Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
Have you checked Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk's Fide rating progress yet? Click on graph to read her personal blog entry.
Here is our Fide rating chess trivia quiz! You must be reading the news about the October 2012 rating list so let's check what you remember from yesterday ;)
1- What is World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand's rating and world ranking?
2-Who is the oldest Grandmaster in the world top 100 and what is his rank and rating? (Hint: No he is not Vassily Ivanchuk. He is from Germany)
3-Who is the oldest rated woman chess player in the top-100 and what is her rank and rating?
4-Who has been ranked world #1 most times and how many times?
5-Which country has the most number of Grandmasters in the world... oh no! that's way too easy. Yes, it's Russia ;) So, how many GMs does Russia have and which country has the next highest number of GMs? Tricky?
6-In the women's category, China has the highest average rating of 2479 with 30 GMs and 23 IMs. But, which country has a whopping 215 Grandmasters and 495 IMs among women chess players?
We will post the answers in the comments tomorrow so don't forget to check back if you don't want to go hunting. Checkmate if you don't know the answers already!
Photogenic Chess Women: Name Them All in This Trivia Quiz!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone, Spend this Sunday with some of the most photogenic chess women around. In fact, find a huge album of all the beautiful women chess players of the planet at www.chesspics.com. The answers to today's chess trivia quiz are also there! (More photos in the extended post.)
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The 12 games in the 2012 Anand Gelfand World Chess Championship have ended in Moscow on Monday. The match is tied at 6-6 and now heads for the tiebreaks to be played on Wednesday. You can watch the tiebreaks live on the official website from Moscow time 1200 hours.
Meanwhile, here is a quiz. Can you recognize these five positions from the 12 games played at the 2012 Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship in Moscow? Just guess the Game number and click on the photo to go to the Chess King detailed analysis of the moves and game. Happy Chess Guessing!
Can You Name the Game? (Click on Photo to see answer at Chess King.)
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
We have just come to know that a new rule has been put into effect at a high-category open chess tournament. Every time someone wins a game, they have to pour a glass of water on a beautiful golden statute of a King. If you don't believe us... then, identify the grandmaster and the event for the Sunday trivia chess question.
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
Here is a weekend chess quiz with a prize. Have a great weekend coming up tomorrow all filled with chess and more chess. (What else is there in the world apart from chess any way! - Ah, well just kidding, or are we?)
The first five all-correct entries win a free copy of chess magazine Black & White with a complete tutorial on Chess King. Post your answers here or just email them to editor@blackandwhiteindia.com. Last Date: April 8, 2012.
Sorry folks, Mr Google won't be able to help you much tonight.
Question 1 Which is the Queen of Chess Openings?
Question 2 If the legendary chess champion Gary Kasparov was not called Gary Kasparov, what would he be called?
Question 3 Can you name the Black African person who took up chess to make himself ineligible for an appointment as a judge? He later went on to become a super blindfold chess player!
Question 4 Alekhine remarked about this person that he would become a future world chess champion, but he quit chess as it was unprofitable and became an insurance salesman. Who was this person?
Question 5 What does Chess King have that no other professional chess learning software on the planet have?
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
We found this movie quiz with a chess question. Can you win? Movie Soundtracks - Interactive game where you try to name the movie by listening to the audio only. Guess before the time runs out and you will watch the whole scene! This scene features the actor(s) Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen and Laura Linney in a movie directed by Steven Zaillian from the year 1993.
Valentine chess quiz - What's your chess love score?
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
Happy Valentine's Day, and we hope your day is filled with chess and love. Here is a chess quiz for you to celebrate the day. Guess all the chess lovers - who became couples - in the following photos! No Google help okay!
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12th Women's World Chess Champion
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