Question #1: What chess notation does this represent?: E4
Forsyth notation Short Algebraic Long Algebraic Descriptive notation
Question #2: What does this sign identify within an annotated game:
Slight Advantage for White Black has a decisive advantage White has the initiative White has a forced mate
Question #3: Who is this famous player who featured in a very well known chess novel and film on BBC 2 recently?
Dean Ippolito Jonathon Parker Joshua Waitzkin Garry Kasparov
Question #4: There are five world champions in the picture above. At which tournament was this picture taken?
Hastings 1931 Avro 1940 Nottingham 1936 WC Candidates championship 1965
Question #5: Which world chess champion said :"All I want to do ever is play chess"
Bobby Fischer Mikhail Tal William Steinitz Mikhail Botvinnik
Question #6: How many moves is the shortest possible checkmate?
One move Two moves Three moves Four moves
Question #7: Who is this grandmaster?
Vassily Smyslov Tigran Petrosian Mikhail Tal Bobby Fischer
Question #8: What is the most valuable piece on the Chessboard?
The bishop The queen The king The rook
Question #9: Which opening used to be named after a river?
The Kings Indian The Benko Gambit The Gruenfeld defence The Sicillian Defence
Question #10: Who is this Grandmaster?
James Plaskett Vladmir Kramnik Nigel Short Vassily Smyslov
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