Unlike the popular gameshow, features such as ‘ask the audience, phone a friend, and 50/50‘ are inapplicable here -sincere apologies. Unfortunately, there’s no money to be made from this also. 😦 However, do your best but do it alone please -no googling!
Question 1 £100
The term Stalemate refers to which piece?
A: The Bishop
B: The Queen
C: The King
D: The Rook
Question 2 £200
Which of these is usually the smallest in size when placed on a chessboard?
A: The Knight
B: The Queen
C: The Rook
D: The Pawn
Question 3 £300
Which chess piece has a numerical value above +4?
A: The Rook
B: The Knight
C: The Pawn
D: The Bishop
Question 4 £400
How many chess pieces can only move one square at a time, however, they are allowed to move two squares once only?
A: 1
B: 2
C: 3
D: 4
Question 5 £500
In which decade was FIDE formed?
A: 1910’s
B: 1920’s
C: 1930’s
D: 1940’s
Question 6 £1,000
Who was the world champion at the turn of the 20th century?
A: Rubinstein
B: Lasker
C: Steinitz
D: Capablanca
Question 7 £2,000
Magnus Carlsen had his 125 game unbeaten streak ended by who in the fifth round of the 2020 Norway Chess Classic?
A: GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda
B: GM Fabiano Caruana
C: GM Levon Aronian
D: GM Alireza Firouzja
Question 8 £4,000
In which country was the first official Chess Olympiad held in 1927?
A: France
B: Hungary
C: The Netherlands
D: England
Question 9 £8,000
Which famous player once said ‘Chess is a fairytale of 1001 blunders?’
A: Savielly Tartakower
B: Max Euwe
C: Siegbert Tarrasch
D: Vasily Smyslov
Question 10 £16,000
The Anglo-American cable matches were first held in which year?
A: 1894
B: 1896
C: 1898
D: 1900
Question 11 £32,000
The Soviet Chess Championships was won the most times by who of the following?
A: Anatoly Karpov
B: Tigran Petrosian
C: Leonard Stein
D: Paul Keres
Question 12 £64,000
In which German city did the 2008 World Championship Match between Anand v Kramnik take place?
A: Bonn
B: Berlin
C: Hamburg
D: Cologne
Question 13 £125,000
How many times has Hou Yifan been the Women’s World Champion?
A: 1
B: 2
C: 3
D: 4
Question 14 £250,000
Which prominent 19th century player spent many years playing chess in India, and made a large financial contribution to the famous 1851 London Chess Tournament, making him a major benefactor?
A: Alexander McDonnell
B: John Jacob Löwenthal
C: Hugh Alexander Kennedy
D: John Cochrane
Question 15 £500,000
FIDE recognized and inaugurated the World Blitz Championships in 2006, who was the first champion?
A: Alexander Grischuk
B: Vasyl Ivanchuk
C: Peter Svidler
D: Viswanathan Anand
Question 16 £1,000,000
Which of the following openings does not have a defence, an attack, a gambit or a variation named after former world champion Wilhelm Steinitz?
A: The Petrov Defence
B: The Bishop’s Opening
C: The Philidor’s Defence
D: The Vienna Game
Answers may be found in the post below, and yes they have all been carefully researched.
Mark. J. McCready
McCreadyandChess 