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  • Question of

    What is the least number of moves (white & black combined) that can result in fool’s-mate?

    • Four
    • Five
    • Six
  • Question of

    In 2022, World Champion Magnus Carlson resigned after how many moves v Hans Niemann?

    • One
    • Eleven
    • One hundred and One
  • Question of

    Name the little-used rule in which a pawn may take a horizontally adjacent enemy pawn that has just moved two squares?

    • Alekhine’s Gun
    • En Passant
    • Tabiya
  • Question of

    Which none-royal piece is the most powerful?

    • Knight
    • Bishop
    • Rook
  • Question of

    In what modern-day country was the inaugural World Chess Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, born?

    • Czechia
    • Poland
    • Lithuania
  • Question of

    The longest game in an official chess tournament was played out in Belgrade in 1989, what was the result of this 269-move battle?

    • White Win
    • Black Win
    • Stalemate
  • Question of

    Name the IBM programme that ostensibly outwitted Garry Kasparov in 1996?

    • Blood Red
    • Deep Blue
    • White Heat
  • Question of

    A simultaneous attack by a single piece on two (or more) of the opponent’s pieces is known as what?

    • Absolute Pin
    • Evergreen
    • Fork
  • Question of

    Which piece can never change the colour of the square on which it is originally placed?

    • Pawn
    • Bishop
    • King
  • Question of

    In 2024, which country had the most grandmasters?

    • India
    • Russia
    • USA

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