What's your Russian chess grandmaster name?
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Hi everybody,
This one's a real fun post we found posted by SonofPearl at www.chess.com.
He writes: Who hasn’t dreamed of being a chess grandmaster? But if you were a Russian chess grandmaster, what would be your name? With sincere apologies to all Russians, not to mention women, now you can find out by following the four easy steps below.
![](http://files.chesscomfiles.com/images_users/tiny_mce/SonofPearl/board-names.jpg)
We’ll use a random name, say Barack Obama, as an example.![Wink Wink](http://www.chess.com/js/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Step 1
First, take the number of letters in your first name, and find a file from the table below.
Barack = 6 letters = b file.
Step 2
Now let each letter of the alphabet equal the corresponding number i.e. a=1, b=2 etc. Add all the numbers in your first name together to get a total. Next, divide this number by 8 and work out the remainder. Finally, add 1 to the remainder to get the rank.
Barack = 2+1+18+1+3+11=36. 36/8 = 4, remainder 4. 4+1 = 5
So Barack’s Russian first name is on square b5.
Step 3
Take the number of letters in your surname and find a file from the table below.
Obama = 5 letters = e file.
Step 4
Repeat step 2 using your surname.
Obama = 15+2+1+13+1 = 32. 32/8 = 4, remainder 0. 0+1 = 1
So Barack’s Russian surname is on square e1. Using the chess board above we can see that Barack Obama is Anatoly Yusupov! We'd better check that birth certificate again!![](http://www.chess.com/js/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
What's your Russian Grandmaster name?
Hi everybody,
This one's a real fun post we found posted by SonofPearl at www.chess.com.
He writes: Who hasn’t dreamed of being a chess grandmaster? But if you were a Russian chess grandmaster, what would be your name? With sincere apologies to all Russians, not to mention women, now you can find out by following the four easy steps below.
![](http://files.chesscomfiles.com/images_users/tiny_mce/SonofPearl/board-names.jpg)
We’ll use a random name, say Barack Obama, as an example.
![Wink Wink](http://www.chess.com/js/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-wink.gif)
Step 1
First, take the number of letters in your first name, and find a file from the table below.
a file | 1,5,9,13 |
b file | 2,6,10,14 |
c file | 3,7,11,15 |
d file | 4,8,12,16 |
Barack = 6 letters = b file.
Step 2
Now let each letter of the alphabet equal the corresponding number i.e. a=1, b=2 etc. Add all the numbers in your first name together to get a total. Next, divide this number by 8 and work out the remainder. Finally, add 1 to the remainder to get the rank.
Barack = 2+1+18+1+3+11=36. 36/8 = 4, remainder 4. 4+1 = 5
So Barack’s Russian first name is on square b5.
Step 3
Take the number of letters in your surname and find a file from the table below.
e file | 1,5,9,13 |
f file | 2,6,10,14 |
g file | 3,7,11,15 |
h file | 4,8,12,16 |
Obama = 5 letters = e file.
Step 4
Repeat step 2 using your surname.
Obama = 15+2+1+13+1 = 32. 32/8 = 4, remainder 0. 0+1 = 1
So Barack’s Russian surname is on square e1. Using the chess board above we can see that Barack Obama is Anatoly Yusupov! We'd better check that birth certificate again!
![](http://www.chess.com/js/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
What's your Russian Grandmaster name?
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1 Comments:
At June 3, 2011 at 11:26 AM ,
Ryan said...
I'm glad you liked it! I'm Pyotr Bogdanov :-)
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