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