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Jabbok

The game of Chess has a ruling goddess and her name is ???

What is her name and what is the background behind it ???

If you know the answer, please write "I KNOW" in the comments.

I'll post the answer in a couple of days.

kenneth67

I (think I) know.

kenneth67

This could be a trick question. "Ruling" must mean "still alive" so perhaps it's the current Women's WCC  Alexandra Kosteniuk? (i was going to say Caissa from the Greek legend which has a very interesting story behind it).

Streptomicin

Gods are immortal. And yes, goddess of chess is still ruling, and her name is 

C _ _ _ _ _!

Eebster

/b/oxxy

electricpawn

Is it Rosie O'Donnell? TELL ME NOW!

goldendog

I believe batgirl has a blog entry on this one, Opie ole pal.

Streptomicin

Argh. Caissa.

Eebster

Paul Truong? ;)

Jabbok

The answer is "Caissa". Hate to spoil it, there were so many good guesses.

Eebster

Are you sure it wasn't Betty Boop?

ozzie_c_cobblepot

caissa.onenet.net

-X-

I'll go with Natalia

ozzie_c_cobblepot

Just cuz she's a titled player?

-X-

Well you're a titled player, and I sure don't picture you as much of a goddess. Laughing

So the answer to your question is no.

Cystem_Phailure

How about LisaV ?  Oh, wait, we're after a goddess, not a mistress. Cool

kenneth67

Well, from a "muppet's-eye" perpective, that could well be so..Tongue out

Interesting legend, so thanks for posting it paul211. All i need to know now is how to "invoke" the Goddess's blessing on my games... perhaps i have to go naked as well...

Cystem_Phailure

Seems to me if some otherworldly being is going to pay the huge price to export that much mass to escape velocity, it's probably not going to be for a 1973 Datsun.

Now, a 1975 Lamborghini Countach is another story . . . 

Cystem_Phailure

That was a pic from a 2008 auction preview.  The estimate for the car was $425,000 to $525,000.  I reduced the size of the pic a tad for the forum-- if you want the original web pic here's the link to the original page, and it's the 9th or 10th car down the page.

http://www.sportscardigest.com/monterey-auction-preview-%E2%80%93-bonhams-butterfields/