Chess Trivia #5

How many possible ways are there of playing the first four moves per side in a game of Chess?

The optimal position for a knight is the edge of the chess board.

What color does the queen move on?

What is chess that is played by post or email called?

What city houses the world's largest public library for chess?

How many players tied for 1st place in the 2000 National Open in Las Vegas?

A draw can be forced if the same position occurs on the chess board _____ or more times.

Who held the World Chess Champion title longer than any other player?

For how long did Mikhail Tal hold the title of Chess World Champion, the briefest reign on record?

What city was the site of the Mason-Mackenzie game in 1882?

What city was the site of the founding of the FIDE?

Citing that it "may cause brain damage", what country banned Chess?

How long did it take Eric Knoppert to play 500 consecutive games of 10-Minute Chess in 1985?

Who is America's top rated player?

In what year was the push-button chess clock perfected?

Who invented the first mechanical chess clock?

How old was Anatoly Karpov when he became a Candidate Master?

Official tournament rules say once you touch a piece, if you can make a legal move with that piece, you must do so.

How many times did Women's World Chess Champion Vera Menchik successfully defend her title?

Who was named Women's World Chess Champion in 2010?

A bishop placed on the longest diagonals of the chessboard is called what?

Who was Bobby Fischer's opponent in the 1972 world championship match?

Chess has been considered a sport since _____.

If you fail to say "check" when placing your opponent's king in check, you lose.

In what country have the oldest surviving chess sets been found?

On what move was the earliest stalemate on record?

To set up the correct orientation of a chess board, a corner _____ square goes near your _____ hand.

This piece’s movement is a combination of a rook’s and a bishop’s. What piece is it?