Chess Origins
Chess Started in this country
What is India?
The chess club on west 10th street
What is The Marshall Chess Club?
This Grandmaster is the current World Champion
Who is Gukesh D?
This chess tactic occurs when one piece attacks multiple enemy pieces
What is a fork?
The first name of the founder of Chess Connection who currently attends MIT
What is Eugene Yoo?
This modern chess piece used to be an elephant
What is the bishop?
This player has played thousands of tournaments and is known as the iron man of chess
Who is Jay Bonin
This Grandmaster from Norway recently won the esports world cup on team Liquid
Who is Magnus Carlsen
This chess tactic occurs when a piece forces a valuable enemy piece to move before capturing a less valuable one
What is a Skewer?
This Chess Connections mentor is a larp
Who is Lucas Moina?
What is Chaturanga?
This school not only hosts monthly scholastic chess tournaments, but also is the school that Lucas Moina attends
What is Hunter?
This Grandmaster was the first Indian World Champion
Who is Viswanathan (Vishy) Anand?
This is the Italian name for "in-between move"
What is intermezzo?
This topic outside of chess was taught on the second day of the in-person Speyer camp
What is Math?
This piece used to only move one square at a time
What is the queen?
This organization hosts a chess in event in the park in September
What is Chess in the Schools (CIS)?
This Grandmaster was the world championship challenger twice in both 2021 and 2023
Who is Ian Nepomniachtchi?
This German word translating to "little house" has become a cornerstone for hypermodern openings
What is Fianchetto?
NYC Chess connections has this many International Masters as mentors?
What is two?
The Persian Phrase "shah mat" translates to this in English
What is "the king is helpless/dead"?
The 2016 World Chess Championship was held in this park of New York City
What is Lower Manhattan?
This Armenian-born Grandmaster now plays for America
Who is Levon Aronian?
This is the internationally recognized word to say while adjusting a piece
What is J'adoube?
This is the last name of the new President of NYC Chess Connections
What is Wallace?