Position after:


(1) Weinstein,R - Bernstein,S [A90]
USA-ch New York (4), 1959

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 0-0 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Qe8 8.a3 Be7 9.d5 Nd8 10.Nd4 Qg6 11.Qc2 c6 12.dxe6 dxe6 13.e4 Nf7 14.exf5 exf5 15.Re1 Bc5 16.N2b3 Bb6 17.Bf4 Nh5 18.Bd2 Ng5 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.c5 Bd8 21.Qc4+ Kh8 22.Qf7 Rg8 23.Nxc6 Qg6 24.Ne5 Qh6 25.Bd5 1-0

 1. Raymond Weinstein USA IM Doing life for murder last time we heard. One time opponent of RJ Fischer









Position after:


(2) Donovan,J - Whitaker,N [D09]
US op Baltimore (7), 1948

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Be6 6.Nbd2 Bb4 7.Qc2 Nge7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Ng6 10.Nb3 Ngxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rd1 d3 13.exd3 Bg4 14.Rf1 Nf3+ 15.Bxf3 Bxf3 16.h3 Qd7 17.Kh2 Rae8 18.Be3 Re5 19.Nd4 Qxh3+ 0-1

 2. Norman Whitaker USA IM. The conman’s conman. Extracted $100,000 from the Lindbergh parents on the pretext he knew where their kidnapped infant was. He didn’t.









Position after:


(3) Bloodgood,C - Stroemer,D [A00]
VAPEN Chess Game, 1972

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 Bxg4 3.c4 e5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Qb3 Qc8 6.Nc3 Na6 7.d6 c6 8.Nb5 cxb5 9.Qxb5+ Bd7 10.Qxe5+ Kd8 11.d4 Bc6 12.d5 Bd7 13.Bg5 Nb4 14.Rc1 Nc2+ 15.Kd1 Ba4 16.Bxf6+ gxf6 17.Qxf6+ Ke8 18.b3 1-0

 3. Claude Bloodgood USA Matricidal chess wizard and (he claimed) former Hitler Youth. At one time had the second highest rating in the USA – but only because he’d found a glitch in the system. Escaped from the State Penitentiary during a chess match. Played the Grob more often than anyone on the planet.









Position after:


(4) Crowley,A - Shoosmith,H [C37]
Eastbourne v Brighton, 1894

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 d6 5.0-0 h6 6.d4 Ne7 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.e5 d5 9.Bb3 c6 10.Ne2 Ng6 11.g3 g4 12.Nxf4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 gxf3 14.Qxf3 Be6 15.c3 Nd7 16.Bc2 Nf8 17.Qh5 Qd7 18.Bd2 Bg4 19.Qh4 Ng6 20.Bxg6 fxg6 21.e6 Bxe6 22.Rae1 g5 23.Qg4 0-0-0 24.Rxe6 h5 25.Qe2 h4 26.Bxg5 Rdg8 27.Re7 Qh3 28.g4 Bxd4+ 29.cxd4 Rxg5 30.Re8+ Rxe8 31.Qxe8+ Kc7 32.Qe7+ 1-0

 4. Aleister Crowley UK Spooky guy. The most famous practitioner of the Black Arts of the 20th century. Self-styled Wickedest Man in the World; also The Great Beast; also Brother Perdurado. Played for the combined Oxford-Cambridge chess team when he wasn’t having chats with Beelzebub. Favourite number: 666.









Position after:


(5) Sawin,J - Davidson,H [C78]
US Univs v Ox/Cam, 27.03.1903

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.0-0 Nf6 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.d4 exd4 9.e5 Ne4 10.cxd4 Bb6 11.Re1 Bf5 12.Nc3 Nb4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Qd5 15.Qe2 Rd8 16.Nf6+ gxf6 17.exf6+ Be6 18.Ng5 Rg8 19.Qg4 Kd7 20.Qf4 Nd3 0-1

 5. Rev Harold Davidson UK Defrocked vicar. After captaining Oxford at chess, he became the Rector of Stiffkey. Instead of saving young girls from sin, he saved them for himself. Harold was consumed by lust, and, eventually by a lion (in a Skegness amusement park).









Position after:


(6) Slater,J - Archer,J [C50]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.Nc3 Bg4 5.0-0 Nd4 6.Nxe5 Bxd1 7.Bxf7+ Ke7 8.Nd5# 1-0

 6. Jeffrey Archer UK Best selling author and economist with the truth. If bull droppings counted for anything in chess, Jeffrey would be a GM. As it is he lost the following rather feeble effort to the Businessmen’s board five.