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If the Zhigalko brothers are currently #1, and the Muzychuk sisters #2, the brother and sister team of Jorge Cori (2609) and Deysi Cori (2425 FIDE) may well be #3. Unfortunately, Jorge is today in the news for the wrong reason ):
Endre and Lajos Steiner (brothers from Hungary; Endre was sometimes cited as Andre)
Robert and Richard Chess (I'm not making this up; both were USCF masters and I think they were identical twins)
If we are allowed to go back in history, then Robert (b. 1928) Byrne and his brother Donald (b. 1930). Then there are Alexander Alekhine and his older brother Alexei, Emanuel Lasker and his older brother Berthold. Berthold was among the world's top ten players in the early 1890s.
If we are allowed to go back in history, then Robert (b. 1928) Byrne and his brother Donald (b. 1930). Then there are Alexander Alekhine and his older brother Alexei, Emanuel Lasker and his older brother Berthold. Berthold was among the world's top ten players in the early 1890s.
If we are going back in time then I think the three Polgar sisters may well top the list over all, and by quite a margin. Two with male GM titles (one top ten in the world at one point) and one with male IM and WGM titles. Add all three up and I bet they top the list for both genders, unless someone can think of a family with four strong siblings. Maybe over 7000 points total.
More siblings - the Jhunijhnuwala brothers: Krishan (2340), Naresh (2240), and Ramesh (2260). They all played for Hong Kong in the 1978 Olympiad (and separately in several other Olympiads).
IM Anita Gara and WGM Ticia Gara(sisters)
GM Josef Horvath and GM Csaba Horvath(brothers)
GM Zoltan Almasi and IM Istvan Almasi(brothers)
FM Laszlo Mihok(father) and Olivier Mihok(2450-ish son)
Kristof Juhasz(2350) and Armin Juhasz(2200-ish) brothers
Victor Erdos(2647) and his sister around 2200
three CAN brothers: Nikolay (~2600), Sergey (~2000), and Ivan (~1100 CFC) Noritsyns. A sister Liza (~1300) does not play these days. Are they the strongest family (by rating sum) in CAN?
more than 2 chess players in family:
Giblons family (~1400-1800) - sisters Melissa and Rebecca, and a father Andrew
Mine - me (~2200), a son (~1100), a daughter (a pawns destroyer), a wife (the best supporter, and who had real in-class chess lessons) LOL
At their peak in the 1960's, the Rubin brothers (Gerald and Robert) of Montreal would both have been in today's 2300-2400 range. A younger brother, David, played in an (adult) tournament at the age of 4. A sister, Barbara, played in some scholastic events. The father, Philip, was a Montreal TD in the late 50's and early 60's. (Gerry was playing tonight at the Cafe Pi)
The Marks family may well be on the chess radar screen to eventually become the strongest composite chess playing siblings - if only on sheer numbers (:
While on the interesting topic of chess-playing families, are there many chess-playing couples (married or otherwise)? The only one that immediately comes to mind is Canada's Nava and Sasha Starr, who have recently both played in a tournament again. Many years ago, there was Lawrence Day and his then-wife Angela- both members of Canada's Olympiad teams. Also I recall Kevin Spraggett dating another member of the Canadian women's team for a while. Internationally, there's Pia Cramling of Sweden and her Spanish GM husband, Juan Bellon- the strongest chess couple, maybe? I recall reading about other top woman players being married to competitive chess players, but the names escape me now.
While on the interesting topic of chess-playing families, are there many chess-playing couples (married or otherwise)? The only one that immediately comes to mind is Canada's Nava and Sasha Starr, who have recently both played in a tournament again. Many years ago, there was Lawrence Day and his then-wife Angela- both members of Canada's Olympiad teams. Also I recall Kevin Spraggett dating another member of the Canadian women's team for a while. Internationally, there's Pia Cramling of Sweden and her Spanish GM husband, Juan Bellon- the strongest chess couple, maybe? I recall reading about other top woman players being married to competitive chess players, but the names escape me now.
The strongest couple I know of (they are married) is Alexander Grischuk
I would think the peak ratings for the three Polgar sisters would total over 7600, with GM Judit at 2700 , GM Susan in the 2550 range, and IM Sofia in the 2400 range. :)
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