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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 6

Posted in Trivia, Who wants to be a millionaire chess special on June 23, 2025| Leave a Comment »

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

Which piece is sometimes mistakenly called the castle by beginners?

A: The Rook

B: The Queen

C: The Knight

D: The Bishop

Question 2 £200

According to chess annotation, what does ?! signify?

A: Interesting move

B: Brilliant move

C: Blunder

D: Dubious move

Question 3 £300

Who defected from the Soviet Union?

A: Karpov

B: Kasparov

C: Korchnoi

D: Kramnik

Question 4 £400

The publication ‘Chess Praxis’ was written by whom?

A: Emmanuel Lasker

B: Aaron Nimzowitch

C: Jose Capablanca

D: Seigbert Tarrasch

Question 5 £500

How many ply does a game of 40 moves amount to?

A: 20

B: 40

C: 60

D: 80

Question 6 £1000

GM Richard Rapport is from which country?

A: Poland

B: Romania

C: Austria

D: Hungary

Question 7 £2000

The term ‘fianchetto’ means what in Italian?

A: Little Flank

B: Long Diagonal

C: Enclosed Bishop

D: Strong piece

Question 8 £4000

The 2018 Chess World Championship was held in which city?

A: New York

B: London

C: Dubai

D: Bangkok

Question 9 £8000

Savielly Tartakower was born in which decade?

A: 1860s

B: 1870s

C: 1880s

D: 1890s

Question 10 £16,000

The Australian Cecil Purdy was the first world champion at what?

A: Correspondence chess

B: Problem Solving

C: Fischer Random chess

D: Blindfold chess

Question 11 £32,000

Which GM’s rating peaked at ELO 2817?

A: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

B: Anish Giri

C: Vladimir Kramnik

D: Alexander Grishuk

Question 12 £64,000

The ECO code E11 sginifies which defence in chess?

A: The Bogo-Indian Defence

B: The Nimzo-Indian Defence

C: The Queen’s Indian Defence

D: The King’s Indian Defence

Question 13 £125.000

The 2022 World Team Chess Championships was held in which city?

A: Lucerne

B: Astana

C: Ningbo

D: Jerusalem

Question 14 £250,000

Who was the first reigning world champion to win the Hastings Premier Event?

A: Euwe

B: Botvinnik

C: Capablanca

D: Alekhine

Question 15 £500,000

What opening in chess is sometimes referred to as The Hungarian Opening?

A: Reti Opening

B: Kings Fianchetto Opening

C: Colle System

D: King’s Indian Attack

Question 16 £1,000,000

The poem Caïssa or The Game at Chess was written by whom?

A: Artur Schopenhauer

B: Marvin Howard Alburt

C: William Jones

D: James Pierce

So there you are, well done if you did well. No money once again I’m afraid owing to being a poor English teacher. I do put thought into this, so if you got more than half right, you did well. Hope you enjoyed, you might even want to give it a shot yourself! 

Mark. J. McCready

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Answers to Who Wants To Be A Millionnaire 6

Posted in Life beyond the chess board, Trivia, Who wants to be a millionaire chess special on June 23, 2025| Leave a Comment »

1 A

2 D

3 C

4 B

5 D

6 D

7 A

8 B

9 C

10 A

11 C

12 A

13 D

14 B

15 C

16 C

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