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Subject: Re: [OT] The letter K in world chess champs' names

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 08:39:36 07/01/04

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On July 01, 2004 at 11:02:40, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On July 01, 2004 at 10:53:20, Roy Eassa wrote:
>
>>Chess trivia question:
>>
>>Prior to 2000's Anand-Shirov match, when was the last time that a (adult male)
>>world chess championship match was played in which NEITHER player had the letter
>>'k' in his last name?
>
>Euwe-Aljechin :)
>
>or Steinitz-Tschigorin

Yes, if you spell his name "Alekhine" (as most books and articles written in
English do), than you eliminate his matches and then you have to go back to the
19th century -- well over 100 years -- before you find a match without a 'k'.

Thank you KramniK, Khalifman, Kasparov, SpassKy, Karpov, Korchnoi, BotvinniK,
AleKhine, JanowsKi and LasKer (but not ZuKertort).



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