Big Fat Chess Quiz thread

This thread is for any answers you might have to My Big Fat Chess Quiz.  It seems some people are having problems commenting on that blog entry (batgirl, for one, gets an error message) so if you want to comment/answer please use this thread.

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Alrighty, at first glance without looking anything up...

1: I don't know. Though I"m guessing Steinitz, Lasker Tarrasch, Gligoric perhaps? Nah.. he was probably too young.. i'm really not sure.

2. I know it's French, something like Federacion Internacionale de echecs?

3. I believe it was Garry the Kaptive... er... Kasparov, 2850 or thereabouts.

4. I've heard this quote.. but I don't know. Pol Pot? jk

5. I'm guessing Keene. Perhaps Nunn?

6. 1 minute methinks.

7. Aruna Anand. The Lovely wife of the very lucky (and slightly talented...) Viswanathan Anand.

8. Arbiter?

9-12 I have no idea.

13. Steinitz is usually the first recognized World Champion, though players before him such as Anderssen and Morphy seemed to demonstrate their superiority over their contemporaries.

14. Under Promotion is when a pawn reaches the 8th rank, it generally promotes to a queen. An under promotion is when the player promotes it to a Knight, Bishop or Rook.

15. !? is generally intended to show a move that is interesting, often times needing further evaluation. Perhaps strong, but not clearly so.

16. Kibitzer is someone commenting on a game? Or maybe it's just someone watching a game. I've never known exactly.

17 - 18  dunno

19. Anderssen.

20. vaguely familiar, but not sure.

Below are my answers, for whatever they're worth.  

1. Tarrasch, Marshall, Capa, Em Lasker and Alekhine

2.  federation internationale des echecs

3.  Kaspy, 2851

4.  elementary, my dear watson

5. Speelman

6.  3 mins. or less

7.  Mrs. Vishy?

8. arbiter

9.  somewhere back in the 15th century.

10.  Franklin never had a collection of chess essays. he had one essay entitled "Morales of Chess."

11.  you have to move before jotting dwon your move. it's the law!

12.  The Monkey's Bum (I hope!)

13.  Slick Willie Steinitz

14.  promoting a pawn to something other than a Queen... a duchess, perhaps.

15.  an interesting but dubious move. usually unclear enough not to rate a "?"

16.  somebody who lives in a kibbutz. or someone who comments on a game in progress within earshot of the players.

17.  Oliver and Hannah

18.  priest ... some say even a bishop, though that's debatable.

19.  Adolf Anderssen

20.  It looks a bit like an older Micky Adams to me.

Thanks to oginschile and batgirl for attempting the quiz.   I'm going to post a new blog entry with the answers.

I like all your idea here guys... very interesting... i like it..

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