Talk:Irina Levitina

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[edit] Correction

"She is the only person in the world to win world championships in both chess and bridge"
Levitina was never the Woman's Chess World Champion. She lost as challenger to Maia Chiburdanidze in 1984. Batgirl (talk) 23:38, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Well spotted. I have adjusted the intro accordingly. Brittle heaven (talk) 00:34, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Professional Bridge Player?

Is she really a professional bridge player? I'd imagine that'd be even harder to earn a living from than professional chess player. Peter Ballard 07:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, she is. (I've seen her at a US national bridge tournament.) It is probably easier to be a professional bridge player. I know some bridge pros, but no chess pros. The reason is that bridge is a partnership/team competition. Players can hire a professional to be their partner. In addition, there are a lot of team events where you have four, five, or six on a team. A person can hire professionals to make up most of the team. In addition, bridge players can make money from giving lessons and talks, plus sometimes from writing and maybe winning prizes. But probably most of the income of a professional bridge player is from being hired by an amateur to be a partner or team member.

Apart from the partnership bit, that is all true of chess pros. I'm still surprised, but there you go. Thanks for that.

Do you remember a few months ago when a US bridge team got in trouble for holding up a sign "We did not vote for Bush" after winning a tournament? She was one of them. [1] Bubba73 (talk), 04:08, 19 March 2008 (UTC)