Best Chess Players (relative to their peers)

And Capa...

Up capa, down spassky

Bobby Fischer - 29
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 25
Wilhelm Steinitz - 18
Jose Capablanca - 32
Anatoly Karpov - 26
Garry Kasparov - 18
Mikhail Tal - 19
Mikhail Botvinnik - 19
Vishy Anand - 31
Tigran Petrosian - 18
Francois-Andre Philidor - 25
Boris Spassky - 6

Up Lasker, down Philidor.

Bobby Fischer - 29
Emanuel Lasker - 28
Paul Morphy - 25
Wilhelm Steinitz - 18
Jose Capablanca - 32
Anatoly Karpov - 26
Garry Kasparov - 18
Mikhail Tal - 19
Mikhail Botvinnik - 19
Vishy Anand - 31
Tigran Petrosian - 18
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23
Boris Spassky - 6

Up capa, down spassky

Fixing @Musicknight123's post,

Bobby Fischer - 29
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 25
Wilhelm Steinitz - 18
Jose Capablanca - 32
Anatoly Karpov - 26
Garry Kasparov - 18
Mikhail Tal - 19
Mikhail Botvinnik - 19
Vishy Anand - 31
Tigran Petrosian - 18
Francois-Andre Philidor - 25
Boris Spassky - 2

Up Capablanca, down Spassky - eliminated

Bobby Fischer - 29
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 25
Wilhelm Steinitz - 18
Jose Capablanca - 33
Anatoly Karpov - 26
Garry Kasparov - 18
Mikhail Tal - 19
Mikhail Botvinnik - 19
Vishy Anand - 31
Tigran Petrosian - 18
Francois-Andre Philidor - 25

Up Kasparov, down Karpov

Bobby Fischer - 29
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 25
Wilhelm Steinitz - 18
Jose Capablanca - 33
Anatoly Karpov - 24
Garry Kasparov - 19
Mikhail Tal - 19
Mikhail Botvinnik - 19
Vishy Anand - 31
Tigran Petrosian - 18
Francois-Andre Philidor - 25

Up Morphy, Down Capa

Bobby Fischer - 29
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 26
Wilhelm Steinitz - 18
Jose Capablanca - 31
Anatoly Karpov - 24
Garry Kasparov - 19
Mikhail Tal - 19
Mikhail Botvinnik - 19
Vishy Anand - 31
Tigran Petrosian - 18
Francois-Andre Philidor - 25

Up Fischer, Down Botvinnik

Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 27
Paul Morphy - 26
Wilhelm Steinitz - 18
Jose Capablanca - 32
Anatoly Karpov - 24
Garry Kasparov - 19
Mikhail Tal - 19
Mikhail Botvinnik - 17
Vishy Anand - 31
Tigran Petrosian - 18
Francois-Andre Philidor - 25

My vote was lost when MusicKnight's was fixed, the standings should be:

Bobby Fischer - 30
Emanuel Lasker - 28
Paul Morphy - 26
Wilhelm Steinitz - 18
Jose Capablanca - 32
Anatoly Karpov - 24
Garry Kasparov - 19
Mikhail Tal - 19
Mikhail Botvinnik - 17
Vishy Anand - 31
Tigran Petrosian - 18
Francois-Andre Philidor - 23

terrific, if everyone keeps messing up, these pages will fly by!