HULL CHESS CLUB QUIZ - SPRING 2020

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THE QUESTIONS

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Question 1 All you need to do is tell me White's 12th move - which delivers checkmate! [3 points]

QUESTION 1

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Chase the black king all the way round to a3 with knight checks- then 12.Nb5++

Question 2 White to checkmate in 3 moves. [2 points]

QUESTION 2

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1. Qd8+!! Kxd8 2.Bg5+ ... followed by either Bd8++ or Rd8++

Question 3 White to checkmate mate in 3. [4 points]

QUESTION 3

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1. Qxd7+!! Rxd7 2. Nc7+!+ Rxc7 3. Rd8++

Question 4 White to checkmate mate in 3. [2 points]

QUESTION 4

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1. Qxg7+! Kxg7 2. Nf5+ Kg8 3.Nh6++

Question 5

Unscramble these top current and historic players [1 point each]

a) NUN GEMS RASCAL

b) SASSY BOPS IRK

c) IGNORANT PIRATES

d) DENNI GIRL

e) LAME ANKLE USER

f) ENGLISH ROT

g) FIBRES C HOBBY

h) NORA BUMS

QUESTION 5

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a) MAGNUS CARLSEN

b) BORIS SPASSKY

c) TIGRAN PETROSIAN

d) DING LIREN

e) EMANUEL LASKER

f) NIGEL SHORT

g) BOBBY FISCHER

h) AMOS BURN

Question 6 White to checkmate mate in 6 [4 points]

QUESTION 6

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1. Rh8+! Kxh8 2.Rh3+ Kg8 3.Rh8+! Kxh8 4.Qh3+ Kg8 5. Qh7+ Kg8 5. Qh8++

Question 7 White to checkmate mate in 8 [5 points]

QUESTION 7

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1. Qd5+ (Qb3+ does not force mate) 1... Rf7 (...Kh8 allows a quicker mate) 2. Qxa8+ Bd8 3. Qxd8+ Rf8 4.Qd5+ Kh8 6.Nf7+ Kg8 7. Nh6+ Kh8 8. Qg8+! Kxg8 9. Nf7++

Question 8 Three pawns down and black is threatening to exchange queens Can white, to play, really get something out of this position? [1 point]

QUESTION 8

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1. Qf2!! -forces 1 ...Qxf2 stalemate

Question 9 Black is about to take the g pawn and draw, yet it is

White to play and win. [3 points]

QUESTION 3

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1. Rg7+! Kh8 2.Rh7+ Kg8 3.g7! wins at least a rook

Question 10

How many celebrity chess players can you see below and name?

(1 point each)

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[h]

[j]

[g]

[i]

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a) John Lennon & Yoko Ono

b) Willie Nelson

c) Arnold Schwarzenegger

d) Ray Charles

e) John Wayne

f) James Stewart, Grace Kelly & ?

g) Bob Dylan

h) Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Charles Boyer &

Hermen Steiner

i) Leonardo DiCaprio

j) Nicolas Cage

Question 11 White to checkmate mate in two.

There is an extra task here however. There appear to be TWO ways white can deliver mate in 2. But only one is 'legally' possible.

Can you tell me which? ... and why? [4 marks]

QUESTION 11

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1. Kf2. Both 1.0-0 and 1.Kf2 seem to force mate next move (not 1. Ke2 Nc3+): but 1.0-0 is illegal. The only way the black king could have reached a2 is from behind the white pawns ... but that means the White king must have moved to 'let him through' ... and so cannot castle

Question 12 White to checkmate in 5 moves [4 points]

QUESTION 12

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1. Qxf8+!! Kxf8 2. Nd7+ Bxd7 3. Ba3+ Kg8 4.Rc8+ Bxc8 5. Re8++

Question 13 White to checkmate in 2 moves [1 point]

QUESTION 13

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1. Rh8+ N (or B) xh8 2. Qh7++

Question 14 Not too difficult - but beautiful.

White to play and win [2 points]

QUESTION 14

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1. Nd3!! - forcing the B or R to obstruct each other. White mates with Nf2 or Ng3 the next move or on move 3

Question 15 White to play and win [1 point]

QUESTION 15

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1. Qa3+! Kxa3 2.Nc2++

Question 16 Surely black's b-pawn can't be stopped, whilst Bh2 will stop whites? Can it really be White to play and draw? (Herbstman, 1964) [5 points]

QUESTION 16

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1. Ka8 b2 2.b7 Bh2 3.f4 Bxf4 4.e5 Bxe5 5.b8=Q Bxb8 6. Bd5! (threatening Ba2 stopping the pawn and so forcing...) 6 ...b1=Q 7. Be4+! Kxe4 stalemate!

Question 17 White to play and win (Rinck, 1902) [3 points]

QUESTION 17

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1. Ra8! Qa2 (if 1...Qh7 2. Bg6!) 2.Rxa4! Qg8 3.Ra8 Qh7 4.Bg6! Qxg6 4. Ra6+ Any other Q move at any stage walks in to a bishop or rook skewer

Question 18 White to play and win [4 points]

QUESTION 18

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1. Qa3+ Kd4 (if ...Kc4 2. Qa4 wins the Q) 2. Qb4+! Now if 2... Ke5 3. Bg3! Qxg3 4.Qb8+, and if 2.....Ke3 3.Bg5! Qxg5 4.Qd2+

Question 19

How many top chess players can you see below and name?

(1 point each)

[a]

[c]

[b]

[e]

[d]

[f]

QUESTION 19

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a) Magnus Carlsen & Gary Kasparov

b) Alekhine, Lasker, Bogolubov & ? & ?

c) So & Anand

d) Ding Liren & Vachier-Lagrave

e) Petrosian & Korchnoi

f) Zsuzsa, Sofia & Judit Polga

Question 20 White to mate in 3 [2 point]

QUESTION 20

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1. g7+ Ke7 2.Qe5+ Kf7 gxh8=N ++

Question 21 Another test in chess logic and retrograde analysis. Black has just moved: What was Black's last move? ... and what was white's last move? [4 points]

QUESTION 21

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Black's last move must have been Kxa8 ... and it must have been a white N that was taken a8 that had just been played from b6 to 'discover' the check on the king on a7. White's previous move was therefore Na8 or Nxa8 (i.e. a taking a black N or B on that square

Question 22 White to move and checkmate in 3 [3 points]

QUESTION 22

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1. Nh6+ Kf8 2.Qh8+ Ke7 3.Nf5++

Question 23 White to mate in 2 [2 point]

QUESTION 23

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1. Qxf7+! Rxf7 2.Re8++

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THE QUESTIONS

THE ANSWERS

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Question 1 All you need to do is tell me White's 12th move - which delivers checkmate! [3 points]

QUESTION 1

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Question 2 White to checkmate in 3 moves. [2 points]

QUESTION 2

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Question 3 White to checkmate mate in 3. [4 points]

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Question 4 White to checkmate mate in 3. [2 points]

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Question 6 White to checkmate mate in 6 [4 points]

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Question 7 White to checkmate mate in 8 [5 points]

QUESTION 7

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Question 8 Three pawns down and black is threatening to exchange queens Can white, to play, really get something out of this position? [1 point]

QUESTION 8

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Question 9 Black is about to take the g pawn and draw, yet it is

White to play and win. [3 points]

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[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[h]

[j]

[g]

[i]

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Question 11 White to checkmate mate in two.

There is an extra task here however. There appear to be TWO ways white can deliver mate in 2. But only one is 'legally' possible.

Can you tell me which? ... and why? [4 marks]

QUESTION 11

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Question 12 White to checkmate in 5 moves [4 points]

QUESTION 12

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Question 13 White to checkmate in 2 moves [1 point]

QUESTION 13

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Question 14 Not too difficult - but beautiful.

White to play and win [2 points]

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Question 15 White to play and win [1 point]

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Question 16 Surely black's b-pawn can't be stopped, whilst Bh2 will stop whites? Can it really be White to play and draw? (Herbstman, 1964) [5 points]

QUESTION 16

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