The only celebrities I've played (and they're all celebrities due to chess) are WGM Jennifer Shahade (twice in a simul), GM Sergey Kudrin (simul) and GM Ildar Ibragimov (simul.) Needless to say, I lost all the games:)
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Can't recall any celebrity except Arnold Schwarzenegger who plays chess
Ray Charles, some wu tang clan guy too I think. Will Smith took lessons or something. I'm sure there are more (whether it's known publicly or not).
Wasn't aware Ray Charles played. That's impressive!
Kasparov played a game with Sting once, so Sting was an enthusiast. IIRC Kasparov beat him as slowly as possible :p
chesspooljuly13 wrote:
Wasn't aware Ray Charles played. That's impressive!
He played Larry Evans, the strong (former) US champion, and although Evans won, I believe there was some analysis that showed Ray had a chance for a draw (or did have a draw). Not that I think Evans was playing for blood :) But impressive none the less. Check it out: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1266243
That's wild. Ray played well; really well considering he's blind
Sting; hadn't heard of him playing either
I think David Dinkins, former mayor of New York City, was into chess
Stanley Kubrick was a decent chess player.
I don't know if you consider Howard Stern a celebrity, but he loves the game of chess. He became a member of ICC around 2007- 8, and was taking lessons from one of the chess coaches and talk host of chess, Dan Heisman.
Heisman would never tell ICC followers who STern was, so it was always a guessing game. From what Heisman said, he played okay. I reckon Stern could afford the lessons. :)
_IronButterfly_ wrote:
I don't know if you consider Howard Stern a celebrity, but he loves the game of chess. He became a member of ICC around 2007- 8, and was taking lessons from one of the chess coaches and talk host of chess, Dan Heisman.
Heisman would never tell ICC followers who STern was, so it was always a guessing game. From what Heisman said, he played okay. I reckon Stern could afford the lessons. :)
Howard has long ago moved to a new ICC account but here's the old, abandoned one:
Information about boffman (Last disconnected Thu Jan 19 2012 23:33):
rating [need] win loss draw total best
Blitz 1143 [8] 659 628 63 1350 1335 (20-Feb-2008)
Standard 1727 [6] 230 202 65 497 1727 (31-Oct-2008)
1: Looking for long game. 45 45 is great. Leave me a message and we'll
schedule a game.
2: Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning best for me...the earlier the better.
3: Not into chatting during the game but would love to talk before and after.
4: Not interested in takebacks.
Groups : Team4545League
I know the ICC blitz pool can be tough, but a 600 point difference? Is the standard pool really that easy?
Was it a tournament game? No
Was it a consultation game? Yes
That about sums it up.
Jul 12, 2012
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Stanley Kubrick has been mentioned earlier. In some book or other I saw a photo of Kubrick playing against George C. Scott taken on the set of a movie that they were both working on ( " Doctor Strangelove " I would imagine ).
Jul 13, 2012
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batgirl wrote:
You must be aware that Bill Wall has a super-inclusive LIST.
he of course is not aware and only is here for attention.
Anyone on here ever play a chess game with a celebrity or know any celebrities who play chess?