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Chess Anagrams The anagrams on this page are derived mainly from material that Steven Galen supplied to Chess Life magazine for an anagram article published in the May 2007 issue. Many of the anagrams are chess related and for those not so familiar with chess themes and terminology, commentary has been supplied to enhance the anagrams. |
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| International Players Michael Adams = A cash dilemma = Has made claim Vladimir Akopian = I nail a dim Karpov Anatoly Karpov is a former world champion and one of the all-time greats. Zoltan Almasi = I slam at zonal ‘Zonal’ is short for zonal chess tournament which is an early qualifying tournament in the world championship cycle. Viswanathan Anand = Want sand in Havana Anand is current world champion Levon Aronian = A rival? No! None! Etienne Bacrot = I beat on center Alexander Beliavsky = Blades very like an ax Viktor Bologan = Loot king. Bravo! Magnus Carlsen = Scans arm lunge Lenier Dominguez = Deluge in rim zone This could suggest a flood of pieces on one of the flanks. Boris Gelfand = Grabs on d-file = Dragon's b-file = Grand foibles = Bid for angles Alexander Grischuk = Crush a relaxed king Ernesto Inarkiev = Keen vision rater Vassily Ivanchuk = I, a slick, savvy hun = A savvy in his luck Anagram #2 reflects Capablanca's idea, “A good player is always lucky.” According to Webster's, savvy can be used as a noun, so this phrasal anagram is grammatically correct. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov = I had shaky arm over army Alexander Moiseenko = End a mean rook's exile Alexander Morozevich = Crazier move, an old hex Sergei Movsesian = Game seer's vision = A sir seeing moves Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu = I use punitive raid line Judit Polgar = Apt judo girl Ruslan Ponomariov = O, man pours on rival Ruslan became FIDE world champion in 2002. He is the first top player to forfeit a game due to his cell phone ringing during play. Teimour Radjabov = Avoid major brute Alexei Shirov = Evil axis hero Nigel Short = Holstering = Honest girl Peter Svidler = Ripest delver Artyom Timofeev = Move forty – I mate! Sergei Tiviakov = I give risk a veto If one thought that in fact Sergei was the type to take risks, than this anagram could be changed to 'I give risk a vote', since vote and veto contain the same letters. Veselin Topalov = Plan is to evolve Nice one for the former Fide world champ. Yue Wang = A new guy Loek Van Wely = Waken volley Andrei Volokitin = Violin kind to ear |
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| U.S. Players Maurice Ashley = He may cruise L.A. Maurice is a Jamaican born American grandmaster. Camilla Baginskaite = Balk at Sicilian game = Bail a king? I'm a castle Walter Browne = War town rebel Larry Christiansen = Star has inner lyric Andrey Chumachenko = A many check hounder Nick De Firmian = I find nice mark Benjamin Finegold = Fine angle mind job Alexander Fishbein = His need? -A brain flex Alexander Goldin = Old dean relaxing Rusudan Goletiani = Diagonal is untrue Ildar Ibragimov = Do I ram big rival? Alexander Ivanov = Love an ax invader Gregory Kaidanov = A very good raking Boris Kreiman = Break is on rim Irina Krush = Ah! I run risk = I ruin shark Lev Milman = Mill maven A mill, short for windmill is an alternation between check and discovered check. A maven is an expert or connoisseur. Alexander Onischuk = Icon has deluxe rank Semion Palatnik = Skin a polite man Susan Polgar = A gal on spurs Enrico Sevillano = Recall one vision Alexander Shabalov = Love a bash and relax Miron Sher = Norm’s heir A norm represents a sufficient result in a tournament meeting specific qualifications such that three such results earn the player a title. Alexander Stripunsky = I sunk next player’s raid Batchimeg Tuvshintugs = The big U.S. match using TV |
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| Miscellany Checkmate = Catch meek Christiansen = Train in chess Larry Christiansen is an American grandmaster. Grandmaster = Danger smart Paul Morphy = Haul my prop Alexandra Kosteniuk = OK naked in sexual art Alexandra won the women's world championship in 2008. Robert James Fischer = Trim a freer chess job Awkward wording but not without merit. Fischer was often credited with significantly increasing the amount of money that top chess players earn. International Grandmaster Train lad on rare mating nets Drain on great mental strain Attaining norms a real trend Nomad training rare talents #1- A mating net is an attack that leads to check mate. #3- Three GM norms are required for a grandmaster title. |
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| Canadian Players Nicolas Arsenault = Secular nationals Doug Bailey = A boiled guy Michael Barron = Cranial hombre A neat chess player anagram. It is a semi-cryptic way of saying 'thinking man'. Mark Bluvshtein = Bulk man thrives Mark is Canada's youngest ever grandmaster. Pascal Charbonneau = Uh, senõr Capablanca? José Raúl Capablanca is a former world champion from Cuba. Pascal was twice Canadian champion. Bindi Cheng = Big chinned Lawrence Day = Lead any crew Lawrence has appeared in a Canadian record 13 Chess Olympiads. He was a non-playing captain of the Canadian team at the 2006 Turin Olympiad. Michael Dougherty = Rich game led youth Igor Dviljan = Jovial grind Bill Evans = Liven labs = Ben's villa Brian Fiedler = Friend bailer Mayo Fuentebella = A beauty fell on me Valeria Gansvind = Gives Anand rival Viswanathan Anand is current world champ. Nikita Gusev = Viking ate us Dale Haessel = He seals deal Robert Hamilton = Born math toiler = Ram into brothel Sam Haziprodromu = Zoom, raid, ram, push Deen Hergott = The green dot = End together Liam Henry = Manly heir Daniel Kazmaier = Lie in a dark maze Natalia Khoudgarian = Radiating on a Kahlua Tomas Krnan = Tank on Mars Alexander Le Siege = I see a legend relax Samuel Lipnowski = Pow! I use skill, man Ron Livshits = NHL visitors Goran Milicevic = Microvigilance? = Ring a live comic Microvigilance is not likely to be found in any dictionaries but there are instances of its use on the internet. Andrei Moffat = I trade off man = Men oft afraid Anagram #1 describes an exchange of pieces. Kit-sun Ng = Stink gun = Stun king Nikolay Noritsyn = Only on a tiny risk Yelizaveta Orlova = Lively rave at a zoo Roger Patterson = Greet porno star = Rare, strong poet Roman Pelts = Tempo snarl = Storm panel = Tramples on Victor Plotkin = Rock in TV pilot Sebastian Predescu = I sense bad captures = Pet care business ad 'I sense bad captures' is an excellent chess related anagram. Nenad Ristovic Covert Indians Driven actions Divine cantors Invader's tonic I raid convents Acid’s inventor Van’s direction Cavorted in sin Send in a victor Don’t cave in, sir Thomas Roussel-Roozmon = Some honor Mozart's soul Bator Sambuev = A star move, bub Kevin Spraggett Vet pargets king R vs. N - Keep at it. gg Eg. Vet traps king Kevin is 8-time Canadian Open champ and 7-time Canadian Closed champ. He currently lives in Portugal Michael Song = Macho single Christian Stevens = I invent chess arts = Ever has instincts = Visit enchantress Raymond Stone = Nasty doormen Duncan Suttles = Dust clean nuts Shiyam Thavandiran = Aha! Trim Vishy Anand = His avatar in my hand Viswanathan Anand is sometimes called Vishy for short. |
Here are some Canadian chess player anagrams that will be of local interest. They were originally found for an article written for Chess Canada, formerly En Passant but it was never published. They finally have a home.
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