after seeing the chess club thread (rule 1. no one talks about chess club 😉 and after watching the bbc4 doc about bobby fischer v’s boris spassky) got me thinking about some of the best chess players (i don’t play chess myself/not that i’d have a hope in hell of getting any good at the game 😳 i reckon that it would have to be this fellow just a genius at the game 🙂

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_for_comparing_top_chess_players_throughout_history

is it flash ?

Its Kevin Spacey goddamitt!!

Pam Ayres was considered to be one of the greatest players not to become a grand master apparently.

Deep Blue.

Trolling Zoo Fighter.

Grandmaster Flash. End of thread.

1. Grandmaster Flash (as above)
2. Kasparov

IMO

While on the subject, check out the Storyville about Bobby Fischer on iPlayer. Excellent stuff.

I saw a Tv programme recently and I swear it was about a shit hot semi autistic chess player better than YOU! that’ll be the one mrblobby. Great bit of telly. He knocks all you squares into place!

I went to school with Ruth Sheldon. I think she has been U18 and U14 world chess champion. I remember being slightly aggrieved at getting my ass handed to me by an 11 year old when I was 14.