Mestel’s Amazing Immortal Game

Video #659

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Andrew Jonathan Mestel (born 13 March 1957 in Cambridge, England) is Professor of Applied Mathematics at Imperial College London who works on magnetohydrodynamics and biological fluid dynamics. He holds Ph.D. on the thesis “Magnetic Levitation of Liquid Metals” at University of Cambridge. A distinguished chess player, he was the first person to be awarded chess Grandmaster titles by FIDE in both over-the-board play and problem solving. He is also close to Grandmaster strength at contract bridge.