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Can you name these well-known chess players based on a description?
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His peak classical rating of 2882 is the highest in history
Magnus Carlsen
10-time World Championship challenger who never became World Champion
Viktor Korchnoi
The only World Champion to have died while holding the title
Alexander Alekhine
2016 World Championship challenger; he previously held the record for youngest grandmaster, having achieved the title at 12 years, 7 months
Sergey Karjakin
He famously lost to IBM's Deep Blue in 1997
Garry Kasparov
His "Immortal Game" and "Evergreen Game" featured brilliant sacrificial attacking play
Adolf Anderssen
"The Magician from Riga"
Mikhail Tal
Widely considered the strongest female chess player of all time, reaching a peak ranking of no. 8
Judit Polgár
Spanish Catholic priest who is best known for an opening which bears his name
Ruy López de Segura
19th century Englishman whose preferred chess set design is now the worldwide standard
Howard Staunton
The first Chinese player to cross 2800; he once held the record for the longest unbeaten streak in classical chess
Ding Liren
His book "Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953" is widely considered one of the greatest chess books ever written.
David Bronstein
Five time United States champion turned Twitch streamer
Hikaru Nakamura
Dane who pioneered hypermodern opening systems
Aron Nimzowitsch
The only American World Chess Champion; his psychological condition significantly deteriorated in his later years
Bobby Fischer
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Very nice quiz, hard but not idiotic
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