CD-B DIRECTORY

 

 

COSMIC DATA-BANK

PROJECT 3: CHESS CHAMPIONS

In 2003, Erik M. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, sent some information to me about the best chess players in the world. He was curious about the cosmic profile of the group and so I prepared the heliograms and spreadsheets and put the analysis here on the website for all to see. The research committee has brought Project 3 up to date (July 2008) with the addition to it of the Grand Masters and International Grand Masters for the past five years who had previously not been included. The total is now 121 women and 123 men for a total of 244 champions of the game. This is a boost of 81 players, mostly women, to the total from the project presented here 5 years ago.

The process of getting these results involves gathering the birth information, entering that information into Matrix's WinStar Plus software and producing the heliograms. The information for each of the planets is based on their position in the sectors as viewed from the Sun (heliocentric view). Information from the heliograms is then entered into a Microsoft Access 2002 database and analyzed. The database for the male and female chess players is composed of 123 men and 121 women, and here are their cosmic secrets. This is the first project which sees almost equal numbers of male and female participants.

I heartily thank WIKIPEDIA for their extensive, referenced coverage of the world of chess. It was the best coverage that I could find on the 'net and the easiest and fastest to navigate.

1. THE EARTH

The Earth orbits the Sun every 365 days. If you take that orbit and divide it into twelve equal sectors you will find that the Earth spends 30 days in each sector. Where the Earth was located when these Chess Masters were born is revealed in the table below.

SECTOR WOMEN COUNT RANK MEN COUNT RANK
1 9   12 3
2 13 2 14 2
3 10   15  (12.2%) 1 
4 13 2 3  (2.4%) low 
5 12   11  
6 11   11  
7 14  (11.6%) 1 11  
8 14  (11.6%) 1 11  
9 7   10  
10 5  (4.1%) low 6  
11 7   7  
12 6   12  
TOTALS 121   123  

Of the nine planets in our solar system, the Earth is the only one the cosmic address of which will tell you what season it was at the time. The highest counts for men occur in the Fall season and the highest for women are seen in the first two-thirds of Spring. The lowest count for men occurs in early Winter and for women it is in early Summer. These two low sectors are opposite to each other on the heliogram. All the seasons I have referred to are for the Northern Hemisphere. The differences between the high and low counts are very significant for both sexes.

2. MERCURY

The following table shows the percentage of players in the 12 sectors for the planet Mercury. Mercury has a distinctly elliptical orbit around the Sun which it completes every 88 days, and consequently spends a different amount of time in each of the sectors. This has been taken into consideration in the table below. There is no direct relationship between the cosmic address of Mercury and the season of the year on Earth.

WOMEN MEN
Sector Count Days in Sect Count/Day Rank Sector Count Days in Sect Count/Day Rank
1 10 6 1.7   1 6 6 1.0  
2 5 5 1.0   2 12 5 2.4 1
3 6 4 1.5   3 8 4 2.0 3
4 9 5 1.8 1 4 5 5 1.0  
5 5 6 0.8 low 5 14 6 2.3 2
6 9 7 1.3   6 5 7 0.7 low
7 12 8 1.5   7 12 8 1.5  
8 15 10 1.5   8 16 10 1.6  
9 20 11 1.8 1 9 18 11 1.6  
10 8 10 0.8 low 10 11 10 1.1  
11 16 9 1.8 1 11 8 9 0.9  
12 6 7 0.8 low 12 8 7 1.1  
Totals 121 88 days     Totals 123 88 days    

The differences for the placement of Mercury between the men and women champions is very obvious. The women see an equally high daily count in sectors 4, 9 and 11 while the men have only one high daily count and that is in sector 2. The LOW counts are equally different; the women show an equally low count in sectors 5, 10, and 12, while the men have a single low count in sector 6.

3. VENUS

Venus has an almost perfectly circular orbit around the Sun which it completes every 244 Earth days. Venus spends a little more than 20 Earth days in each sector. The table below shows the distribution of Venus in the sectors for these chess champions. 

WOMEN MEN
SECTOR COUNT AS % RANK SECTOR COUNT AS% RANK
1 12 9.9 3 1 8 6.5  
2 13 10.7 2 2 11 8.9  
3 10 8.3   3 15 12.2 2
4 7 5.8   4 10 8.1  
5 10 8.3   5 7 5.7 low
6 14 11.6 1 6 12 9.7 3
7 11 9.1   7 8 6.5  
8 10 8.3   8 9 7.3  
9 6 4.9 low 9 8 6.5  
10 8 6.6   10 8 6.5  
11 13 10.7 2 11 16 13.0 1
12 7 5.8   12 11 8.9  
TOTALS 121     TOTALS 123    

Once again there are many differences between the two groups but there are some similarities. Sector 11 was the high count for the men and the second highest count for the women. Sector 6 gave the highest count for the women and the third highest count for the men.  There was no agreement on the sector with the lowest count between the two groups.          

4. MARS

The following table shows the distribution of Mars through the 12 sectors. Mars does not spend the same amount of time in each sector due to its elliptical orbit and this has been taken into consideration. Mars orbits the Sun once every 686 Earth days.

WOMEN MEN
Sector Count Days in Sect Count/Day Rank Sector Count Days in Sect Count/Day Rank
1 14 49 0.28 1 1 9 49 0.18  
2 11 53 0.21   2 12 53 0.23  
3 9 58 0.15   3 14 58 0.24 3
4 10 64 0.16   4 8 64 0.12  
5 15 68 0.22 3 5 15 68 0.22  
6 11 68 0.16   6 13 68 0.19  
7 12 65 0.18   7 16 65 0.25 2
8 7 61 0.11   8 8 61 0.13  
9 10 55 0.18   9 5 55 0.09 low
10 6 50 0.12   10 13 50 0.26 1
11 4 48 0.08 low 11 5 48 0.10  
12 12 47 0.25 2 12 5 47 0.11  
Totals 121 686     Totals 123 686    

For Mars there is no agreement on high and low count sectors between the two teams and yet the vast majority of the women and men were all born within the same range of years. Women have their highest count in sector 1 while for men it is sector 10. Women have the lowest count in sector 11 while for men it is sector 9.

5. HELIOGRAM TYPES

For a review of the heliogram types use the following link: HELIOGRAM TYPES

To see the variation in heliogram types in all the projects completed to date use the following link: SUMMARY

The table below displays the heliogram type counts for the male and female chess champions, the total count and the total count as a percent of the entire group.

HELIOGRAM TYPE MALE COUNT FEMALE COUNT TOTAL COUNT AS PERCENT
bee 4 1 5 2.0    (0.9)
bowl 61 58 119 48.8    (52.1)
butterfly 17 21 38 15.6    (12.0)
hemispheric 4 6 10 4.1    (8.3)
solo 19 22 41 16.8    (13.5)   
splay 6 5 11 4.5    (4.1)
train 5 2 7 2.9    (5.2)
wasp 7 6 13 5.3    (3.9)
TOTAL 123 121 244 100%

There is much agreement between the two groups on Heliogram Types as verified by the counts. The figures in brackets in the final column are those of the control group, Adams & Eves.

6. PLANETARY PATTERNS

The table below shows the distribution of planetary patterns on the heliograms of these chess masters. Some heliograms have only one planetary pattern, and some have as many as 3 separate planetary patterns, the most common being kite + stellium + t-square. The most frequently seen two-pattern combination was a stellium plus a t-square. Three of the heliograms, two females and one male, did not show any of the 5 common planetary patterns but they did have other patterns. The following abbreviations are used:

  • T - t-square                     A code such as T + K indicates the presence of a t-square and a kite on a heliogram.
  • S - stellium
  • K- kite                            A code such as S + K + GX indicates the presence of a stellium, kite and grand cross on a heliogram.
  • GX - grand cross
  • GT - grand trine               A code such as S + GT indicates the presence of a stellium and grand trine on a heliogram
  WOMEN MEN
PLANETARY PATTERN COUNT COUNT AS % COUNT COUNT AS %
T only 9 7.4 18 14.6
S only 29 24.0 30 24.4
K only 1 0.8 4 3.2
GX only 2 1.6 1 0.8
GT only 0 0 0 0
         
S + GT 2 1.6 3 2.4
S + GX 2 1.6 5 4.1
S + K 6 4.9 10 8.1
S + K + GX 1 0.8 0 0
T + GT 1 0.8 0 0
T + K 8 6.6 5 4.1
T + S 43 35.5 37 30.1
T + S + K 13 10.7 8 6.5
T + S + GX 2 1.6 0 0
T + S + GT 0 0 1 0.8
No Patterns 2 1.6 1 0.8

The grand trine is the only planetary pattern that is seldom seen in the heliograms of high achievers in any of the projects that have been completed at the CD-B. None of the participants in this project show a grand trine only pattern and the grand trine in combination is seen in only seven of the 244 heliograms, or 2.9% of the entire group. For more about the grand trine use this link:  GT

7. GRANDMASTERS, INTERNATIONAL GRANDMASTERS & MORE

The world of chess is one filled with intrigue, characters, politics, and scandal, just for starters. The cast of dominant men and women in the game are fascinating and in the table below is a look at the cosmic details of 20 of the very best male players the world has come to know. I have obtained the championship details from WIKIPEDIA.

  • HT - heliogram type
  • PP - planetary patterns, S = stellium, T = t-square, K = kite, GX = grand cross, GT = grand trine
  • ME - Mercury      VE - Venus    EA - Earth    MA - Mars  The planets are listed by sector & degree, 125 = sector 1 at 25 degrees.
NAME HT PP ME VE EA MA  
Anatoly Karpov splay S 1025 626 901 301 FIDE World Champion 1993 - 1999
Alexander Khalifman solo S, GX 920 423 428 1207 FIDE World Champion 1999 - 2000
Viswanathan Anand bowl S 1106 824 319 107 FIDE World Champion 2000 - 2002
Ruslan Ponomariov wasp T, S, K 520 217 117 514 FIDE World Champion 2002 - 2004
Rustam Kasimdzhanov bowl T, S, K 527 1114 313 429 FIDE World Champion 2004 - 2005
Veselin Topolov bowl 2T 921 309 624 1010 FIDE World Champion 2005 - 2006
Wilhelm Steinitz bowl T 519 712 826 1229 Undisputed World Champion:  1886 - 1894
Emanuel Lasker bowl T, S 915 712 403 502 1894 - 1921
Jose Raul Capablanca bowl T, S 600 1120 228 1125 1921 - 1927
Alexander Alekhine butterfly T, 2S 820 329 126 100 1927 - 1935, 1937 - 1946
Max Euwe butterfly 2S 329 311 829 711 1935 - 1937
Mikhail Botvinnik bowl T, S 928 1105 1123 104 1948 - 1957, 1958 - 1960, 1961 - 1963
Vasily Smyslov bowl T, S 825 614 703 217 1957 - 1958
Mikhail Tal splay K 725 1109 216 529 1960 - 1961
Tigran Petrosian bowl S 1010 1102 926 620 1963 - 1969
Boris Spassky bowl T, S, K 708 322 510 706 1969 - 1972
Robert J. Fischer solo S 1008 223 618 1001 1972 - 1975
Anatoly Karpov splay S 1025 626 901 301 1975 - 1985
Garry Kasparov bowl S, GT 329 1024 723 615 1985 - 1993
Vladimir Kramnik solo T, K 1102 824 1003 1213 2006 - 2007
Viswanathan Anand bowl S 1106 824 319 107 2007 - present

The table below reveals the cosmic details and some of the WINS of 13 of the Women Champions of chess.

  • HT - heliogram type
  • PP - planetary patterns, S = stellium, T = t-square, K = kite, GX = grand cross, GT = grand trine
  • ME - Mercury      VE - Venus    EA - Earth    MA - Mars  The planets are listed by sector & degree, 125 = sector 1 at 25 degrees.
NAME HT PP ME VE EA MA WINS
Nona Gaprindashvili bowl 2S 128 221 812 1007 First woman Grandmaster, World Champion 1962 - 1978
Maia Chiburdanidze bowl none 1122 305 427 417 World Champion 1978 - 1991
Susan Polgar bee 2S 322 806 729 818 World Champion 1996 - 1999
Judit Polgar solo T, S 605 524 1101 703 Youngest Grandmaster ever at the time.
Pia Cramling butterfly T, S 527 1110 803 619  
Xie Jun butterfly 3S 812 200 206 619 World Champion 1991 - 1996, 1999 - 2001
Zhu Chen solo GX 1105 1027 626 506 2001 - 2004
Humpy Koneru butterfly T, S 922 1007 710 324 Youngest female Grandmaster
Antoaneta Stefanova bowl T 922 1106 729 1226 World Champion 2004 - 2006
Peng Zhaoqin bowl T, S 428 120 818 308  
Thanh Trang Hoang hemi 2S 1124 703 805 702  
Kateryna Lahno butterfly 2S 201 322 406 818  
 Yuhua Xu bowl S, GX 715 1101 206 819 World Champion 2006 - present

When looking at the heliogram types, more than 50% of the male champions have a Bowl-type heliogram, the same percentage as in the general population. The female champions however show only 5 of the 13 champions with a Bowl-type heliogram, a percentage of only 38%. The men champions have more planetary patterns than do the women. There is not a single Kite pattern in any of the female champions while 25% of the men have a Kite pattern on their heliogram.

For a review of the planetary patterns use the following link: PATTERNS

For a summary of the planetary patterns in all the projects use the following link: SUMMARY