Zukertort
most INTRESTING chess player
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Also the tastiest.
Tal and Alekhine had interesting gameplay and are my favorite players
Lasker and Alekhine
Feb 19, 2012
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Zukertort's own account of his early life puts Baron Munchausen - a teller of outrageously farfetched stories - to shame. In an account of his life for the Norfolk News in 1872 he claimed aristocratic descent, fluency in nine languages (fourteen, acc. to other sources), proficiency in swordsmanship, dominoes and whist; said he had played 6,000 games of chess with Adolf Anderssen, fought in numerous battles and was awarded seven medals besides the Order of the Red Eagle and the Iron Cross. He also found time to get an M.D. at Breslau in 1865 and work on the staff of Bismarck's private organ the Allgemeine Zeitung in addition to writing two chess books and working as the editor of a chess magazine for several years. "There is some truth in the last sentence: he was co-author of the books, co-editor of the chess magazine."[4]
4. ^ The Oxford Companion to Chess, ISBN 0-19-217540-8, pp. 387-8
Quoted verbatim from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Zukertort
Without doubt Fischer had the most interesting life he probably had the most interesting play.
Feb 20, 2012
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#9
Zukertort was just some guy in the military who played dominoes
Fischer was this arrogant jerk who went to prison twice.
My vote for most interesting chess player is batgirl.
Mir Sultan Khan.
Gelfand!
Don Imus, yeah the radio host the guy is around 1800 USCF . 
Kasparov was the best and he gave up chess to work for democracy in Russia, that's fairly interesting.
Feb 20, 2012
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Tony Miles, England's first Grand Master (I think) was pretty interesting. He once played the following opening (as black) against Karpov:
1. e4 a6
He once played half a tournament lying face-down on a hospital bed/orthodontic table.
He once turned up at a tournament naked.
Tony Miles, with a bad back, played a major tournament Tillburg 1985 laying flat on his stomach on a massage table.
The result: Huebner, a nervous ball of nerves who couldn’t stand these eccentricities, went nuts. Another result: Miles won the tournament!
“When he returned to Tilburg in 1985 he finished first equal with Huebner and Korchnoi with 8.5/14 in the Category 15 event. He injured his back during the event and the organisers allowed him to play stretched out on his stomach on a hospital massage table. This annoyed some of his opponents a great deal who protested. He did the double over Korchnoi (who he had never beaten before) and Ljubojevic during the event.” Korchnoi really did play poorly in their encounters; see this dreadful 34 move loss as white.
Korchnoi Not Groovin’ on the Scene
This guy(s?) of course!
Feb 20, 2012
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#17
lukeowen wrote:
Tony Miles, England's first Grand Master (I think) was pretty interesting. He once played the following opening (as black) against Karpov:
1. e4 a6
Actually, Miles played that opening against Karpov on at least three occasions. He won with it once.
Feb 21, 2012
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#18
Yes, Short claimed to have slept with Miles' girlfriend/wife/something.
My first reaction when I read that was "ew". As someone's implied earlier - Short's not quite the handsomest guy on the block.
Miles, though - I do find him fascinating. There are two biographies about him available but neither is easy to find - one (which seems to be the better one) retails for just over £30!
Feb 21, 2012
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vadsamoht wrote:
lukeowen wrote:
Tony Miles, England's first Grand Master (I think) was pretty interesting. He once played the following opening (as black) against Karpov:
1. e4 a6
Actually, Miles played that opening against Karpov on at least three occasions. He won with it once.
Oh - I didn't know that!
The only time I knew about was the one when he won. Were the other two before or after that?
Not by achievements but who is the most intresting player judging from there personality playing style and lifestyle ??