I've played Tal, Botvinnik, Spassky, Karpov, Petrosian, Bronstein, Korchnoi. Had beers with Shirov and was on Karpov's team for the Elista match with Kamsky. Worked at Chessbase USA and Smartchess.com . 2367 USCF peak in my younger days and 2285 FIDE. Now an old man with not much chess skill left.