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I'm not so sure which part of the drunk Aljechin is true, it is a bit similar to the stories about Capa playing domino during his lost match.
I voted Smyslov though I was thinking to vote Spassky, but he had the title 2 years longer. Tal will I think never be voted in such a competition, though he may very well be the best candidate, but his style kind of forbids it to vote him as weak.

Voted for Euwe, as with a sober Alekhine he would probably not have become champion at all.

Though I think it's a bit unfair to exclude Kramnik, after all, he's 'defended ' his title once which is more than some of the other guys got time to.

And he's most unconvincing world champion  in modern time imo, if he was included my vote would go to him - after all, Euwe at least gave Alekhine a return match!

So get Kramnik on the list and remove Karpov and Botvinnik!

Hi all!
Here's a new twist on an old question:

We all know that the World Champions are among the greatest players ever to have lived, but.....

Willempie and I were discussing who we thought were the weakest Official World Champions of all time (in terms of chess, not kick-boxing ).  We disagreed, so I thought it would be interesting to set up a poll on the subject!

There are only ten spots available on this poll, so I did not include Capablanca, Fischer or Kasparov because those three are usually listed in most of the Greatest Players ever lists.  I didn't include Vladimir Kramnik because it really is unfair to judge him this early in his tenure.   Every other World Champion is listed.