Past and Present Celebrity or Athlete Chessplayers

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cct5025

The only past and present celebrity or athlete chessplayers I'm aware of (short of doing any research) are:  Humphrey Bogart and wife Lauren Bacall, Ted Danson, former Cleveland Brown/actor Jim Brown, and former Detroit Red Wing, Igor Larianov.  Can you think of any others?

billwall

There are dozens of others.  Here is my list.

http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/famous.htm

 

cct5025
Thanks for the list, Mr. Wall....quite extensive!
FanofAlba
was Albert Einstein and Napoleon included? They also played chess
revolver
Fedor Emeliananko is a very good chess player
CHEssGUEVARA

Che Guevara bros

Scrap-O-Matic

I think this has to be a Chess.com record. Resurrecting an 8 year old thread. Congrats!!