We had a fun chess quiz for everyone at the party last night. Here were the 20 questions:
SPICE Spring Invitational Quiz
1. When did William Steinitz become the first official world champion?
2. What is GM Pal Benko’s birth country?
3. What year did the Polgar sisters win their first Olympic Gold for Hungary?
4. Which country finished second at the 1966 Chess Olympiad?
5. Who won the men’s individual gold on board 1 at the 1970 Chess Olympiad?
6. What was Bobby Fischer’s highest rating?
7. In which country does the Indian Vishy Anand have his second home?
8. What was Topalov’s highest ever rating?
9. Who won the 1957 world championship match between Botvinnik and Smyslov?
10. What year did Kasparov lose his match against Deep Blue?
11. Who said “When you see a good move, look for a better one”?
12. Who said “I don’t believe in psychology. I believe in good moves”?
13. Who said “It is not enough to be a good player… you must also play well”?
14. Who said “There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine”?
15. Who said “Life is a kind of chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events.”?
16. Who said “Chess is a test of wills”?
17. Where was GM Walter Browne born?
18. Who was England’s first GM?
19. Why are the Melody Amber events called as such?
20. Which currently married chess couple has the highest combined average rating?
FM Eric Hansen finished first and IM Dean Ippolito finished just 1 point behind him for second. There were cool prizes for many of the players.
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Susan hope you will post some answers to these soon thanks.
Yes, please do. I think I know about 3 out of the whole list!
1) 1886
2) Hungary
3) 1988
4) USA
5) Spassky
6) 2785
7) Spain
8) 2813
9) Smyslov
10) 1997
11) Lasker
12) Fischer
13) Tarrasch
14) Tal
15) Franklin
16) Keres
17) Australia
18) /
19) Name of the daughter.
20) /
18 out of 20. Not that bad 🙂
I’ll offer my own answers, for what they are worth …
(1) 1886
(2) Not sure, Hungary or Czechoslovakia
(3) Don’t know
(4) Don’t know
(5) Not sure – Larsen?
(6) FIDE 2780
(7) Spain
(8) Not sure, maybe 2803
(9) Smyslov, who lost in the rematch the following year
(10) Can’t remember
(11) I’ve heard this many times, but can’t remember the originator
(12) Fischer
(13) Tartakower or Tarrasch, can’t remember which
(14) Tal
(15) Don’t know
(16) Bronstein
(17) United States – NY?
(18) Tony Miles
(19) I believe Melody Amber is the chief organizer’s daughter
Well, there ya go, I don’t know nuthin’ either 😮
20) probably Grischuk and Zhukova
Pal Benko lived in Hungary, but he was born in France!