GP:you knock up 10 questions and see how well I/(we) do. (I won't cheat.)
Do it soon, 10 general knowledge questions on Chess.

Question 1: Capablanca went for ten years without defeat in a major tournament. There were even calls to change the rules of chess to make it possible for someone else to win. Who put an end Capa's ten-year streak, and in what tourney did the upset occur?

Question 2: Which World's Champions (former, reigning, and/or future) took part in the 1936 Nottingham Tourney?

Question 3: Which two players played The Immortal Zugzwang Game?

Question 4: Which two players played The Immortal Evergreen Game?

Question 5: Who killed the Evans Gambit?

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Question 6: What is a quartgrip?

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Question 7: With Black to move, can Black force a win?

Question 8: True or false? White to play wins; Black to play draws.

Question 9: Who reputedly said "After 1.e4 White's game is in its last throes?"

Question 10: What was the final score of the 1961 Fischer - Reshevsky match?

1.Reti

2.Alekhine, Euwe (current WC) , Capablanca, Botvinnik and Lasker.
(Bogubolov a two times challenger, was also there.).
Also there, Reshevsky, Tartakower, Fine, Winter, Vidmar, Flohr.......
Botvinnik and Capa tied first place

3. Nimzovitch and Samisch (copenhagen 1923)

4. Andersson and Dufrense (I always get the opponents mixed up - cannot spell the other one.) 🙂

5. No idea - guess at Lasker. (I know his named defence to the Evans is OK)

6. I cannot remember. A pawn at the base of a chain (guess)

7. An Endgame 🙁 No. Advancing the g-pawn draws.

8. Another endgame True. (quick counting guess but it looks right.)

9. Breyer

10. It was a draw - but I cannot recall the score. (3 wins each?)

Originally posted by greenpawn34
1.Reti

2.Alekhine, Euwe (current WC) , Capablanca, Botvinnik and Lasker.
(Bogubolov a two times challenger, was also there.).
Also there, Reshevsky, Tartakower, Fine, Winter, Vidmar, Flohr.......
Botvinnik and Capa tied first place

3. Nimzovitch and Samisch (copenhagen 1923)

4. Andersson and Dufrense (I always get the opponents mixed up - can ...[text shortened]... looks right.)

9. Breyer

10. It was a draw - but I cannot recall the score. (3 wins each?)

GP: 9 out of 10 ! Wow. (Reshevsky-Fischer was drawn is good enough. Only SG--aka Mycroft--would know the exact figures.)

"Reti (1.N-KB3--what else?) defeated Capa @ New York 1924"
--round 5, a sensation at the time.

"Reshevsky-Fischer ended 5.5-5.5."
--a hard-fought match between 2 US champions.

11 out of 10. I expected no less of you.
Cheers,
Sherly

PS Mom loved you best.

Endgame study: note that the position below is won for Black, with or without the move. The difference being that Black's NP can advance either one or two squares. The clue is: for Black to win, the White K must be on the R file when the Black NP advances to the 6th rank. An exercise in tempo-calculation, to be worked out in your heads, lads.