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?
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 greenpawn34The quartgrip is this:
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?)
Reti d. Capa @ New York 1924 (I think)
Reshevsky-Fischer ended 5.5-5.5.
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.