Who is the strongest chess player never to be world champion?

Viktor Lvovich Korchnoi was a professional chess player, author and, until recently, the oldest active Grandmaster
Grandmaster
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the title has been revoked for cheating.
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on the tournament circuit. He is widely considered the strongest player never to have become World Chess Champion.

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2024-02-05 20:55:24

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GM
Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain. Once achieved, the title is held for life, though exceptionally the title has been revoked for cheating.
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Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen is a Danish-Norwegian patronymic surname meaning "son of Carl". The form Karlsen is cognate.
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is the current world chess champion. To many people, he's the best to ever play the game, although GMs Garry Kasparov and Bobby Fischer remain in the conversation. At any rate, the clear and remarkable point is that before turning 30 years old, Carlsen has already earned...
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Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013.
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. No List can start without Kasparov. Perhaps the greatest attacking player of all time and definitely greatest player ever.
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