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Friday, April 6, 2012

Win a Chess Prize with Weekend Trivia Quiz

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012


Hi everyone,


Here is a weekend chess quiz with a prize. Have a great weekend coming up tomorrow all filled with chess and more chess. (What else is there in the world apart from chess any way! - Ah, well just kidding, or are we?) 


The first five all-correct entries win a free copy of chess magazine Black & White with a complete tutorial on Chess King. Post your answers here or just email them to editor@blackandwhiteindia.com. Last Date: April 8, 2012.


Sorry folks, Mr Google won't be able to help you much tonight.


Question 1
Which is the Queen of Chess Openings?


Question 2
If the legendary chess champion Gary Kasparov was not called Gary Kasparov, what would he be called?


Question 3
Can you name the Black African person who took up chess to make himself ineligible for an appointment as a judge? He later went on to become a super blindfold chess player!


Question 4
Alekhine remarked about this person that he would become a future world chess champion, but he quit chess as it was unprofitable and became an insurance salesman. Who was this person?


Question 5
What does Chess King have that no other professional chess learning software on the planet have?


Question 6


White to play and checkmate in two





















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