"Famous People Who Play(ed) Chess"

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"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

Fry, Stephen actor

Do I get a brownie point for having played someone on the list?

Originally posted by Habeascorp

Do I get a brownie point for having played someone on the list?

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.

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.

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... 😉

"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

Al Gore
Gorbachev

I'm not at all surprised Bernard Goetz played chess.

"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