He liked to play chess. So did Lenin. Anyway, one of the chess games played by Marx, in 1867, was recorded ...
http://inside-left.blogspot.com/2012/11/marx-lenin-chess.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5zYeaiGyB8
Marx was reckless in Chess, and in his personal life as well.
That was quite a game. Though I doubt the Marx's tactical advance would succeed today.
Interestingly, for what it is worth, I note the Top 10 players...
1 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2843
2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar AZE 2814
3 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2800
4 So, Wesley USA 2799
5 Aronian, Levon ARM 2797
6 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2793
7 Caruana, Fabiano USA 2784
8 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2781
9 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2779
10 Giri, Anish NED 2777
And only 1 is Russian.
He wasn't very good at quiz shows, though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MN8aIFpHtI
Quote from: Atheon on February 24, 2018, 07:24:08 AM
He wasn't very good at quiz shows, though:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MN8aIFpHtI
How does that connect to chess? Most top chess-players are kind of weird.