Have you ever played a Grandmaster ?

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Bonsai_Dragon

That must be his gang

Bonsai_Dragon

That's 2q1c, the hero of bronsteinpawn, tom, and others posting porn and crap. still think he's just misunderstood?

Bonsai_Dragon

the intellectual Chessist society club at its finest folks.

darius

I drew Edmar Mednis in a simultaneous exhibition about 1970.

RulezSuck

I wish I could wink.png

scott88688
I beat Maurice Ashley in a simul. He was up a pawn going into a knight and pawn endgame, but blundered, allowing me to trap and win his knight. The only other time I recall beating a GM was during a speed game.
saurav2202

Played a WGM and she chased me the whole board around. I was pinned, forked and what not.

saurav2202

Played a WGM and she chased me the whole board around. I was pinned, forked and what not.

nallets

lol

DeepFlight12

WC Vasily Smyslov to a draw thumbup.png

madhacker

Not counting simuls, friendlies, and online games - in other words this is in serious OTB chess:

>Peter Wells - He destroyed me

>Antonio Fernandes - I gave him a decent game but lost in the end

>Matthew Turner - I won!!

chess_eli_hancock

Yes i have, anyone heard of mark noble,  one of the new zealand GMS,  well i played him last week, he beat me, but it was fun

madhacker
chess_eli_hancock wrote:

Yes i have, anyone heard of mark noble,  one of the new zealand GMS,  well i played him last week, he beat me, but it was fun

This guy is having you on if he's telling you he's a GM:

https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=4300319

He's an FM, two ranks below GM (still a strong player but not a GM)

Vicente9999

I understand the thread but, a FM is not a GM, However, the topic is about strong players. I think an FM is a strong player!!

TalSpin

OTB, the highest rated player I've played was an IM rated 2502 USCF and I lost pretty convincingly though I have drawn one game with him in a last round where he already had the win. Online, I've beaten a few IMs and GMs years ago in blitz or bullet, but always on time. I can't recall ever being in a better position when the flag fell.

Toucantime

I'm not sure how many I played. Among them, the legendary Lev Polugaïevki (simul, lost in 11 moves...), the arrogant Anatoly Vaïsser (rapid, lost in 24 moves), evergreen Jacob Murey (rapid, lost), former candidate Oleg Romanishin (simul, lost in 38 moves), and the so solid Nikolaï Spiridonov (slow swiss tournament, draw in 86 moves).

 

I also played many future GMs and contributed to their progresses by spanking a few of them wink.png

 

Well, when you play a GM, the important thing is to learn something out of it, when it's easy to be overwhelmed by emotions and waste the game into a blunder. My opinion.

Kretinovich

I first drew a 2336 GM i Rilton Cup 16/17 and was then paired against Sergey Volkov rated 2620 something. I was close to equalizig when i blundered and lost in 25 moves. The sad thing is that my drew versus the first GM is input as a loss for me,I offered a draw. Both games is in the database

spartakbarnsley

When I played in top level junior tournaments in the 80's, I beat at least one person who went on to become a grandmaster, and another who is an IM and one of Britain's top female players and chess writers. Suffice to say, they would probably both crush me now, due to the fact that I have taken a 25 year break from chess, whereas they clearly haven't! 

Markle

I got to play Alexander Shabalov in the second round of a tourn a couple of years ago, I was rated around 1940 and lost on the black side of a Sicilian Najdorf but it was a lot of fun. He even showed me a few things after the game really nice guy!

jmaskell

Played Pepe Cuenca on another website. Got completely destroyed because I was so nervous. And the minor point of me not being very good. I would like to have a more competitive game against a GM but I am very relaxed about it. At my level, Im cannon fodder.