1. Standard memberwoodypusher
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    04 Jun '13 15:22
    You mentioned Boris Becker

    vs Nigel Short:
    YouTube

    vs Garry Kasparov:
    YouTube
  2. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    07 Jun '13 06:56
    "Famous People Who Play(ed) Chess" (page six)

    Fairbanks, Douglas, Sr Actor
    Falk, Peter Actor
    Farouk, King King of Egypt
    Farrell, Mike Actor

    >Farrow, Mia Actress
    Feld, Fritz Actor
    Ferdinand, Archduke Emperor of Austria
    Ferrer, Jose Actor

    Field, Ted Film producer
    Flynn, Errol Actor
    Fonda, Henry Actor
    Forman, Milos Film director

    Forster, Edward M. Writer
    Fouche, Joseph Head of Napoleon's secret police
    Fox, Michael J. Actor
    Franco, Francisco Spanish dictator

    Frank, Hans Governor general of Poland in 1939
    > Franklin, Benjamin Inventor, writer, diplomat
    Frederick the Great German emperor

    Frederick, John Saxon Elector
    Freud, Clement Writer, broadcaster
    > Freud, Sigmund Founder of psychoanalysis

    Gabor, Zsa Zsa Actress
    Gardner, Ava actress
    > Gates, Bill Microsoft CEO
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    Fry, Stephen actor
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    07 Jun '13 22:37
    Do I get a brownie point for having played someone on the list?
  5. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    08 Jun '13 09:30
    Originally posted by Habeascorp

    Do I get a brownie point for having played someone on the list?
    Why certainly, at least from me. If you played to a draw or won, I'll started a thread in your honor! Great Nickname. (gb)
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    08 Jun '13 18:301 edit
    Played sir john cornforth. As about a 70 year old he was about a 200 ecf. I certainly did not get the draw or win. He got his Nobel prize for pro pro chirality which is the mapping of hydrocarbon mechanisms by the use of heavy hydrogen isotopes. A lovely man.
  7. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    09 Jun '13 02:53
    Originally posted by Habeascorp

    Played sir john cornforth. As about a 70 year old he was about a 200 ecf. I certainly did not get the draw or win. He got his Nobel prize for pro pro chirality which is the mapping of hydrocarbon mechanisms by the use of heavy hydrogen isotopes. A lovely man.
    Habeascorp, as promised, the deed's done.
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    10 Jun '13 13:30
    Originally posted by vandervelde
    Bogart was a member of California Chess Association, both as a player (candidate for National master) and referee. He used to play blitz in some LA club, but it was probably the part of his secret agent-activities. His wife, however, never played chess. Neither did Napoleon and Che Gevara; their "games" are pure invention. Lenin did not play chess either... 😉
    check out chessgames.com; it has a game played between Bogart and Bacall.
  9. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    13 Jun '13 08:02
    "Famous People Who Play(ed) Chess" (page 7)*

    -Gabor, Zsa Zsa Actress
    -Gardner, Ava actress
    -Gates, Bill Microsoft CEO
    Gauss, Johann Karl Mathematician
    Genn, Leo Film maker

    George III King of England
    Gillespie, John 'Dizzy' Trumpet virtuoso
    Gladstone, William British Prime Minister
    Goebbels, Paul Joseph Nazi propagandist & leader
    Goethe, Johann Writer

    Goetz, Bernard Subway vigilante
    Goffin, Gerry Songwriter
    Golding, William Nobel Prize winner in literature in 1983
    Goldsmith, Oliver Writer
    Gorky, Maxim Writer

    -Gowdy, Curt Sportscaster
    Grace, William Father of English cricket
    -Graham, Billy Evangelist
    -Grant, Ulysses S US President, Civil War General
    Gregory VI Pope

    Grimm, Jakob Writer
    Grouthausen Minister to Charles XII
    Guevara, Che Political revolutionary
    -Guidry, Ron Baseball pitcher
    Guillevic, Eugene French writer

    * GP34, no sign yet of your kin. lol

    Haldeman, H.R. Nixon chief of staff
    Harrison, Rex Actor
    Hart, Sir Basil British military historian
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    Al Gore
    Gorbachev
  11. Standard memberbyedidia
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    13 Jun '13 18:09
    I'm not at all surprised Bernard Goetz played chess.
  12. Standard memberGrampy Bobby
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    17 Jun '13 08:251 edit
    "Famous People Who Play(ed) Chess" (page 8)

    Haldeman, H.R. Nixon chief of staff
    Harrison, Rex Actor
    Hart, Sir Basil British military historian
    Hawking, Stephen Physicist
    Heinlen, Robert Writer
    Henry V of Agincourt King of England

    Henry VIII King of England
    Henry, O. Writer
    - Hepburn, Katherine Actress
    Herbert, A.P. Writer
    Hilton, Barron Founder of Hilton Hotels
    Hinckley, John Attempted to assassinate Reagan

    - Ho Chi Minh Vietnamese political & military leader
    Hoffman, Kurt German film director
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell US Supreme court justice
    Holmes, Priest NFL Pro football player
    Holyfield, Evander World heavyweight boxing champion
    Hope, Bob Comedian, actor

    Horowitz, Vladimir musician
    - Houdini, Harry Escape artist
    Hoyle, Fred Astronomer
    Hunter, Charles World's fastest speaker
    Huss, John Religious reformer
    Huston, John Film director

    Ibsen, Henrik Playwright
    Innocent III Pope
    Irzykowski Polish writer
    Isabella Queen of Spain, sponsored Columbus' discovery of America
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