GM Colin McNab (Scotland) - I entered a small blitz tournament many years ago and got paired against him in the first round. Brutal lesson. I still accuse the tournament organiser of fixing the first round draw; he was a friend of mine and I would not believe him when he said it was "just the way it worked out".
Most famous person you ever played chess against.
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I played IM Danny Rensch of the Shelby school in otb
Played a simul against Alex Lenderman a few years ago at All The Kings Men Chess Club in Pitman, NJ. He ground me down in a Maroczy structure. Quite a nice Chess experience. He is all class.
Havent played chess much other than on this site. I played IM David Pruess a while back and didnt do too bad. Of course i lost but i didnt get demolished.
Bent Larsen (simul-drew) Roman Dzin (lost)Asa Hoffman (lost)jay bonin (drew)
Malakhov. Lost. in a simul.
Jude Acers--and I won!
I played Nicolas Rossolimo hundreds of games when he had has chess studio in NYC. I won two or three games. I played Max Euwe once in a simultaneous and lost. I played a top Russian (Soviet?) grandmaster in a simultzaneous about thirty years ago and drew -- I can't think of his name right now.
joeydvivre wrote:
The thread needs to be stopped here. "Who is the most famous?" Ans: "I can't think of his name right now."
joeydvivre wrote:
The thread needs to be stopped here. "Who is the most famous?" Ans: "I can't think of his name right now."
No, we need to start another sub-thread: Guess the guy he's thinking of before he remembers. I am going with Bogolubov.
Hey! Anybody here ever play against guitarzan? He's famous - somebody even named a song after him! 
How many have ever beat a gm not simul? [has to be at chess]
anand!!!!
Excellent games, especially the first one. Black kept up the tempo and the pressure throughout the game and never allowed the GM a chance to settle and play his own game.
@ponz, I've beaten a GM in 1/0 bullet if that counts
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Morphy, Fischer, Capablanca, and Kasparov all fell at my hand! Mwa ha ha ha ha!
No, there are no GM's, IM's, or even FM's in Small Town, Missouri USA.
Aug 10, 2012
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I drew some Nms in a simul but in normal chess... well I was playing with an Im and suddenly won a pawn... It was board 1 of a large tournament... i thought it was a trap... but took it, and then left the board... was very anxious... he just let the pawn be taken (I finally blundered a mate in 4 in a dead draw endgame where he had regained the pawn but...)
Aug 10, 2012
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JoseO wrote:
Maybe they fell cause they were laughing so hard?
Very possible. Some how I won with this opening in all of those games, but none of them played Qh4...
I played Kasparov once...
It wasn't pretty.
Hmm, i had a chance to play Nigel Davies but I decided against it.
:( Regret!
I am going to play against Anand(In Vote Chess! :P)