Name a world chess champion

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25-second pick · +85

Hou Yifan Deep Cut

8 letters · 2 words · ~3s to type · 29 accepted answers on the sheet

If the first word feels too easy, it probably scores 10. We would type Hou Yifan: Deep Cut, +85, 8 letters, about 3 seconds on a keyboard. Do not burn the 25 seconds on Magnus Carlsen — those are Plankton. The trench answer is Nona Gaprindashvili (+100), but only take it if you can spell it cold.

Trench spelling, only if you already know it: Nona Gaprindashvili +100

Skip Magnus Carlsen

Hints

Hint 1. 29 accepted answers. A strong pick is a two-or-more-word phrase, about 8 letters.

Hint 2 — a solid, typeable answer

Ding Liren

Hint 3 — a rare answer

Hou Yifan · 85 pts

Best safe pick
Hou Yifan Deep Cut 85 pts

Ranked by rarity × how easy it is to type in 25 seconds. Too Clever answers are treated as risky.

Best rare answers

  • Hou Yifan 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Xie Jun 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Susan Polgar 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Vera Menchik 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Veselin Topalov 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Nona Gaprindashvili 100 pts · One in a Krillion
  • Alexander Khalifman 85 pts · Deep Cut
  • Maia Chiburdanidze 85 pts · Deep Cut

Strong alternatives

  • Ding Liren 60 pts
  • Max Euwe 60 pts
  • Mikhail Tal 60 pts
  • Emanuel Lasker 60 pts
  • Vasily Smyslov 60 pts
  • Alexander Alekhine 60 pts
  • Gukesh Dommaraju 60 pts
  • Mikhail Botvinnik 60 pts

Avoid — Plankton

Everyone else will type these. Ten points is a surface skim.

  • Magnus Carlsen 10

Public accepted list

Same buckets the game published. We do not re-grade. The pick above is the plan; this block is the record.

Prompt 1 of 1

Name a world chess champion

● One in a Krillion · 1 ● Deep Cut · 9 ● Rare · 11 ● Schooler · 6 ● Too Clever · 1 ● Plankton · 1
One in a Krillion +100 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Nona Gaprindashvili +100
Deep Cut +85 9 answers — tap to reveal
  • Alexander Khalifman +85
  • Hou Yifan +85
  • Maia Chiburdanidze +85
  • Ruslan Ponomariov +85
  • Rustam Kasimdzhanov +85
  • Susan Polgar +85
  • Vera Menchik +85
  • Veselin Topalov +85
  • Xie Jun +85
Rare +60 11 answers — tap to reveal
  • Alexander Alekhine +60
  • Ding Liren +60
  • Emanuel Lasker +60
  • Gukesh Dommaraju +60
  • Jose Raul Capablanca +60
  • Max Euwe +60
  • Mikhail Botvinnik +60
  • Mikhail Tal +60
  • Tigran Petrosian +60
  • Vasily Smyslov +60
  • Wilhelm Steinitz +60
Schooler +30 6 answers — tap to reveal
  • Anatoly Karpov +30
  • Bobby Fischer +30
  • Boris Spassky +30
  • Garry Kasparov +30
  • Viswanathan Anand +30
  • Vladimir Kramnik +30
Too Clever +15 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Paul Morphy +15
Plankton +10 1 answer — tap to reveal
  • Magnus Carlsen +10