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