When we, Chess GM Project, went through the questions (To
our surprise, we found all of them interesting!) we found interesting
questions which are simple and interesting questions which would even confuse a
Chess GK Expert!
The answers to all the questions given
will be provided @ a later date so that you will try your best to find out the
answers yourself! We, Chess GM Project, wish you all ‘Great
Luck’ that you emerge victorious, finding answers to all the questions
provided below by JGKC!
1. When was Chess GM Project
Started?
A. 2010 B. 2009 C. 2011 D. 2008.
2. Who is the founder of Chess GM
Project?
A. Johnson.V. B. Boris Gelfand C. Susan Polgar D.
Yuri Averback.
3. Who is the first GM of
India?
A. Debendyu Barua B. Viswanathan Anand C. Manuel
Aaron D. Praveen Thipsay.
4. Who is the first IM of
India?
A. Debendyu Barua B. Viswanathan Anand C. Manuel
Aaron D. Praveen Thipsay.
5. Where is Chess born?
A. Russia B. China C. India D. America.
6. What was Chess called in its original
form?
A. Checkers B. Chaturanga C. Snake & Ladder D.
Duda.
7. Who is the ONLY World
Champion who won the World Crown in all the formats of the Game – Match,
Tournament, Knock Out, Rapid?
A. Garry Kasparov B. Vishy Anand C. Anatoly Karpov
D. Bobby Fisher.
8. In which country Chess Legend Bobby
Fisher was born?
A. Russia B. USA C. Iceland D. England.
9. Whose famous book is ‘My 60
Memorable Games’?
A. Vishy Anand B. Bobby Fisher C. Garry Kasparov D. Tigran Petrosian.
10. Who is the HIGHEST RATED
player in chess history?
A. Bobby Fisher B. Vishy Anand C. Magnus Carlsen D. Garry
Kasparov.
11. Who is the youngest World Champion
in Chess?
A. Magnus Carlsen
B. Vishy Anand C. Bobby Fisher D.
Garry Kasparov.
12. Which country is called Current
World Champion Vishy Anand’s ‘Second Home’?
A. France B. Russia C. Spain D. Portugal.
13. What does ECO stands for?
A. Eco Chess Organisation B. European Chess
Organisation C. Encyclopaedia Of Chess Openings D. English Chess Opening.
14. In which year Vishy Anand
became the World Junior Champion?
A. 1986 B. 1987. C. 1988 D. 1989.
15. In which year Vishy Anand became
the World Champion, for the first time?
A. 2000 B. 2001. C. 2007 D. 2008.
16. Who is the ONLY player who
won the prestigious super tournament Wijk aan Zee / Corus a record 5
times?
A. Vishy Anand B. Garry Kasparov C. Bobby Fisher D.
Magnus Carlsen.
17. Who is the Asian who became
the president of FIDE?
A. Manuel Aaron B. Florenco Campomenous C. Eugene
Torre D. Vishy Anand.
18. Who is the first Asian to
become a GM?
A. Vishy Anand B. Eugene Torre C. Debendyu Barua D. Praveen
Thipsay.
19. Who is the first & only
woman who broke into the FIDE Men’s Top Ten?
A. Susan Polgar B. Sofia Polgar C. Maya
Chiburdanidze D. Judit Polgar.
20. Which country are the Polgar
Sisters from?
A. Russia B. Hungary C. Poland D. Portugal.
21. Which one of the following Russian
players is not a Russian by birth?
A. Peter Svidler B. Sergei Karjakin C. Vladimir
Kramnik D. Alexander Grischuk.
22. Who is the only American to
have won the World Chess Crown?
A. Boris Spasky
B. Alexander Khalifman C. Bobby Fisher D. Paul Murphy.
23. Who is the only Asian to
have won the World Chess Crown?
A. Eugene Torre B. Aronian C. Vishy Anand D. Tigran
Petrosian.
24. Which country GM Vassily Ivanchuk belongs
to?
A. Russia B. Armenia C. Ukraine D. Hungary.
25. Which player is not of the
World Champion Vishy Anand’s generation?
A. Boris Gelfand B. Vassily Ivanchuk C. Susan Polgar
D. Levon Aronian.
26. Who is the World Champion who
abdicated his throne without playing against the challenger Anatoly Karpov?
A. Boris Spasky B. Bobby Fisher C. Tigran Petrosian
D. Dr. Max Ewe.
27. Which country World No 1 Magnus
Carlsen belongs to?
A. Sweden B. Russia C. Norway D. Denmark.
28. Which one of the following countries
Boris Gelfand never represented in his career?
A. Russia B. Armenia C. Belarus D. Israel.
29. Who is known as ‘Mr. Cool’
among the World Champions?
A. Vishy Anand
B. Dr. Max Ewe C. Anatoly Karpov D. Garry Kasparov.
30. Who won the maximum number of consecutive
world crowns?
A. Anatoly Karpov
B. Mikhail Botvinnik C. Garry Kasparov D. Vishy Anand.
31. Who is the first official World
Chess Champion?
A. Emmanuel Lasker B. Mikhail Botvinnik C. Wilhelm
Steinitz D. Jose Raul Capablanca.
