Trivial Oddity

Can you name a chess player who won both the chess championship
and the one in badminton in his country in the same year?
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Panno??

Dave

Fine guess, but not as far as I know. Hint: The year was 1923.
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That would be Sir George Thomas, who also won the badminton
championship 1n 1920 and '21. A true polymath.

Well done!
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Did he acquire his knighthood for shoring up the waning reputation of
the British Empire through his astonishing badminton prowess?