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I generally like 'em rounder

OK then!

WGM & IM Elina Danielian, Armenia, 2480!

The great GM Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO) comes to mind in this connection, but I'll refrain from posting any pics... :P

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Judit Polgar: the great and beautiful queen of chess!

Yesterday, Judit won an exciting game vs. Gelfand in the fourth round of the Wijk aan Zee supertournament. Sac'd a bunch of material (first a pawn and then a knight), and Gelfand, in time pressure, couldn't keep track of the complications. Interestingly, Polgar has a very fierce attacking style of play, which you might not expect from the only woman playing at the highest level...

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Her excuse for testing positive for steroids was a claimed false positive caused by birth control pills. As you can imagine, that provoked a certain amount of head-scratching and laughter. :lol::huh:

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I wonder if Tammy Thomas, the track cyclist who was banned from the sport for life (steroids) plays chess? [it's a real photo, no joke...]

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She can stay the hell away from my fixed-gear...

You can have Tammy. Us Brits will stick with young Vicky........ :wub:

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I wonder if Tammy Thomas, the track cyclist who was banned from the sport for life (steroids) plays chess? [it's a real photo, no joke...]

Looks more like a Thomas Tammy to me. :blink:

For a more balanced image of US women's cycling :wub: :

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WIM Lorena Zepeda, rated 2161, from El Salvador

We've seen pictures of this lovely lady before. :wub:

Surely that's majorly distracting during a match? :ph34r:

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