Steinitz
Lasker
Chigorin

2. How come after Philidor died nobody played in his style?

Most players were much stronger than him, and they didn't need his ideas.
Philidor's ideas were outdated.
Nobody was simply good enough to play that way.

3. Which World Champion took his cat to most of his tournaments?

Capablanca
Alekhine
Botvinnik

4. How did Botvinnik become a World Champion?

He defeated Alekhine.
He won a World Championship match-tournament.
He defeated Euwe.

5. Which of those players never tied for the World Champion title?

Schlehter
Keres
Bronstein

6. Which two great players never faced each other over the board?

Tal and Kasparov.
Smyslov and Morozevich.
Karpov and Fischer.

7. How many opponents did Capablanca play in record-setting simultaneous play in Cleveland in 1922?

 103
73
53

8. In what match were all games Queen's gambit declined, except the first one?

Lasker - Capablanca
Capablanca - Alekhine
Alekhine - Euwe

9. What was Petrosian's middle name?

Rahimovich
Vartanovich
Renatovich

10. The late 80s and early 90s were rivalry of two great Ks; who are they?

Karpov and Korchnoi.
Karpov and Kasparov.
Karpov and Kramnik.

11. Which of the following does the Rook represent?

A Trebuchet
A Siege Ram
A Chariot

12. Where did Spassky - Fischer match take place?

Reykjavik
London
Paris

13. Who was the first Women's World Champion?

Elizaveta Bykova
Vera Menchik
Luidmila Rudenko

14. When was King's Gambit most popular?

 During 1970s 
During 1920s
During 1850s.

15. Who is Kirsan Ilyumzhinov?

President of FIDE.
 President of PCA. 
World champion of blitz.

16. Which player had the record high rating of 2851?

Fischer
Kasparov
Karpov

17. Capablanca can be best described as?

A crazy attacker, he disregarded pawns and went for the enemy's king.
A great positional player with nearly perfect techniques.
He had a strong belief that white wins with all correct play; therefore, he played very aggressive with white and very safe with black.

18. Which chess program had defeated Kasparov?

 Deep Junior 
 Deep Fritz 
 Deep Blue 

19. According to Gerhard Josten which one is correct.

Chess was invented in India.
Chess incorporates ideas of many different cultures.
Chess was invented in China.

20. Which statement best desribes hypermodernizm?

You can take control of the center with pieces as well as you can with pawns.
You should only take control of the center with pawns.
You should only take control of the center with pieces.



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