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      Can you name this legendary chess player?

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      14 Comments

      1. kuritovGM Reply
        March 1, 2012 at 11:41 pm

        very easy, the great JAN HENDRICUS TIMMAN (NDL);

      2. Yancey Ward Reply
        March 1, 2012 at 11:46 pm

        That looks to be Jan Timman.

        Or Obi Wan Kenobi.

      3. AlwaysFree Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 12:20 am

        Jan Timman as Emperor Palpatine

      4. ian Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 1:07 am

        GM Jan timman

      5. jcheyne Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 1:17 am

        Could be Jan Timman. Is he a Sith Lord now?

      6. eddy Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 1:33 am

        nice post

      7. Anonymous Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 2:20 am

        This has to be Obewan Kenobe!

      8. Anonymous Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 5:39 am

        timman

      9. Bobby Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 5:55 am

        No lo conozco.
        Para mí los legendarios son: Paul Morphy, Capablanca, Alekhine, Bobby Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov.

      10. Sanitarios Argentinos Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 11:40 am

        Es Jan Timman. Pero Bobby, estas olvidando a leyendas como Emanuel Lasker, 27 años campeón del mundo, o al gran y genial Miguel, sin duda una de las mentes mas brillantes del ajedrez. Y no nos olvidemos de su “maestro” ,Savielly Tartakower, de cuyos comentarios hemos aprendido todos. Saludos.

      11. Sanitarios Argentinos Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 11:49 am

        Es Jan Timman. Pero Bobby, estas olvidando a leyendas como Emanuel Lasker, 27 años campeón del mundo, o al gran y genial Miguel, sin duda una de las mentes mas brillantes del ajedrez. Y no nos olvidemos de su “maestro” ,Savielly Tartakower, de cuyos comentarios hemos aprendido todos. Saludos.

      12. Anonymous Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 6:38 pm

        Geronimo!

      13. Anonymous Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 6:49 pm

        It is Hans Peder Hermansen

      14. Bobby Reply
        March 2, 2012 at 10:54 pm

        Tienes razón en lo que dices Sanitarios Argentinos, sin embargo, más allá de toda estricta definición del término LEGENDARIOS, y añadiéndole alas a esta palabra, los nombres que han rebasado más allá de la biografía ajedrecística y que han resonado en una mayor multitud de bocas con una deliciosa fuerza, a los cuales ha contribuido la historia con las precisas y caprichosas circunstancias posándose sobre el indiscutible genio que ha caracterizado a cada uno de ellos, son: Paul Morphy, Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Bobby Fischer, Karpov, Kasparov.

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