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Chess - the Intellectual Game
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bobby
It is said that chess is the most intellectual of all sports. Let's see how much you know about it. Check!
Question 1:
In order to make sure that the chess set is placed correctly you need to look at the bottom right corner. If the color of the square is dark then the set is placed properly.
False
True
Question 2:
This number (10^120) is an estimation of the game-tree complexity of chess.
Blue number
Fisher number
Shannon number
Cook number
Question 3:
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Xiangqi, Shogi and Janggi are variations of chess, played throughout the world and particularly popular in Asia.
False
True
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Question 4:
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Only one of the combinations (country where allegedly chess was invented - century in which that happened - original name of the game) is true.
China - 10th century AD - Chatrang
India - 6th century AD - Chaturanga
India - 10th century AD - Chatrang
China - 6th century AD - Chaturanga
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Question 5:
En passant is a popular maneuver in the board game of chess. Which two figures does this maneuver include?
A pawn and a bishop
A pawn and a pawn
A bishop and a king
A king and a rook
Question 6:
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The most popular piece design, the "Staunton" set, was created by this man.
Etienne Bacrot
Howard Staunton
Michael Adams
Nathaniel Cook
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Question 7:
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The first FIDE President was this man.
Max Euwe
Alexander Rueb
Folke Rogard
Fridrik Olafsson
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Question 8:
The move PxQBP is written down according to the Portable Game Notation (PGN).
True
False
Question 9:
'The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effect of prudence, or the want of it. [...]' These famous words, depicting chess as a form of mental training, were said by this man.
José Raúl Capablanca
Alfred Binet
Benjamin Franklin
Bobby Fisher
Question 10:
This kind of chess means to play chess, whereby play is conducted without the players having sight of the positions of the pieces.
Blindfold chess
Blitz chess
Correspondence chess
Bullet chess
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