Jerzy wrote:
Uzytkownik "Louis Blair" napisal w wiadomosci
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I would like to pose a question for discussion.
Consider that the Greeks contributed greatly to philosophy and
mathematics. They had a wonderful civilization. But were they better
than the Romans? Many of the Roman successes can from Greek ideas. SO
who was greater? Is the greater the one who conceptualized the ideas
whole cloth from the ethos or is the one who used the principles to
their maximum effect the greater?

Ancient Greeks had not only great ideas but encorparated them into
life.Archimedes was also a great apprentice of his theories. Roman Empire
fell a long time ago. Greece still exists :-)


Now, in chess who is greater? Is the greatest player the one(s) who
created new ideas and systems or is the greatest the one who simply
found the most effective way to use others ideas?

Steinitz created a whole theory on positional chess but Rubinstein was the
one who best incorporated his ideas into practice, however Steinitz probably
achieved in chess more than Rubinstein.

So would you say that the Greeks are greater? Would that mean the an
Alekhine or a Nimzovitch is a greater player/talent than a Fischer or
Kasparov?