Humhprey Bogart

Bit surprised to find out the Humphrey Bogart was quite a strong amateur chess player.

http://www.geocities.com/citycollegechess/bogart.html
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/bogart.htm
and
http://home.houston.rr.com/justchess/trivia/bogart.htm

many other 'famous' chess players ?🙂🙂

einstein played a bit.
i have an old photograph of him playing my great grandfather.
you can't really make out the board, unfortunately, so you can't see who's winning.

Here is a position from a Bogart game:


Bogart-Anon USA 1935.

It is White to move and win.
Obtained from the book "Find the Checkmate" by Gary Lane - I recommend it.

Originally posted by murrow
... i have an old photograph of him playing my great grandfather...

I played Chris Meloni of TV Fame.
He sometimes pops in at the Chess club I frequent. I didnt recognize him until later. He's about 1500-1600. Not a total patzer, about club strengh.