I was fortunate to meet Boris Spassky at Trinity College Dublin in the early 1990's where he was giving a talk about chess and his career.
Being the gentleman that he is he even signed my copy of Svetozar Gligoric's book on the 1972 match
Ever met a GM?
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May 25, 2022
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#63
I played against GM Arthur Bisguier in a simul in Boston in the early 1980s. It was a Scandinavian (which was called the Center Counter back then) and it ended predictably.
I also knew Ilya Gurevich and Patrick Wolff.
May 25, 2022
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#64
Yes l have played a Grand Master and met him carl jovengson something like that
May 25, 2022
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#65
Robotofdeath395 wrote:
Yes l have played a Grand Master and met him carl jovengson something like that
Something like that? Whatever ol' whatshisname is, it goes nowhere on Google.
May 25, 2022
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#66
Something like that? Whatever ol' whatshisname is, it goes nowhere on Google reply
Yeh l couldn't find it on google either but he said he was a Grand Master
May 25, 2022
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#67
ive met ben finegold, fabiano caruana, irina crush, garry kasparov, ive played julio becerra, timur gareyev, magesh panchanathan, fidel corrales
i think thats it idk
May 26, 2022
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#68
Robotofdeath395 wrote:
Something like that? Whatever ol' whatshisname is, it goes nowhere on Google reply
Yeh l couldn't find it on google either but he said he was a Grand Master
LOL
I don't even believe people who say they're good chessplayers, never mind titled.
May 26, 2022
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#69
i met praag once before he really got into the chess boom if that counts
May 26, 2022
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#70
i was just going grocery shopping in india and im pretty sure i walked by praag
May 26, 2022
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#71
The_Shashophille wrote:
i met praag once before he really got into the chess boom if that counts
When was (is?) the "chess boom?"
May 26, 2022
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#73
I have met Magnus when he came to Dubai for a tournament, I went as a spectator. I even said hi! to him. That was one of the best moments in my life.
May 26, 2022
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#74
spoke briefly with GM Joel Benjamin at the 2000 Las Vegas US Open & played Hikaru Nakamura in his simultaneous exhibition there (his grand prix versus my sicilian dragon; ended with him perpetual checking me). 🙂
May 27, 2022
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#75
I would like to play and chat with a GM, not just meeting like in a release or some type of event.
Sure would love to 
I was able to find the picture with Yasser. I am the one wearing the Black Chess Hall of Fame shirt in the picture. The other gentleman is my friend Chris Stormont who runs a chess club for kids.
Nice photo. Thanks for posting it!