It can be sisters, brothers or brother(s) and sister(s) but the title has to be WIM (female) / FM (male) or rating 2200+ (female) / 2300+ (male) and above.
GM Susan, IM Sofia and GM Judit Polgar (sisters)
GM Lajos and IM Ferenc Portisch (brothers)
GM Robert and IM Donald Byrne (brothers)
GM Jozsef and GM Csaba Horvath (brothers)
GM-elect GB Prakash and GM RB Ramesh
IM Dan and GM Pia Cramling (brother and sister)
IM Nadezhda and IM Tatiana Kosintseva (sisters)
GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and WIM Turkan Mamedjarova (brother and sister)
GM Nicholas and IM Richard Pert (identical twins!)
IM Adam and IM Harriet Hunt (brother and sister)
IM Miroslav and WGM Jovanka Houska (brother and sister)
GM Simen and FM Espen Agdestein (brothers)
GM Kjetil and FM Espen Lie (brothrers)
IM Eugene and FM John Meyer (brothers)
IM Greg and WGM Jennifer Shahade (brother and sister)
IM Alisa and WGM Mirjana Maric (sisters)
IM Aljosa and WIM Kiti Grosar (brother and sister)
WGM Anita and WGM Ticia Gara (sisters)
WGM Anna and WIM Mariya Muzychuk (sisters)
IM Miklos and FM Janos Orso (brothers)
IM Vijayalaxmi and WGM Meenakshi (sisters)
GM Humpy and Chandra Hawsa Koneru (sisters)
WIM Rohini, WIM Jayashri and WIM Vasanti Khadilkar (sisters)
GM Abhijeet and WIM Mrunalini Kunte (brother and sister)
IM Jay and FM Paul Whitehead
IM Richard and FM Thomas Costigan
IM Chandrashekhar and Jayant Gokhale (brothers)
WIM Lorena and WFM Sonia Zepeda (sisters)
Can you name some of the other formidable chess playing siblings?
IM vijayalaxmi and WGM meenakshi-sisters
GM Koneru Humpy and Koneru chandra hawsa (2228) sisters
WIM Rohini khadilkar and WIM Jayashri khadilkar and WIM vasanti khadilkar(unni) – sisters
GM abhijeet kunte and WIM mrunalini kunte-brother and sister
IM chandrashekhar gokhale and jayant gokhale(2307)- brothers
all from India
Thanks for the additional names!
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
http://www.SusanPolgar.com
Someone is showing off :)))
– Vinay
GB Prakash (GM-elect) and RB Ramesh (GM) from India
GM Bobby Fischer and his half-brother FM David Abraham
GM Simen Agdestein and FM Espen Agdestein (brothers, Norway
GM Kjetil A. Lie and FM Espen Lie (brothrers), Norway
Hi Susan,
Any chance we could make a list of people who have both the GM title and a doctorate (like Nunn, Ftacnik, Lasker…).
A interesting story to read…
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=50790
looks like RB Ramesh is the only player to have strong (chesswise) spouse and sibling.
Pravin Thipsay (GM) and Abhay Thipsay (rated 2200+). Brothers.
Incidentally, Pravin Thipsay also married to Bhagyashree Sathe(Thipsay), WIM.
IM Jay and FM Paul Whitehead
IM Richard and FM Thomas Costigan
More great names! Thanks!
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
http://www.SusanPolgar.com
GM/WC Emanual Lasker
NM Berthold Lasker (his brother)
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and her sister WFM Oxana Kosteniuk
According to the rules, it has to be WIM (female) / FM (male) or higher. They don’t qualify I guess. Too weak.
Thank you for mentioning the Whitehead brothers. I have not heard of them since the late 1970’s. They were two of my child idols. I remeber watching them play at the Paul Mason Winery tounaments in Califonia. Are they stil active players?
Marc
IM Eugene Meyer and FM John Meyer (brothers)
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk and her sister WFM Oxana Kosteniuk
some names from England:
nicholas pert (GM) and richard pert (IM), identical twins!
Adam Hunt (IM) and Harriet Hunt (IM/WGM), brother/sister
Miroslav Houska (IM) and Jovanka Houska (WGM), brother/sister
Thanks! I added them.
Best wishes,
Susan Polgar
http://www.PolgarChess.com
http://www.SusanPolgar.com
Alisa and Mirjana Maric (now Stamenkovic) are twin sisters
IM Zoran and IM Goran Arsovic – twin brothers
IM Branimir and WIM Suzana Maksimovic – brother and sister
GM Predrag and FM Nebojsa Nikolic – brothers
John, hope all is well with your” IM” search.
Maybe you can find looking for “ADVICE” at http://www.directmatch4free.com
Just make sure you come back to this site to let us know how you are doing!
Richard Costigan and Thomas Costigan are identical twins.
are the Greek GMs Athanasios & Dimitrios Mastrovasilis brothers?
GM Jan Timman and FM Ton Timman
IM Hans Klarenbeek and FM Mark Klarenbeek
GM Aleksander Zaitsev and GM Igor Zaitsev (not sure)
GM Jeroen Piket and FM Marcel Piket
GM Aimen Rizouk and IM Ryad Rizouk
henk en fm richard vedder