Christie Brinkley is the only person I've ever heard who can beat Charlie Norris.
As far as Duncan Duttles ?....One should read "No Regrets" about the Bobby & Boris match in 1992. Duncan gives fabulously creative & imaginative annotation. Sadly, not an ez book to get aholdof.
I really liked the originality in the games games of the dutch Jan Timman.
Chucky of course.
FWIW, this means: Vassily Ivanchuk, not Chuck Norris
Mir Sultan Kahn of India! An Illiterate and one who played the Indian version of Chess only. A king sponsored him for sometime in England! He became all England champion in 1935 I think! FIDE should honor him with a GM title at least now!
Roman Dzhindzihashvili
Mir Sultan Kahn of India! An Illiterate and one who played the Indian version of Chess only. A king sponsored him for sometime in England! He became all England champion in 1935 I think! FIDE should honor him with a GM title at least now!
....and knowing that the formal 'GM' title was not issued until a'O 1953 ?....thereabouts ?
I read somewhere in this forum that some players of the earlier generation have been conferred honorary GM title posthumously!
Mir Sulthan Khan was in top 5 along with Alekhine and Capablanca .. He deserves respect and a G M title!
If you've heard it from FIDE,that would be news.
as far as I can tell, it would be a very difficult challenge to go back in the past and fairly assign GM status as the records as shaky.
Even if we have good records for SOME, how would we know the rating of their less celebrated opponents that may have little to no documentation?
I also vote for Mir sultan khan, he was the most original player according to me, and being an illitrate it is very hard to make your identity but he made it and he was one of the top players of his era..
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1135510
Some say Bobby Fischer never was an IM. He went from Master to GM. Others say he was an IM for (1) day. Anyone know ?
I think that probably the most original players ever were the first two people who ever played a chess game 
No such thing.
Stop asking silly questions that have no real answer, can in no way enlighten, and only serve to cause dissention and create arguments.
I disagree.I think it is a very interesting question,thank you.
That's because you young and foolish and ignorant.
That's because you are young and foolish and ignorant. *
That's because you are young, foolish and ignorant. *
That's because you are young, foolish, and ignorant. *
Can't forget our Oxford commas!
Mir Sultan Kahn of India! An Illiterate and one who played the Indian version of Chess only. A king sponsored him for sometime in England! He became all England champion in 1935 I think! FIDE should honor him with a GM title at least now!
....and knowing that the formal 'GM' title was not issued until a'O 1953 ?....thereabouts ?
Sultan Khan died in 1966, so he deserved a GM title. FIDE didn't know about his where about and didn't care looking for him either to award that title although FIDE did award GM title to several retired top rated players of early 1930s. Great Capablanca himself regarded Mir Sultan Khan as a genious.
I am surprised that Capablanca had the title while sultan khan played with him many time,, so how can you believe that FIDE didn't know about sultan khan ? Reasons are other, i think being and illitrate and from the country ruled by British empire, is one of the obstacle in the way of GM title.
Chuck Norris plays surprising openings.