Shouldn't success be measured by the games?

[tarheel91]

fkusumot said:

tarheel91 said:

My point is that time does not lead to miraculously new perspectives from which to accurately assess games. They are judged in relation to the time they were created in. 

No. They are not judged in relation to the time they were created in. They are judged against the other greats. Great works of art transcend the time they were created in and become part of the canonical works.

Try evaluating a romantic book with modernist values.  It doesn't work.  That's my point.  You don't gain some different appreciation for a book because of the passing oftime.