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Chess Quiz
Quiz part 1 – Trivia with answers
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1. Who was the youngest person to become the undisputed World Chess Champion?
Garry Kasparov
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2. How many different positions are there after both players have made:
a. one move each? 400
b. two moves each? 72,084
c. three moves each? 9+ million
d. four moves each? 288+ billion
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3. How many different ways can you win a Chess game, other than by default? (Briefly explain each way.)
Three:
1. By checkmating; the King is attacked, or checked, and every other move will also put the King in check.
2. By one player resigning; when that person’s position is so hopeless that he no longer wishes to continue.
3. By time expiring for one player, giving the other the win.
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4. At which university did Paul Morphy earn his law degree?
The University of Louisiana
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5. Where did the term "checkmate" originate?
From the Persian phrase "shah mat," meaning "the king is dead."
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6. When starting a new game, what is the minimum number of moves necessary for Black to checkmate White?
2 moves (g4, e6; f3, qh4++)
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7. In 1983, a computer earned the title of U.S. Chess Master. What was the name of this computer?
Belle
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8. How many moves were made in the longest recorded tournament Chess game? (Hint: it was played in the late 1980's, and ended in a draw.)
269 moves (Belgrade, 1989)
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9. In the original Star Trek television series, what was the Chess win/loss record of Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock?
Captain Kirk 3, Mr. Spock 0
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10. Which two Beatles were avid Chess players, and played regularly?
John Lennon and Ringo Starr
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11. What was the title of Benjamin Franklin's first published Chess article?
"The Morals of Chess"
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12. There are nine different ways to draw in a game of Chess. Describe each way:
1. Stalemate: when a player has no legal move, but is not in check.
2. Impossibility of checkmate: When the situation arises that there is no series of moves that will put the other in checkmate.
3. Mutual agreement: when one player offers a draw and the other accepts.
4. The threefold repetition rule: when the same moves have been repeated three times in a row.
5. The 50 move rule: if by the 50th move no pawns have moved or no pieces have been captured, then a draw may be claimed.
6. Time expiration: when both players have exceeded their time limit.
7. Insufficient resources: when one player’s time is up, but the other has insufficient mating material.
8. Stalling: when time is under two minutes, and the other player is not attempting to win the game normally, but by time expiring for the other.
9. First move: after the first move, a player may offer a draw and, if accepted, the game is drawn.
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Quiz part 2 – Famous Games
Name both combatants (players) in each of these famous Chess games:
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a. The "Immortal Game"
Played in 1851 between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky.
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b. The "Evergreen Game"
Played in 1852 between Adolf Anderssen and Jean Dufresne.
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c. The "Opera Game"
Played in 1858 between Paul Morphy and two strong amateurs, the German noble Duke Karl of Brunswick and the French aristocrat Count Isouard, who played together as partners against Morphy.
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d. The "Gold Pieces Game" (featuring the famous Queen sacrifice)
Played in 1912 between Frank Marshall and Stefan Levitsky.
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e. The "Game of the Century"
Refers to a game played between Donald Byrne and 13-year oldBobby Fischer at New York City’s Rosenwald Memorial Tournament in October of 1956.
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f. The Wijk aan Zee Game in 1999 (featuring the rook sacrifice)
Garry Kasparov and Veselin Topalov
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