a1. What game is this website about? |
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a2. Which of the following statements about the initial setup is FALSE? |
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a3. The 8 horizontal rows on a chessboard are called |
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a4. The 8 vertical columns on a chessboard are called |
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a5. Which of the following is NOT a way to win at chess? |
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a6. Which of the following is NOT a way to draw the game? |
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a7. Which piece combines the abilities of the rook and bishop? |
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a8. Which of the following statements about castling is FALSE? |
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b1. After which famous chessplayer is the standard set of pieces named? |
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b2. Which world champion famously played against Deep Blue in 1996 and 1997? |
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b3. When Alexander Alekhine died, who was on his way to challenge him for the World Championship? |
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b4. Why did Emanuel Lasker insist on playing the world championship match with Siegbert Tarrasch in separate rooms in 1908? |
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b5. Which chessplayer was nicknamed "The Drawing Master"? |
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b6. Who was considered to be the greatest American chessplayer in the last half of the 19th century? |
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b7. Who was invited to play in the 1948 World Championship but declined the invitation to pursue his career? |
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b8. Which of the following chessplayers did NOT live in Iceland? |
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c1. Who was the youngest person ever to become World Champion? |
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c2. Which of the following men, as of 2008, has never been defeated by Judit Polgar? |
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c3. Each of the following players has won a World Championship match without losing a single game. Which one accomplished this TWICE? |
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c4. How many times between 1886 and 2007 has the World Championship resulted in a tie? |
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c5. Who will be playing in the 2008 World Championship? |
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c6. How did Bobby Fischer die? |
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c7. In which country was the 1934 World Championship played? |
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c8. Who won the most World Championship matches, not counting ties? |
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d1. Why did Alexander Alekhine play against Max Euwe for the World Championship? |
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d2. Which team won when the USSR challenged the rest of the World to a tournament in 1988? |
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d3. Which former World Champion correctly predicted that Spassky would defeat Petrosian in the 1969 match? |
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d4. What explanation did Tal give for losing the 1961 World Championship? |
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d5. Why did Fischer refuse to play against Karpov in the 1975 World Championship? |
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d6. In what year did the World Championship match take 48 games before being called off? |
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d7. Why did Vladimir Kramnik forfeit the 5th game of the World Championship match with Topalov in 2006? |
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d8. Whom did Garry Kasparov predict would face him in the 1993 PCA World Championship? |
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e1. "Pawns are the _____ of chess" - André Philidor |
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e2. "I'd rather have a pawn than a _____." - Reuben Fine |
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e3. "Chess is not _____" - Garry Kasparov (in reference to the Grob opening) |
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e4. "You may have the bishop pair, but I have the ultimate advantage; I am the better player." - _____ _____ |
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e5. "I'll take my five positions per second any day, thank you." - _____ _____ (comparing humans to computers) |
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e6. "When you see a good move, _____ and find a better one." - Michael Adams |
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e7. "Play the opening like a _____, the middlegame like a _____, and the endgame like a _____." - Rudolf Spielmann |
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e8. "Chess is not like life - it has _____." - Mark Pasternak |
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f1. Which piece is moved in the English Opening? |
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f2. A rook player is a player who |
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f3. "I have never played the _____ Defence, which is the dullest of all openings." - Wilhelm Steinitz |
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f4. "When I am White, I win because I am White. When I am Black, I win because I am _____." - Efim Bogoljubov |
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f5. Which opening is played with the following moves? 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 |
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f6. What is the shortest possible game that ends in checkmate? |
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f7. What are the moves in the Nimzo-Indian Defence? |
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f8. Who regained the Chess Championship twice after losing it twice? |
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g1. On what condition did Emanuel Lasker agree to play Jose Raul Capablanca for the World Championship? |
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g2. Which one of the following chessplayers was NOT from England? |
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g3. Bobby Fischer discovered a way for Black to refute the King's Knight's Gambit. What was it? |
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g4. Which opening is given by the moves 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 g5 4 Bc4 g4 5 0-0? |
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g5. Who won the 2007 World Computer Championship? |
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g6. How many Russians participated in the 2002 event Russia vs. the Rest of the World? |
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g7. Which of the following is NOT a method of keeping time in a chess game? |
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g8. Which of the following pieces has the greatest value? |
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h1. How many players declined an invitation to participate in the 1999 FIDE World Championship? |
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h2. Who was considered the unofficial world champion prior to Wilhelm Steinitz? |
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h3. Who was the subject of the 1993 movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer?" |
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h4. Which of the following statements about en passant captures is FALSE? |
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h5. Mathematicians have proved that there are more legal chess positions than (pick the highest one that is still true) |
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h6. Mikhail Botvinnik wanted to have a _____ that could play chess as well as a human. |
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h7. How many squares are on a standard chessboard? |
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h8. "When protecting a piece, always ask yourself _____." - Siegbert Tarrasch |
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