Most famous person you ever played chess against.
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Tom Jones
I've played a handful of bullet games with DJ Qbert. While not a professional chess player, I believe he was a part of the Hip Hop Chess Federation tournament a while ago.
Ive played vs a guy claiming to be Karpov's nephew on Royal Chess... Lol not exactly famous but the dude claims to be coached by his uncle. Don't think I'll ever find out if it was realy him (even though I could go on royal chess and wait out to catch him on and then ask for proof but ehh not that important to me) but DAMN could that guy play... It was a flash back to when i just started and would just take a beating every game. We played a couple dozen games and his opening knowledge was very impresive and he gave me a few tips here in there... Soo ehh not sure if that counts =P
GMs Art Bisguier and Larry Christiansen.
May 7, 2008
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As a kid i played a few GM's in simuls:
GM Jan Timman
GM Paul van der Sterren
GM Genna Sosonko
Greg Nowak. Haven't heard of him? No surprise there, but he would be the most "famous" chess player to wipe the floor with me.
Once played against IM Ed Formanek in an OTB tourn. played a few skittles games against Igor Ivanov and played against WGM Rusadan Goletiani on this site.
May 7, 2008
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I had a pair of correspondence games against International Correspondence Chess Master (ICCM) Ronald Weyerstrass.
I've played all the grandmasters. Yes, I played them on a computer and yes they were on Chessmaster 9000. I lost to them all.
No, i have never played someone famous
I played against GM Oleg Korneev and Portuguese GM Luis Galego(nº1 in Portugal)
Does title players on chess.com count?
matzleeach wrote: Does title players on chess.com count?
What about playing against erik? Isn't he famous the creator of chess.com
A friend of mine who is a chess afiscianado claims to have played against both Anatoly Karpov (former WC) and Victor Korchnoi (WC challenger) and actually won one game against Karpov (but lost eleven). Of course this was not when he was world champion but much later when he was just a regular grandmaster. He (my friend) had also once drawn a game against former female world champion Pia Cramling.I can not verify these claims however, but he is a very strong chess player so it could very well be true.
GM nigel davies at vote chess....*schooled*
May 7, 2008
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Viktor Korchnoi (played in Charlotte, NC and lost), Paul Keres (played in Vancouver, BC and lost) , Eugenio Torre (played in Palo Alto and lost), Eduard Gufeld (played in Palo Alto and drew), Larry Christiansen (played in Dayton and lost twice), Walter Browne (played in NC and lost, but beat him 6-0 in tennis), John Donaldson (played in Palo Alto and won), Arnold Denker (played near Melbourne, FL and lost), Igor Ivanov (played at my house in Mountain View, CA and lost), and Howard Stern (played over the Internet and won 5 games).
anatoly karpov
Lassie...................just kidding
So who is the most famous chess player who ever gave you a game either formally or informally? A friend of mine used to live below GM Ron W Henley in a house owned by him so I got a few informal games against him years ago (lost them all, naturally). Henley is sparring partner, coach and second to Anatoly Karpov as well as promoter to women's GM Irina Krush among many other things, so that's my big brush with chess fame.