Lasker

[Scylax]

Was Lasker the greatest (and nicest) chess-player in the world?

[FredPuli43]

Maybe! My choice is Capablanca, because he was a champion who made the game look so easy; so easy, that you or I or any player might do such obvious moves, and it's a wonder that we don't become world champions ! And he was so modest; any great star who writes a book for beginners which he illustrates with the games he lost, rather than his triumphs, is very much out of the ordinary.

[Scylax]

Agreed, Fred. Capablanca was a modest genius and a worthy world champion,in stark contrast to Alekhine and Fischer who were gifted but boorish and self-opinionated.
I would rank Capablanca co-equal with one of his contemporaries, Steinitz, a thoroughly nice man and world champion for 8 years. All 3, Lasker, Capablanca and Steinitz were giants in their day, and, later, never quite equalled.

[rcontrerask]

What is chess?

[FredPuli43]

Chess: a wargame played on a board of 64 squares.