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Chess Quiz | What's Your Score?

NiranjanNavalgund
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Last week, I released the first episode of The Chessophile show featuring India Number #4 and #6 - Adhiban and Sethuraman. 

I posed them 10 questions each during the show. Now, I pose the same questions to all of you! I am curious to know how many of the questions you get right. 

1. Who holds the record for being the longest reigning world champion?

2. Who holds the record for having the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level?

3. Who is India's first International Arbiter?

4. Who is India's first International Master? 

5. Which Indian GM finished second in the Aeroflot Open 2018?

6. Who are the two Indian GM's who have clinched the Reykjavik Open title?

7. What's the german word used in chess for making space for the castled king with a pawn move?

8. What's the name of the special form of battery in which a queen backs up two rooks on the same file? 

9. Who is called as the Father of Modern Chess?

10. How many of the 16 chess pieces have legal moves on your first move?

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What's the checkmating pattern called?

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What's the checkmating pattern called?

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I hope you had some fun attempting these chess questions!

You can find the answers to these questions in the first episode of The Chessophile Show.

Links to the first episode :

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDEbMRo4uW4
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ-KE_7Vw8Y

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NiranjanNavalgund
FM Niranjan Navalgund

Currently work as a community manager for Chess.com India. 

I have a GM norm and an IM norm. Became a FIDE Trainer recently. Coached two Indian Teams for the Olympiad for PWD. Apart from playing and teaching chess, I dabble in writing and reading. Can speak in English, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and Marathi.  I recently wrote a short story titled 'Over a Cup of Chai' that's available on amazon. My last novel 'The Lively Library & An Unlikely Romance' is a story of a library where books come to life at night.  

My username was Geborgenheit previously. 
Geborgenheit is a german word which is hard to explain. It can only be experienced; It could also be inner peace of your soul. Google says 'security' but it is more than that!

I do stream sometimes!