Quiz Games 31-40

Please note that all answers are based on 1996 !!

GAME 31

1.Gary Kasparov's favourite reply to the e pawn is the Sicilian defence. However in a mini match against Jan Timman he chose to defend the black side of an opening more closely associated with his great rival Karpov - which?

2.Kevin O'Connell is most closely associated with what in chess?

3.Anatoly Karpov has only been beaten in match play by two players name them.

4.Name a GM who has been arrested trying to go and speak to the Prime Minister.

5.Hajtun wrote a book about which famous players games?

6.Botvinnik won the World Championship for the first time in which year?

7.Leonard Stein - Master Of Attack - Name the author.

8.Leonard Barden writes for which evening paper?

9.Who won a stunning victory at New York 1924?

10.Hjartarson the Icelandic player lost a Cabdidate's match against which famous player?

 

 

GAME 32

1.Name the strongest tournment in history.

2.Who wrote the book "Steve Davies" plays chess?

3.In the Armenia Olympiad which country won the bronze medal?

4.Where does Nigel Short now live?

5.For which club does Vladimir Kramnik play in the German Bundisleague?

6.Howard Staunton edited an edition of whose works?

7.Em. Lasker had to leave Germany when the Nazis rose to power, he eventually settled in USA but where did he go first?

8.Name the regular Channel 4 team which covered the Kasparov - Short match in 1993.

9."Warriors of the Mind" name the authors.

10.Which publishing house was based in Portugal St. London?

 

 

GAME 33

1.Who wrote of chess "It will destroy a man."

2.Fox and James - authors of which book?

3.Who wrote the book "Black Is OK"?

4.Who wrote "A book Of Chess"

5.The current "Teach Yourself Chess" is written by Bill Hartson who wrote the previous one?

6.Who's autobiography was entitled "Child Of Change"?

7.Who's autobiography was entitled "Checkmate in Prague"?

8.Who's autobiography was entitled "Chess Is My Life"?

9.Who wrote the book "Logical Chess Move by Move"

10.Who wrote "Combinations in the Middle Game"

 

 

GAME 34

1.Which World Champion was born in 1946?

2.Who said "I have known many chessplayers but only one genius - Capablanca"

3.Which uncharectaristic opening did Anatoly Karpov employ in the last game of his match against Nigel Short in 1992?

4.Botvinnik strategically outplayed Capablanca in their game from Nottingham 1936 this classic game featured which opening?

5.Who said "What is the point of setting yourself goals when the attainment of them is not in your own hands?"

6.Name England's most successful vegetarian Grandmaster.

7.Name the actor who played the chessplaying detective in the film "Seven"?

8.Name the second who Kasparov sacked accusing him of betraying his opening secrets to Karpov's team.

9.Who wrote "The Complete c3 Sicilian"?

10.Who put up a cash prize for the first British player to become a Grandmaster?

 

 

GAME 35

1.1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 name the variation of the Nimzo Indian Defence.

2.1.e4 e6 2.d4.d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 Name the variation of the French Defence

3.1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 name the variation of the Ruy Lopez

4.1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 name the variation of the Guicio Piano.

5.1.d4 e5 - name the opening.

6.1.e4 c5 2.d4 cd 3.c3 Name the variation of the Sicilian

7.1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 What name did Leonard Barden give this opening?

8.1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 and now what move did Fischer advocate in a famous article?

9.1.f4 Name the opening

10.1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Name the variation of the Ruy Lopez.

 

 

GAME 36

1.Who wrote "Chess Openings - Your Choice."?

2.Which well known Leigh Grand Prix circuit GM is based in Leicester?

3.GM James Howell is from which Yorkshire town?

4.Where was Nigel Short born?

5.Name Cornwall's best chess player.

6.Stuart Conquest is from which English town associated with chess?

7.Who has the nickname "Specimen."?

8.Ruth Sheldon comes from which city?

9.Who wrote "Vishy Anand - Chess Supertalent"?

10.Name the Brighton Player who published "Warriors Of The Mind?"

 

 

GAME 37

1.Who described the backward pawn on d6 in the King's Indian as "A tough little nut to crack."?

2.Who wrote "Learn From Your Defeats"?

3.How many children does Garry Kasparov have?

4.Who wrote the book "World Cup Chess"?

5.Name the chess retailer who fled the country when police wanted to talk to him about alleged gross indecency?

6.Who wrote the book "Famous Chess Upsets."?

7.Edward Rozentalis comes from which country?

8.In which country did Capablanca win the World Championship?

9.Alexander Alechine in the details of his playing career from his book "My Best Games Of Chess" Alexander Alechine 'forgot' to include details of a match he had lost 0-3 in 1908. Who was the match against?

10.Who described Tal's style as "Merely a bag of party tricks."

 

 

GAME 38

1.How many games ended decisively in the first match between Karpov and Kasparov?

2.Who wrote a book (modestly featuring many of his own games) entitled "Brilliance In Chess"?

3.Who wrote a book entitled "The Lost Olympiad?"

4.Who produced a pamphlet on the 1953 Zurich Interzonal tournament that had a first printing run of 180,000 copies?

5.Who wrote H.O.T. Chess?

6.Chester Fox is a name known to many chess fans because of his litigation with whom?

7."The Pride and Sorrow Of Chess" Who was this said of?

8.Who wrote an excellent book called "Total Chess"?

9.Which Hungarian player closely associated with Soviet chess scored a famous victory over Capablanca in under thirty moves by a far sighted queen sacrifice?

10.Only one match for the World Championship was ever played under the "London Rules" which?

 

 

GAME 39

1.Name Spassky's first chess teacher.

2.Who said that Kasparov was the last of a school of Soviet chesplayers including Spassky and Karpov who were "Bred as killers."?

3.Who gave Judith Polgar the nickname "Lassie" after Kasparov unkindly described her as a 'trained dog'.

4.IM Colin Crouch co-authored a book called "Rate Your Endgame" with whom?

5.Who wrote the book "Sacrifices In The Sicilian"?

6.Who was the presenter of the BBC's coverage of the 1993 PCA and FIDE World Championships?

7.Who translated into English "Think Like A Grandmaster?"

8.Luke McShane has been given coaching by two Grandmasters? Name both.

9.Which player benefited when a tied Candidates match was decided on the spin of a roulette wheel?

10.In which US city was the Candidates match between Kasparov and Kortchnoi originally scheduled to be played?

 

 

GAME 40

1.Paul Motwani and Colin McNab played their club chess in which Scottish city?

2.Which chess magazine did Robert Maxwell used to own?

3.Which ex-Spurs manager is a keen chessplayer?

4.Which chessplayer sent Steve Davies a congratulatory telegram after winning one of his snooker World Championships?

5.Which ex-Beatle was seen in a video playing chess where both players had white pieces?

6.Trafford Junior Knights is a junior chess club based where?

7.Who added an extra chapter to Keres and Kotov's classic book "The Art Of The Middle Game"?

8."The King's Gambit" was a novel featuring an American chessplayers very closely based on Bobby Fischer who wrote the book?

9.Which chessplayer wrote a book which featured all of his losses up to that point?

10.The last question - for which newspaper does Kasparov write a weekly column?

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