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Irving Chernev, a Common card
Irving Chernev was an American chess player and prolific chess author.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 52
- DEF
- 35
- Power
- 87
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,300
Power 87 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Irving Chernev quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Irving Chernev card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Chernev was a ______ master-strength player and was devoted to chess.
Answer
national. Chernev was a national master-strength player and was devoted to chess. From the Irving Chernev article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was born in Pryluky, Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in ____.
Answer
1900s. He was born in Pryluky, Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in 1905. From the Irving Chernev article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jeffrey Hoogland. Jeffrey Hoogland 64 · Jiří Welsch 56 · Irving Chernev 52 · Marnes-la-Coquette 49 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was born in Pryluky, Ukraine, then a part of the Russian Empire and emigrated to the United States in 1905.
- Chernev was a national master-strength player and was devoted to chess.
- He wrote that he "probably read more about chess, and played more games than any man in history." Chernev's deep love for the game is obvious to any reader of his books.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Irving Chernev article was read about 6,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 52 and blocks with 35: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Irving Chernev
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Irving Chernev (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Wikimedia Commons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
