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Sort: BadIion Apr 5, 2018 0 #1

So, i decided to make a list on heights of widely recognized players. I can't include everybody, but be sure to let me know if you happen to have another ones. 

 

Gari Kasparov is 5'9 / 1.74

 

Bobby Fischer was 6'1 / 1.85

 

Vladimir Kramnik is quite tall! 6'5 / 1.96

 

Hikaru Nakamura 5'7 / 1.70 

 

Magnus Carlsen is 5'11 / 1.80

 

Viswanathan Anand is 5'6 / 1.68

 

Fabiano Caruana is 5'6 / 1.68

 

Veselin Topalov is 5'10 / 1.78

 

 

Randjesfontein Aug 24, 2018 0 #2

How did you even find this out?

jjupiter6 Aug 24, 2018 0 #3

Morphy doesn't look tall.

Ziggy_Zugzwang Aug 24, 2018 0 #4

Tall players are physiologically more suited to attacking and shorter ones to defending...

Kjasmine008 Aug 24, 2018 0 #5

Next you'll see an elephant or a giraffe becoming the next organized chess players

Kjasmine008 Aug 24, 2018 0 #6 ilovesmetuna wrote:

 

miss! thats not how to use your limbo dancing pole! 

Yes but then the elephant and giraffe grandmasters can go to the circus.

KingDillwad Oct 21, 2019 0 #7

How tall was the tallest GrandMaster?  How short is the Shortest Grandmaster?

 

Arisktotle Oct 22, 2019 0 #8

That confirms my worst suspicion. All great players are tall enough to rise above the coffee table and get a superb view on the chessboard and the pieces! They had such a headstart in their lives!

user78003413 Oct 23, 2019 0 #9

Here's an article on the height of chess players https://www.chess.com/blog/GM_Kenny_Ji/heights-of-famous-chess-players

IpswichMatt Oct 23, 2019 0 #10

It's probably worth pointing out that Tal was quite short, whereas Short is quite tall

fabelhaft Oct 23, 2019 0 #11

Walbrodt was 1m20cm. He is standing in this picture, second from the right

KingDillwad Oct 23, 2019 0 #12

Intersting!!! 

Laskersnephew Oct 23, 2019 0 #13 ghost_of_pushwood wrote:

Yeah, as I recall he was pretty midged out.

On the other hand, Miroslav Filip was 6'9"!

Are there any pictures with Filip and Reshevsky?

OldPatzerMike Oct 23, 2019 0 #14

Reshevsky was very short, no more than 5 feet tall and maybe less. 

OldPatzerMike Oct 23, 2019 0 #15 ghost_of_pushwood wrote:

Yeah, Filip and Reshevsky would look like a ventriloquist and his puppet.

Funny thing is that I saw Reshevsky in the early 1980s when he was talking to Cedric Maxwell, the 6" 8" forward for the Boston Celtics. Maxwell was an avid chess player and came to see Sammy's simul in Charlotte. He was looking at Sammy in awe as they talked, even though it looked like he was twice as tall.

btw, Reshevsky played 40 games in the simul and scored +38-0=2. Not bad for a 70 year old man. I would like to state here for the record that I got one of the draws...but I won't because that would be untrue.

Damonevic-Smithlov Jun 15, 2020 0 #16

Actually Fabiano is 6 feet 6 during quarantine and getting taller by the day.

jojoma79 Feb 8, 2021 0 #17

You forgot MVL

KingDillwad Feb 8, 2021 0 #18

Hilarious

KingDillwad Feb 8, 2021 0 #19

Is that Kid n Play?

ramakantmaraskole Sep 24, 2021 0 #20

I think vishy is 175cm and  Hikaru 165cm

 

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