Was Albert Einstein a very good Chess player?

The game with Oppenheimer was probably played by Albert's son Hans.  The White player shows more opening knowledge than Albert Einstein would have ever took the trouble to learn.

 HAVE YOU READ THIS? WHO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THIS BOOK FOR , WHAT RATING RANGE? Lev Alburt new book "CHESS for the Gifted and Busy!"

 Then same question to anyone.

CrecyWar:

This book starts out at the beginner level and slowly takes you to each next level and at the final chapters are for higher level players.

But It covers every phase that players should have learned, didn't, skipped, ommited. It will take someone who is stagnant and make them better by introducing ideas that they should have. It's a condensed chess training for those that don't have a lot of free time and are busy.

I have to be honest. I skipped some of the stuff when I read this book because I wanted to get to the end and now I went back, and covering, going over that stuff. It was the "ending" material that takes much longer to play and sometimes takes longer to comprehend for me.

Bye for now.

 Sound like I might like it. thanks !

I laugh at people saying that chess is a waste of time but they are speaking in a chess forum.

Do Lasker's kids play chess?  If so, what style?  

I'll take "Lasker Heir Lines" for $100, Alec.

Einstein = Magnus Carlsen Squared?

Whoever was white in this game, whether Albert or his son, looks like a Class B player to me.

It's easy to look like a great player when your opponent takes e4 in ruy lopez after white O-O. His attacks were nothing short of 15-1600, but definitely not 2000+

Nota bene: The Open Ruy Lopez is a well established mainline. Black chose a less common move order with 4...b5, but 4...Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 is a reputable line in grandmaster practice. (A Grandmaster Repertoire book recommending the opening for Black was written by Mikhalevski recently.)

...f6 in the game was horrific and the game became very one-sided, but the game indicates to me that White was perhaps at least Class A strength. It's not just the tactics. It's the way he grasped the initiative to the very end. In rapid succession, an exchange became a rook became a queen... Many class players recognize the individual tactics, but don't have the follow-through to convert a win so convincingly.

I found this news article

Albert Einstein, contrary to published statements, doesn’t play “three-dimensional” chess for recreation.  The fact is that he doesn’t even play chess in two dimensions.  He seems to think he has a better use for his mind.  He doesn’t play bridge either.  Bridge is work, he says, not relaxation.  What does he do for recreation?  He walks and plays the piano or violin.  Music and physical exercise are ideal for brain-workers.  – The Daily News (Canonsburg, PA), April 8, 1936.

Nice one. Thanks Bill.

Black holes aren't "invented". :)

Haha! Good one.

I was surprised myself by his game if he was not playing often at all. He's certainly above average for a dilletante.

Einstein is known to have regarded chess as a waste of time, and I'm inclined to agree with him.