Albert Einstein – physicist and chess player

3/31/2009 – He disliked the competitive aspect of the game, and although he was a great player Albert Einstein never really pursued the game with any degree of ambition. The physics world's gain was our loss, as you will see in Dennis Monokroussos' Playchess lecture on Wednesday night (Thursday morning in Europe). Be there at 9 p.m. ET., 3 a.m. CEST.