Current Stars
The current highest rated chess player in the world
Who is Magnus Carlsen
This opening is also known as the "Spanish Opening"
What is the Ruy Lopez?
This piece can only move diagonally
What is the bishop?
There are this number of squares on a chess board
What is 64?
He defeated Boris Spassky in the 1972 World Championship in Iceland
Who is Bobby Fischer?
This Dutch top chess player is known for how often he draws
Who is Anish Giri?
This opening is named after Germany's capital city
What is the Berlin Defense?
This rule allows a player to claim a draw a specific position has been reached three times in a game
What is threefold repetition?
Chess 960 is also known as:
What is Fischer Random chess?
This women's world champion broke the gender barrier and qualified for the "Men's" World Championship in 1986.
Who is Susan Polgar?
The youngest Grandmaster in history
Who is Sergey Karjakin?
This opening was Garry Kasparov's favorite and most played weapon against 1.e4
What is the Sicilian Najdorf?
This piece can usually move one square at a time, but one time per game it can move two squares horizontally
What is the king?
Oldest continuing chess club in the United States
What is The Mechanics Institute?
The world champion for the longest period of time
Who is Emmanuel Lasker?
This grandmaster won the 2014 Sinquefield Cup with a 3103 rating/ELO performance
Who is Fabiano Caruana?
This opening was named after the fourth world champion
What is the Alekhine's Defense?
This rule was created so that a game does not last indefinitely
What is the 50-move rule?
In 1952, Alan Turing created the first computer program called:
What is The Turbochamp?
This Women's World Champion was the youngest world champion ever (male or female) at 16 years old
Who is Hou Yifan?
This top chess player is also a strong poker player and got a 6th place finish (30k prize) in the 2020 World Series of Poker
Who is Alexander Grischuk?
Josh Waitzkin used this defense in the park in the movie "Searching for Bobby Fischer
What is the Schliemann Defense?
When chess was created, this piece could only move one square at a time, diagonally
What is the queen?
The inventor of the first chess clock, in 1883
Who is Thomas Wilson?
The only world champion who was not a professional athlete
Who is Max Euwe?