Columnist Switch Revealed

Submitted by IM dpruess on Wed, 09/23/2009 at 3:44am.

Last week (Sept 13-18), our daily columnists tried their hands at each other's columns. At the same time, I promised prizes to two players who could guess all 6 columnists' identities. Yes, I like guessing games.

The actual identities of last week's disguised columnists were:

Openings for Tactical Players: A Childhood Love by... Iryna Zenyuk

Your Questions Answered by... Julio Becerra

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants by... Vinay Bhat

The Art of Stealing by... Jeremy Silman

How to Learn an Opening in One Hour by... Gregory Serper

Minor Pieces are an Even Trade... Right? by ... Magesh and Arun

Now that everyone who entered the contest is crying that they did not get all 6 right, I will award two prizes anyway, to two members who had the most correct answers (4/6). RoyalFlush1991 gets a three month membership upgrade, and val08 gets a chess.com t-shirt. Congrats, and thanks for playing!

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Comments:

by IM dpruess - 59 days ago
California United States

Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 534

Silman also included a few of his own games ;-)

Despite which the overall contest appeared to be very difficult!

by sstteevveenn - 59 days ago
Wales United Kingdom

Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 1634

hehe bondiggity, the easy one was Becerra - he included one of his own games and told us it was his

by sryiwannadraw - 2 months ago
Austin, Texas United States

Member Since: Mar 2009
Member Points: 155

I didnt even try to guess, good job royal

by RoyalFlush1991 - 2 months ago
International

Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 536

Haha that's great, you just made my day! But I'm a little worried that I will now have to be pried away from the computer as I attempt to finish 25 Tactics Trainer problems each day.

by IM dpruess - 2 months ago
California United States

Member Since: Dec 2007
Member Points: 534

yes, yes you did :-) your account will be upgraded today or tomorrow.

by RoyalFlush1991 - 2 months ago
International

Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 536

Umm wait, did I just win? I just clicked on this article and of all things to see, but my name.

by anmol21 - 2 months ago
new delhi India

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 117

i got 4 right1

by random-d - 2 months ago
Oklahoma City, OK. United States

Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 124

I guessed GM Becerra's writing. Didn't actually enter the contest though.

I always enjoy his columns so it was easy to recognize his style.

by bondiggity - 2 months ago
United States

Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 1532

That's fairly surprising. I thought that the Silman, Bhat, and Zenyuk were fairly simple to spot, so I would have thought more than 4 would have been right. That being said I didn't enter as I didn't want to win the prizes :D

by mueller - 2 months ago
United States

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 236

Haha. I was just assuming there would be hundreds of people who submitted solutions and at least a few of them would have all 6 correct, so I didn't even attempt to compete. Shows me for not trying.

by uritbon - 2 months ago
tel aviv Israel

Member Since: Apr 2008
Member Points: 1000

I had no clue who wrote which!

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