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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Thursday chess trivia question - guess their names

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


Hello everyone,


There is just something so special about women playing chess. It's charming and beautiful. So, here are two wonderful players from the chess planet - Can you guess their names and tell a little about them?




Bonus Question: Is there a special reason we've picked this chess trivia photo?







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11 comments:

  1. kingfisherNovember 17, 2011 at 3:46 PM

    Hou yifan and koneru humpy - come on

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  2. j.l. viennaNovember 17, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    @kingfisher ofcourse

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  3. JanNovember 17, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    Hmmm, I don't know who the young man is, but I think the lady is Vera Menchik, who was one of the strongest female players in the world before she was killed in a bombing raid on London during World War II.

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  4. Amrit Puri Knights Chess Club New DelhiNovember 18, 2011 at 12:41 AM

    hi everyone, what's the joke aren't they both one of the most famous women chess players once? - sonja graf and vera menchik right? Guess the trivia question was asked because we have the women's world chess championship going on between koneru humpy and hou yifan?

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  5. Symeon, AthensNovember 18, 2011 at 2:09 AM

    For god sake its graf and menchik

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  6. AnonymousNovember 18, 2011 at 2:09 AM

    steffi graf?

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  7. jason bourneNovember 18, 2011 at 5:57 AM

    Sonja Graf and Vera Menchik

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  8. Sebastian Wolff, NYNovember 18, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    The ladies of the world chess championship - sonja graf and vera menchik

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  9. Sainath, ColomboNovember 18, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    Right is vera menchik - She won the first Women's World Championship in 1927 and successfully defended her title six times in every other championship in her lifetime, and only lost one game, while winning 78 and drawing four games.
    Left is sonja graf - Sonja Graf (December 16, 1908 – March 6, 1965) was a German chess master who also lived in Argentina and the United States. She was the Women's World Vice-Champion, two-time winner of the U.S. Women's Chess Championship and author.

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  10. Terrence, LondonNovember 18, 2011 at 11:30 AM

    Can anyone really mistake them for Humpy and Hou?

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  11. JanNovember 18, 2011 at 10:39 PM

    Sonia Graf, heh? Well, cross-dressing has been going on practically since the dawn of time...

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