Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
As you know the SportAccord World Mind Games 2011 are on in Beijing. We have a very interesting photo feature about alter egos from the official website.
Here is the first part of what some of the best chess players of the planet said about their alter ego. MUST READ. This is - Part 1.
ALSO READ CHESS QUEEN ALEXANDRA KOSTENIUK
as official ambassador of the SportAccord World Mind Games 2011
Hello everyone,
As you know the SportAccord World Mind Games 2011 are on in Beijing. We have a very interesting photo feature about alter egos from the official website.
Here is the first part of what some of the best chess players of the planet said about their alter ego. MUST READ. This is - Part 1.
ALSO READ CHESS QUEEN ALEXANDRA KOSTENIUK
as official ambassador of the SportAccord World Mind Games 2011
Hou Yifan —— Hillary Clinton
Alexander Grischuk —— Chief of the pride lion
Alexandra Kostenuik —— Marion Kotiyar
Ivanchuk —— A Donkey
Yelena Dembo —— Terminator
Shahriyan Mamedyarov —— soccer arbiter Kollina
Almira Skripchenko —— Charlie Chaplin
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave —— An invisible man
Kateryna Lahno —— A businessman
Quang Liem Le —— The President of Vietnam
Viktorija Cmilyte —— Mishel Fuko
Peter Heine Nielsen —— Peter the great
Pia Cramling —— A painter
Leinier Dominguez —— Gandalf
Ju Wenjun —— Vivien Leigh
Sergey Karjakin —— Hou Yifan
Gu Xiaobing —— A photographer
Geoffrey Borg —— Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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Alexander Grischuk —— Chief of the pride lion
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Alexandra Kostenuik —— Marion Kotiyar
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Ivanchuk —— A Donkey
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Yelena Dembo —— Terminator
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Shahriyan Mamedyarov —— soccer arbiter Kollina
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Almira Skripchenko —— Charlie Chaplin
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave —— An invisible man
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Kateryna Lahno —— A businessman
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Quang Liem Le —— The President of Vietnam
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Viktorija Cmilyte —— Mishel Fuko
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Peter Heine Nielsen —— Peter the great
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Pia Cramling —— A painter
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Leinier Dominguez —— Gandalf
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Ju Wenjun —— Vivien Leigh
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Sergey Karjakin —— Hou Yifan
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Gu Xiaobing —— A photographer
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Geoffrey Borg —— Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
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wow this is fantastic. Chess Queen looks awesome (as usual) but I cannot understand Ivanchuk's alter ego.
ReplyDeleteWhat's up with Sergey Karjakin wanting to be Hou Yifan that is soooooooo funny. So cute also.
ReplyDeleteCHESS QUEEN YOUR CHOICE OF ALTER EGO IS FANTASTIC
ReplyDeletenice juxtaposing of players and photos except i just dont get a clue about ivanchuk and the donkey ha ha ha that is crazy ivanchuk what a quip. thanks for sharing lot of fun here. take care chess queen hasta la vista
ReplyDeleteHow come there is so much resemblance between the two photos for the player and their alter ego... amazing
ReplyDeletei admire ivanchuk wow he is really humble to say that but no bias the most apt alter ego is chess queen and kotiyar. i am not sure if hou is going to like sergey taking over her identity. you made my day
ReplyDeletePlease take the Ivanchuk and donkey one out please please please
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