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