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Given Susan ceased active play about that time, would the current answer to that same question today be the Muzychuk sisters? Anna, aged 23, is currently rated 2566 FIDE (with a 2606 apex) while her younger sister, Mariya, now 21, has now crossed the 2500 barrier at 2503. Can anyone think of two other siblings, male and/or female, who have higher current FIDE ratings?
LOL I went a harder way: from FIDE rating list got ~700 names with ratings >2566. There were several people with the same last names but search was not positive about their status. However, the last in the table were Zhigalko and then a wiki link popout too LOL
Talking about strong chessplayer families...
NFL football has the Mannings, Major League Baseball has the Griffeys and Alomars, Hockey has the Howes and Hulls, but are there any high-level chess parent-child combos? Or do GM's tend to discourage their offspring from following in their footsteps?
I recall the Spraggetts (Kevin and Grant) would have had a pretty high combined rating when they were both active in Canada.
Yes, you are right. I just checked active players in last 5 years. So it should be:
K. and G. Spraggett 2618 + 2377 = 4995
N. and S. Noritsyn 2608 + 2024 = 4632
V. and T. Kaminski 2315 + 2182 = 4497.
K. and G. Spraggett 2618 + 2377 = 4995
D. and P. Ross 2350 + 2348 = 4698
N. and S. Noritsyn 2608 + 2024 = 4632
R. and F. South 2312 + 2289 = 4601
V. and T. Kaminski 2315 + 2182 = 4497
Last edited by Tom O'Donnell; Friday, 13th December, 2013, 03:28 PM.
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Canadian father/son: how about the Bluvshteins (Ilia and Mark)? Irwin (inactive since about 2005) and Samuel Lipnowski?
Canadian siblings: Abe and Harry Yanofsky would be quite high if they had ratings at the time.
Last edited by Hugh Brodie; Friday, 13th December, 2013, 02:04 PM.
Canadian father/son: how about the Bluvshteins (Ilia and Mark)? Irwin (inactive since about 2005) and Samuel Lipnowski?
Canadian siblings: Abe and Harry Yanofsky would be quite high if they had ratings at the time.
Father/son:
M. and I. Bluvshtein 2632 + 2218 = 4850
V. and M. Plotkin 2426 + 2208 = 4634
I. and S. Lipnowski 2256 + 2224 = 4480
K. and G. Spraggett 2618 + 2377 = 4995
D. and P. Ross 2350 + 2348 = 4698
N. and S. Noritsyn 2608 + 2024 = 4632
R. and F. South 2312 + 2289 = 4601
V. and T. Kaminski 2315 + 2182 = 4497
Good additions Tom, I don't have an old CFC magazine with me but there was also:
Todd and David Southam 24XX + 2347= 47XX
How about the Klitschko brothers? Who would dare tell them, to their faces, that their ratings aren't high enough to qualify? :)
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