Strongest Chess Playing Siblings?

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Strongest Chess Playing Siblings?

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).

[Ed Seedhouse]

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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.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Strongest Chess Playing Siblings?

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.

[Dan Scoones]

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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)

[Jack Maguire]

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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 ):

http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peruvian-chess-prodigy-jorge-cori-detained-in-spain-route-to-competition-101747

[Peter McKillop]

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How about the Klitschko brothers? Who would dare tell them, to their faces, that their ratings aren't high enough to qualify? :)

[Jedup I]

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Magnus Carlson & his dad (1800s before magnus was a IM and expert level now)

[Erik Malmsten]

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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

[Victor Plotkin]

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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.

Father/son:
M. and I. Bluvshtein 2632 + 2218 = 4850
V. and M. Plotkin 2426 + 2208 = 4634
I. and S. Lipnowski 2256 + 2224 = 4480

[Gary Ruben]

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Also though Paul's not active anymore there's IM Dave and FM Paul Ross.

Oh and Fred and Bob South from Alberta.

I remember a year when Abe and Harry Yanofsky played in the Manitoba Open. Unless my memory is playing tricks.

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Strongest Chess Playing Siblings?

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.

[Tom O'Donnell]

Re: Strongest Chess Playing Siblings?

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

[Victor Plotkin]

Re: Strongest Chess Playing Siblings?

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.

[Ken Kurkowski]

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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?

[Ken Kurkowski]

Re: Strongest Chess Playing Siblings?

I recall the Spraggetts (Kevin and Grant) would have had a pretty high combined rating when they were both active in Canada.