Not sure what you're clarifying. I said he was one of the world's top players, but not at the level of the champions - a point Hübner himself granted. That he reached #3 on one rating list certainly shows that he was in the elite, though I wouldn't think of him as *the* world's #3 in any kind of general way. Through the '70s and '80s there were a host of players who were bubbling up and down in the top 10 including Portisch, Timman, Spassky, Petrosian, Tal, Larsen, and Anderssen in addition to Hübner.
I don't know what you're disagreeing with. "One of the world's players" means "part of the elite". We only disagree if you think "part of the elite" means something like "a peer of Fischer, Karpov, or Kasparov". And since Hübner himself denies that he was at Karpov's level, and the rating and performance gap between him and the other two champions was colossal (Kasparov crushed him 4.5-1.5 in a 1985 match and had a 7-1 score against him in decisive non-blitz games; Karpov went 9-1 in decisive classical games), I don't know why you'd disagree with what I've written.
Small clarification. He was 3rd in the world behind Karpov and Korchnoi at one point in 1981. I would say this was the world’s elite.
Not sure what you're clarifying. I said he was one of the world's top players, but not at the level of the champions - a point Hübner himself granted. That he reached #3 on one rating list certainly shows that he was in the elite, though I wouldn't think of him as *the* world's #3 in any kind of general way. Through the '70s and '80s there were a host of players who were bubbling up and down in the top 10 including Portisch, Timman, Spassky, Petrosian, Tal, Larsen, and Anderssen in addition to Hübner.
We will have to agree to disagree. I feel he was part of the elite at that point.
I don't know what you're disagreeing with. "One of the world's players" means "part of the elite". We only disagree if you think "part of the elite" means something like "a peer of Fischer, Karpov, or Kasparov". And since Hübner himself denies that he was at Karpov's level, and the rating and performance gap between him and the other two champions was colossal (Kasparov crushed him 4.5-1.5 in a 1985 match and had a 7-1 score against him in decisive non-blitz games; Karpov went 9-1 in decisive classical games), I don't know why you'd disagree with what I've written.