Where is the HQ of FIDE, governing body of the international chess competition?
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Paris, France
Athens, Greece
Lausanne, Switzerland
Moscow, Russia
Used informally earlier, 1950 marked the formal establishment of the title ‘grandmaster’ by FIDE, when it awarded the coveted title to ____ players, for their exceptional chess skill.
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5
13
21
27
Which country has produced the most number of grandmasters?
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United States
Russia
China
France
Viswanathan Anand became India’s first chess Grandmaster in:
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1988
1991
1995
1997
Which Asia-born player is ranked second in the FIDE Global Chess Rankings, behind Magnus Carlsen?
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Praggnanandhaa
Hikaru Nakamura
Gukesh Dommaraju
Wei Yi
In the 1972 World Chess Championship, Bobby Fischer forfeited the second game to Boris Spassky citing this reason.
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He objected to the colour of the chess pieces
He claimed the lighting was too dim
He refused to play in the presence of cameras
He demanded a different chair for better comfort
Which former World Champion, dubbed as ‘The Chess Machine’ had a flawless endgame technique that enabled him to go 8 consecutive years without losing a single game?
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José Raúl Capablanca
Garry Kasparov
Bobby Fischer
Vladimir Kramnik
What is ‘blindfold chess’?
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Playing with eyes closed on a real board
Using a computer with no board visualization
Playing entirely from memory without sight of the board
Using blind chess pieces with no letter
Arrange the standard time formats in chess in ascending order of total game duration.
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Classical < Rapid < Blitz < Bullet
Bullet < Rapid < Classical < Blitz
Blitz < Classical < Rapid < Bullet
Bullet < Blitz < Rapid < Classical
Gukesh of India defeated which chess player to become the youngest world champion in December 2024?
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Magnus Carlsen of Norway
Ding Liren of China
Fabiano Caruana of the US
Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan