This year, our theme is once again those players who inhabit the chess stratosphere - namely Grandmasters. But this time, it is all A listers we are talking about - oh alright, there are some B listers too - but nevertheless, the answers to the following anagrams can all be found in the current top 100 rated players. So they all know the moves, and the odds are that most of you will have heard of most of them!
The questions are presented in alphabetical order of the GM's first name - except for those strange creatures (aka Chinese/Vietnamese) who will insist on having their names back to front! To make life easier, the clues also show the number of letters in each GMs name, and because this is, after all, a time for giving, I have made it considerably easier by giving their nationality as well. If you want to make it more of a challenge, simply squint and refrain from looking at the right hand column!
Answers to follow in a few days. The maximum score is 50. Anyone who can't get No 27 should be taken out and shot, so I expect everyone to get at least one right! Number 3 is possibly the most obscure.
Happy quizzing!
| 1 | Exhaling dark curse | 9,8 | Russia |
| 2 | Rain I sigh | 5,4 | Netherlands |
| 3 | Moth necked anon | 5,9 | Russia |
| 4 | Staid anarchy kid | 6,9 | Azerbaijan |
| 5 | Ben, maim ass | 6,4 | Egypt |
| 6 | Grand foibles | 5,7 | Israel |
| 7 | Avoid bun lid | 6,5 | Russia |
| 8 | Held avid owl | 5,6 | England |
| 9 | Red lining | 4,5 | China |
| 10 | A dim tiny drinker | 6,9 | Russia |
| 11 | Tom in jerky vodka | 6,9 | Russia |
| 12 | I overtake sinner | 7,8 | Russia |
| 13 | Entice baronet | 7,6 | France |
| 14 | Heavens veto sky gym | 6,11 | Russia |
| 15 | Berserk fence | 6,6 | Hungary |
| 16 | I egg librarians ass | 7,10 | Armenia |
| 17 | Various edging | 5,8 | Azerbaijan |
| 18 | A neon jigsaw | 6,5 | England |
| 19 | Khaki rum, an aura | 6,8 | USA |
| 20 | A niche champion nit | 3,14 | Russia |
| 21 | Love a king rook | 4,9 | Latvia |
| 22 | A sin vicar | 4,5 | Croatia |
| 23 | Trunks of jazzy dad | 3,9,4 | Poland |
| 24 | Quell enigma | 2,5,4 | Vietnam |
| 25 | Real onion van | 5,7 | Armenia |
| 26 | Make lunches | 4,7 | England |
| 27 | Gunmen rascals | 6,7 | Norway |
| 28 | Marks rug rage | 6,6 | Austria |
| 29 | Thwarted males | 7,6 | England |
| 30 | Exclaim, via grave harem | 6,7,7 | France |
| 31 | A chisel madam | 7,5 | England |
| 32 | Sanguine drills | 4,10 | Sweden |
| 33 | Halt a hair spinnaker | 7,11 | India |
| 34 | Eke petrol | 5,4 | Hungary |
| 35 | Divert lepers | 5,7 | Russia |
| 36 | Rosy baron | 3,6 | USA |
| 37 | Trap horrid crap | 7,7 | Hungary |
| 38 | Unshaken small ad | 6,9 | USA |
| 39 | Gas jerkier Yank | 6,8 | Russia |
| 40 | My hairy aardvarks home | 10,10 | Azerbaijan |
| 41 | Bait army ant | 5,6 | Israel |
| 42 | Jarred via bum too | 7,8 | Azerbaijan |
| 43 | Vanish lucky visa | 7,8 | Ukraine |
| 44 | Involves top ale | 7,7 | Bulgaria |
| 45 | Wants an avian hand | 11,5 | India |
| 46 | Evil deformed visa | 8,8 | Russia |
| 47 | Dim Mark - rival kin | 8,7 | Russia |
| 48 | Rival medieval vats | 9,8 | Russia |
| 49 | A new guy | 4,3 | China |
| 50 | Owls eyes | 6,2 | USA |
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