A friend of mine saw the Avengers and says Stan Lee was playing chess with someone at the end of the movie. He wants to know who the opponent was. He says the face is familiar. I’ll have to look for that when I get around to experiencing that flick.
Tim, I believe its Ian McKellen. This would be a nice little wink to the ending of X-Men 3, where McKellen’s Magneto finds himself alone at a chess board in a park.
Outstanding! This fits what other sites are saying that the opponent was Magneto.