Answers Games 21-30

 

GAME 21

1.(EVERY TWO YEARS)

2.(E-PAWN 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6)

3.(CAPABLANCA v MARSHALL)

4.(SPAIN - HE IS STILL ALIVE)

5.(TWICE 1991,92)

6.(KASPAROV AND NIKITIN)

7.(JONATHON SPEELMAN)

8.(BERNARD CAFFERTY)

9.(SMYSLOV)

10.(SEVILLE - 1987 KASPAROV v KARPOV).

 

GAME 22

1.(IAN RODGERS)

2.(PAUL MOTWANI).

3.(MENCHIK)

4.(TARTAR)

5.(TRUE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP ENSURES THAT ALL THE TOP SHOGI PLAYERS ARE MILLIONAIRES)

6.(A)

7.(COLIN McNAB)

8.(BORIS SPASSKY)

9.(8x8 Draughts)

10.(A CHESS PLAYING AUTOMATON WITH A MAN INSIDE).

 

GAME 23

1.(C the other two have won the gold medal)

2.(C - Vladimir Kramnik has never been an International Master he went straight from being a FM to a GM).

3.(C - Adams and Short have been Candidates Miles has not).

4.(478)

5. (BILL HARTSON)

6.(ICELAND)

7.(A 'WINDMILL' ONE OF THE RAREST COMBINATIONS IN CHESS)

8.(DOMINIC LAWSON)

9.(NATHANIAL COOK)

10.(2)

 

GAME 24

1.The Alatorsev

2.(RAYMOND KEENE AND GARRY KASPAROV)

3.(PETER LEKO)

4.(A KNIGHT)

5.(BUENOS ARIES, ARGENTINA)

6.(THE PHILLIPINES)

7.(VIKTOR KORTCHNOI)

8.(HANDLEY A STRONG PLAYER)

9.(BOB WADE and MURREY CHANDLER)

10.(BEORUSSIA OR WHITE RUSSIA)

 

GAME 25

1.(FALSE)

2.(KOTOV)

3.(HAL)

4.(KASPAROV 1984)

5.(B)

6.Fred Reinfeld

7.(GARRY KASPAROV)

8.(PAUL MOTWANI)

9.(TONY MILES)

10.(1976)

 

GAME 26

1. SPASSKY

2.(Kavalek)

3.(VALERY SALOV)

4.(Simultaneous display - 1975)

5.(THE MODERN)

6.(FALSE They drew).

7.(TRUE)

8.THESSALONIKI GREECE.

9.(NIMZOWICH)

10.(VLADIMIR KRAMNIK)

 

GAME 27

1.(1 point for the use of two boards)

2.(Bobby Fischer)

3.(VASSILY SMYSLOV)

4.(EMMANUAL LASKER)

5.(A sacrifice of a bishop on h7 followed by Ng5+.)

6. (LARSEN)

7.(A smothered mate)

8.(JONATHON PENROSE)

9.(GATA KAMSKY of USA)

10.(ALAPIN)

 

GAME 28

1.(ROBERT HUBNER)

2.(A BOARD UNDERNEATH THE TABLE TO STOP THEM KICKING EACH OTHER).

3.(KARPOV)

4.(Colin McNab of Scotland).

5.(1951)

6.(TARRASCH DEFENCE TO THE QGD)

7.(LASKER)

8.BILL HARTSON

9.(PIA CRAMLING)

10.(Cathy Forbes 1992)

 

GAME 29

1. (KARPOV)

2.(RUSSIA)

3.(JUDITH POLGAR)

4.(CHESS) (BH Wood)

5.(BARUCH)

6.(HOW QUICKLY A MASTER CAN ASSESS A POSITION ACCURATELY

7. (MORPHY)

8. (BOGOLYBOV)

9.(STAMP COLLECTING)

10.(b2-g8)

 

GAME 30

1.(FRED REINFIELD)

2.(KARPOV and KASPAROV)

3.(TWICE once in 1986 and once during their match in 1993)

4.(THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT)

5. (A - TAL surprisingly - he went 74 games unbeaten 1972-74)

6.(RAYMOND KEENE)

7.(IBM)

8.(TIGRAN PETROSIAN)

9.(BELGRADE - SERBIA)

10.(BBC2'S NEWSNIGHT)

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