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charleshiggie 25-Dec-09, 02:34	Christmas Quiz Here is my Christmas Quiz for you all. 1. Which is the only piece which can capture en passant? 2. What can a pawn, king, knight, rook and bishop do, but a queen cannot? 3. Who is the current world chess champion? 4. Who was the first official World Chess Champion? 5. Who was the winner of the Immortal Game and the Evergreen Game? 6. Who was the winner of the “Game of the Century”? 7. Which chess opening is named after a mythical creature? 8. Which chess opening is named after a primate? 9. White started 1. f3? 2. Kf2? 3. Kg3? Kh4? Black then delivered checkmate. What were Black’s moves? 10. Black agreed to copy white’s moves (i.e. 1. a3 is met by 1…..a6). White checkmated black after 4 moves. What were black’s moves (2 solutions). See who can be the first to message me with all the right answers! Answers of New year’s Day!
grege79 12-Jan-10, 08:16	I will have a crack! On second thought, its late and I am tired! I am going to steal this and post in my team forum though, I will give you full credit for it   I will post up here if I get any nibbles.
a******8 13-Mar-10, 17:43	Well, it's been over 2 months and nobody has answered your quiz. I'll post some of the answers but I'd like you to answer the ones I don't know. 1. Which is the only piece which can capture en passant? Pawn 2. What can a pawn, king, knight, rook and bishop do, but a queen cannot? I'd like to know! 3. Who is the current world chess champion? Viswanathan Anand 4. Who was the first official World Chess Champion? Wilhelm Steinitz 1886–1894 5. Who was the winner of the Immortal Game and the Evergreen Game? Adolf Anderssen 6. Who was the winner of the “Game of the Century”? Bobby Fischer 7. Which chess opening is named after a mythical creature? The Sicilian Dragon 8. Which chess opening is named after a primate? The Urangutan starting with 1. b4 9. White started 1. f3? 2. Kf2? 3. Kg3? Kh4? Black then delivered checkmate. What were Black’s moves? ? 10. Black agreed to copy white’s moves (i.e. 1. a3 is met by 1…..a6). White checkmated black after 4 moves. What were black’s moves (2 solutions). ?
frebec 15-Mar-10, 06:46	2 - Give a discovered check 10 - One solution is 1) c4 c5 2) Qa4 Qa5 3) Qc6 Qc3 4) Qc8#
frebec 17-Mar-10, 08:11	Deleted by frebec on 17-Mar-10, 08:18.
frebec 17-Mar-10, 08:20	The other solution to 10 is 1) d4 d5 2) Qd3 Qd6 3) Qf5 Qf4 4) Qc8 9 took some thought 1) f3 e6 2) Kf2 Qf6 3) Kg3 Qf3 4) Kh4 Be7 There are actually two solutions as Black could play 1).....e5

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