognize most of the names and are able to appreciate the players for who they were beyond the game.

Paul Morphy was basically the Fischer/Carlsen of his era.

My God, I've heard of Lasker before, but I had no idea he reigned over chess for so long!

Garry Kasparov is still ranked the longest Top of the League GrandMaster for 23 years and that is a remarkable record, that nobody has yet beaten. Let's see if Margus Carlsen can be the number in the next 16 years or so! I'll be back to KZfaq in 2033 with a better laptop and 16K TV!

Seeing Karpov and Kasparov leagues ahead of everyone else pushing each other was amazing

4:24 never thought just a line could be such a sad story

From the graphics you can see that Lasker found a second chess live competing with Capablanca, and Capablanca found a comeback fighting Alekhine.

The Karpov-Kasparov era is really epic, with the music and all, in this video.

1:37 Ignatz: I have to be the numer one! Paul Morphy: no

I never heard of Hyacinthe Boncourt before, but he was in the top ten and improved continuously until his death at about age 75. That is very impressive.

sad how Bobby Fischer just vanished from the world of chess after he won the title. he might've been able to defend his title against Karpov.

4:28 Bobby Fisher RIP :((

My man Alexander petrov played himself for 10 years, and he always won, incredible russian, as always.

How sad to see Paul Morphy flying high across the years like a meteor then falling from the sky . He would have gone off the scale had he lived longer and battled Steinitz for the world championship around 1869.. Then there was Harry Nelson Pillsbury shoot up to number 2 in 1902 behind lasker before passing away to the terrible disease Syphilis.

Age 13 Edo 2700 OK

So many tragic fates behind those lines

The music just fits the atmosphere so good well done caba.

The music just fits the atmosphere so well, well done caba.

23 years, WTF!! This is why Kasparov is the king!

I NEED THAT CHART AS A POSTER!

The second music track just fits so perfectly with the graphs. It brings up all the stories of the players when I watch it.

Can you make an updated version of the video? Everything is perfect, just add the 4 years since the video finished

So basically Russians have dominated the history of chess. Amazing

Great video. What do you use to make the visualizations?

Emanuel Lasker is the Roger Federer of chess. He ruled chess for total 27 years

I love your outro music So simple yet a nice tune Abacaba

This channel is terribly under popular. Not sure why

Wow Viswanathan Anand almost never No. 1 but 5 World Championship titles.

4:35 - Grande Mequinho !

I love how Steinitz was going down for a long time and loosing his game, but everyone else was also sucking, so it didn't matter.

Even if you don't care about chess, this music combined with the visuals tells a tale of little floating organisms trying to be at the top while swimming to the right. If you ignore the flags and names, this performance tells us how fleeting life is, and how we are all trying to hop the highest amount in the air as we plunge into the abyss. :D

Had Paul Morphy been alive in today's computer age I think he would be just as dominating now as he was then. The reason is his incredible brain was just wired for seeing chess combinations. Computers would have only helped him accumulate more pattern recognition. Mikhail Botvinnik (the grand patriarch of the Soviet chess school) said that since Morphy stopped playing, nothing new has been discovered in the open game. Not bad for a kid just playing chess to kill time until he "came of age" to practice law. Morphy didn't even like chess; he thought it was a waste of time. In the meantime he memorized the entire law codex for the state of Louisiana just to pass his bar exam. Can you imagine if he had access to the complete games of Alekhine, Tal, Fischer, Capablanca, Carlsen and Kasparov? He would memorize their games (if he were interested) and assimilate the current theory into his own games and just start destroying all the professional chess masters like he did back in the 1850's. He made Adolf Anderson look like a patzer -- and Anderson was no slouch: he was a VERY strong tactical genius in his own right. But Morphy beat him so bad, that Anderson could do nothing but shake his head and laugh during their games.

Ppl seem's missunderstanding this for World Champion. It isn't. It's No #1 Chess Player based on Rating in every era/years.

Fantastic job with this!

Holy shit, that was f-ing awesome! Amazing!

Despite a short reign, Tal is one of my favorite players of all time.

4:23 bobby shot up like a rocket!

Good work, this is a fascinating way to display this data

4:26 OMG, Fisher - 2893 rating ELO.

Just the data alone makes Bobby Fischer's career look heartbreaking.

No one: Absolutely no one: *Morphy becoming world champion aged 13*

Very cool, thanks for making this

Great visualization. I'm just sad that at the end you didn't zoom out so we can see the whole spectrum, and maybe at that time you could bold the topmost line made out of all #1's throughout the history :)

Love it how Lasker mada a comeback at old age. Proves that your brain isn't necessarily wasted just because you're old.

0:11 pause. There’s this guy called Aleksei Kopev with a ? For an age and only lasts a split second. 🤔

That was amazing. Morphy's dominance was just huge. And interesting how small Fischer's rain was compared to Botnivik, Lasker Morphy and Kasparov when you see it over time

waiting for Mikhail Tal, when the name came up, Joy in the Eyes

Hey, May I ask which programme do you use to create such perfect charts? :)

Very nice. Well made.

that Capablanca time sure was a crazy one for all

I dont know how much patience you had to make this but thats one of the most amazing videos i ve seen...

The period when Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine were all contenders for the number 1 spot must have been awesome. Three incredible players.

Great video ! The people who did this obviously put a lot of thought into it. Thank you.

Very well made!