A) Nf3 B) Bc4 C) d4 D) Bb5
A) Vladimir Kramnik B) Garry Kasparov C) Carl Jaenisch D) Ruy López de Segura
A) 16th century B) 15th century C) 17th century D) 19th century
A) Chess Player's Chronicle B) Le Palamède C) The Spanish Torture D) Libro del Axedrez
A) E00 to E99 B) A00 to A99 C) C60 to C99 D) C10 to C50
A) The Noah's Ark Trap B) The Spanish Torture C) The Spanish Gambit D) The Berlin Wall
A) Philidor Defence B) Berlin Defence C) Steinitz Defence D) Italian Game
A) Chess Player's Chronicle B) Libro del Axedrez C) Le Palamède D) Göttingen manuscript
A) Carl Jaenisch B) Garry Kasparov C) Vladimir Kramnik D) Ruy López de Segura
A) Because of 6...Be7 B) Because of 6...Qd4 C) Because of 6...Bb4 D) Because of 6...f6
A) Spanish Torture B) Noah's Ark Trap C) Steinitz Trap D) Berlin Defence
A) French Defence B) Sicilian Defence C) Caro-Kann Defence D) Berlin Defence
A) 3...Nf6 B) 3...f5 C) 3...d6 D) 3...g6
A) Ruy López de Segura B) Carl Jaenisch C) Vladimir Kramnik D) Garry Kasparov
A) Philidor Defence B) Italian Game C) Ruy Lopez D) Berlin Defence
A) Black plays 5...Qd4 B) Black plays 5...Bd6 C) Black plays 5...f6 D) Black plays 5...Be7
A) Bishop B) Rook C) Queen D) Knight
A) Berlin Defence B) Cordel Defence C) Jaenisch Gambit D) Steinitz Defence
A) Cordel Defence B) Cozio Defence C) Fianchetto Defence D) Bird's Defence
A) Bird's Defence B) Cozio Defence C) Steinitz Defence D) Fianchetto Defence
A) Cozio Defence B) Fianchetto Defence C) Bird's Defence D) Steinitz Defence
A) Steinitz Defence B) Fianchetto Defence C) Bird's Defence D) Cozio Defence
A) Berlin Defence B) Steinitz Defence C) Jaenisch Gambit D) Cordel Defence
A) Göttingen manuscript B) Chess Player's Chronicle C) Le Palamède D) Libro del Axedrez
A) c7-c5 B) e7-e5 C) d7-d5 D) f7-f5
A) 1847 B) 1858 C) 1889 D) 1750
A) Johann Löwenthal B) Wilhelm Steinitz C) Eugène Rousseau D) Adolf Anderssen
A) Anderssen Variation B) Modern Steinitz Defence C) Exchange Variation D) Closed Defence
A) Develop the queen B) Break a future pin on the queen's knight C) Control the center D) Immediately win the bishop
A) Howard Staunton B) Aron Nimzowitsch C) Wilhelm Steinitz D) Paul Morphy
A) Charles Henry Stanley B) Adolf Anderssen C) Eugène Rousseau D) Johann Löwenthal
A) One half B) One tenth C) One quarter D) Two thirds
A) Bayreuth Variation B) Tarrasch Variation C) Mackenzie Variation D) Anderssen Variation
A) By eventually recapturing B) By playing 6.Bxc6 C) White cannot regain the pawn D) By immediately playing 6.Qe2
A) Developing the queen B) Preparing a kingside attack C) Defending the e-pawn D) Attacking the center
A) 9.d3 B) 9.h3 C) 9.d4 D) 9.c3
A) Marshall Attack B) Averbakh Variation C) Worrall Attack D) Martinez Variation
A) Closed Defence B) Classical main line C) Modern lines D) Anti-Marshall Systems
A) 8.a4 B) 8.h3 C) 8.c3 D) 8.d3
A) 8.a4 B) 8...Na5 C) 8...d6 D) 8.c3
A) Na3–c2–e3 B) Nbd2–c4–e3 C) Nbd2–f1–g3 D) Nf3–d2–f1
A) 11...Qc7 B) 11...Bd7 C) 11...Bb7 D) 11...Nc6
A) Boris Spassky B) Mikhail Chigorin C) Anatoly Karpov D) Paul Keres
A) 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 B) Deviations before 10.Bc2 C) 12.a4 or 12.d5 D) 12.Nbd2 Nc6
A) C65 B) C94 C) C95 D) C84
A) C94 B) C93 C) C95 D) C96
A) Gyula Breyer B) Boris Spassky C) Mikhail Tal D) Bobby Fischer
A) 1980s B) 1910s C) 1960s D) 1930s
A) Gyula Breyer B) Mikhail Tal C) Boris Spassky D) Tigran Petrosian
A) c6 B) e7 C) d7 D) f6
A) 14...Qc7 B) 14...h6 C) 14...c5 D) 14...g6
A) 16...Nc5 B) 16...c5 C) 16...c4 D) 16...b4
A) 17...Be7 B) 17...g5 C) 17...f6 D) 17...h6
A) 18.Bd2 B) 18.Be3 C) 18.Bh4 D) 18.Bc1
A) Igor Zaitsev B) Anatoly Karpov C) Paul Keres D) Garry Kasparov
A) White loses a pawn B) White gains a significant advantage C) White wins a piece D) White forces a draw
A) Igor Zaitsev B) Garry Kasparov C) Paul Keres D) Anatoly Karpov
A) Na3 B) Ng3 C) Nf1 D) Nbd2
A) Immediately attack the center with ...exd4 B) Force an early draw C) Restrict White's light-squared bishop D) Prepare for ...Bf6, ...Nd7-Nb6, and ...Bb7
A) It loses to 10.d4 B) It is rarely played C) It forces a win for White D) It has a high draw rate
A) White forces a draw B) White gains control of the center C) Black resigns D) White loses a pawn with insufficient compensation
A) 10.d4 B) 10.c3 C) 10.Nc3 D) 10.Re1
A) C80 B) C92 C) C93 D) C94
A) Capablanca B) Svetozar Gligorić C) Vasily Smyslov D) Bogoljubow
A) Bogoljubow B) Kasparov C) Gligorić D) Capablanca
A) Smyslov–Gligorić, 1950 B) Capablanca–Bogoljubow, London 1922 C) Kholmov–White, 1980 D) Kasparov–Deep Blue, 1997
A) Frank James Marshall B) Levon Aronian C) Fabiano Caruana D) Hermann Pilnik
A) Boris Spassky B) Peter Leko C) Garry Kasparov D) Fabiano Caruana
A) A losing attempt for Black B) An unplayable gambit C) An easy win for White D) A drawing weapon
A) Levon Aronian B) John Nunn C) Michael Adams D) Boris Spassky |