Kinda surprised there's only one American WC, maybe Nakamura will be the 2nd.
Really, not all CMs know how to castle?? 
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Nov 30, 2015
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Q1 is wrong. Steinitz won three world championship matches after becoming an American citizen in 1888. The correct answer is (D) 2.
TheronG12 wrote:
Q1 is wrong. Steinitz won three world championship matches after becoming an American citizen in 1888. The correct answer is (D) 2.
According to Wikipedia (yeah I know not the best resource) the only American World Champions have been Paul Morphy (pre-FIDE) 1858-62, Stienitz 1886-94 and Bobby Fischer 1972-75. It also says that Stienitz came to the USA in 1886 and became a US citizen in 1888 so technically he was world champ while a US citizen from 1888-1894.
So the correct answer is 3.
Nov 30, 2015
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#5
@bluepawn, the official world champions are generally considered to have started with Steinitz in 1886, so that leaves out Morphy. The first FIDE champion was Botvinnik in 1948.
Not exactly! ;) http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?tid=80764
Just joking, I'm aware Botvinnik was the first FIDE WC.
Carlsen has lost more than 30 games last year, if you include internet play, and against 12-yr magnus on Play Magnus.
@theron
Yes you are right however that is because according to Wikipedia: "Champions are numbered from Steinitz onwards, because his match against Zukertort was publicly declared as a world championship and generally accepted"
The term "generally accepted" in my mind does not mean an official ranking but is "generally accepted". I still contend that Paul Morphy was the first American world chess champion even though it's not "generally accepted" 
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_Chess_Champions
Nov 30, 2015
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#10
@bluepawn, I would tend to agree, nevertheless to avoid confusion a quiz like this should use the list of "generally accepted" champions, but to avoid confusion 3 should probably not be a possible answer.
Actually America has had two world champions. One of course being
Bobby Fischer, born and raised in the U.S.A.. The other is the first
world champion Wilhelm Steinitz, who became a citizen after winning
the first match with Johannes Zukertort. In fact, the first match was played here in the U.S.A.
Nov 30, 2015
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#12
generally accepeted is not official and therefore is not the correct answer however if it was made official i would have stated it
Q1. how many world champions has american had (I mean Chess) (A) 1. (B) 26. (C) 7. (D) 2.
Q2. All CMs know how to castle. True or False
Q3. Magnus carlsen became a GM when he was ... (A) 13. (B) 7. (C) 16. (D) 20.
Q4. Magnus carlsen lost less than 30 games last year. True or False
Q5. Anand lost a game in 6 moves. True or False
ANSWERS
Q1. the answer is (D) 2.
Q2. the answer is False
Q3. the answer is (A) 13.
Q4. the answer is True
Q5. the answer is True
If you scored 1/5 you got a 20% 2/5 40% 3/5 60% 4/5 80% 5/5 100%