the ultimate chess quiz

All questions are really fun. I've made the question challenging! Level 1: Easy 1. What is the tactic called where a piece moves away to reveal an attack from another piece, while simultaneously creating a new threat? 2. Which opening begins with the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 ? (board is permitted) 3. Who became FIDE world chess champion in 2024? 4. Is it possible that a the enemy king is checked twice after a move without an illegal continutation that had happened? 5. Which piece is better in closed positions: Knight or Bishop? 6. Which chess content creator made the series called Guess the Elo? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Level 2: Average 7. In the endgame K+B+N vs K, at what colored square does the white bishop mate the black king? 8. Why is the Jobava London system positionally unsound and which general principle does it break? 9. What rating system does FIDE and many more federations use, and how is it spelt (including capital letters)? 10. How does one claim a three-fold repetition in classical OTB (over the board) chess? 11. Which opening variation of the Caro-Kann begins with the moves 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 ? 12. Approx. how many points would the king be worth if it was just an ordinary piece? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Level 3: Hard 13. What's the difference between the Kalashnikov Sicilian and the Sveshnikov Sicilian (in terms of the moves being played until these variations are reached)? 14. How many games were played in the World Championship match for Anatoli Karpov to be crowned the __th world chess champion? (Answer the question AND fill in the blanks) 15. What's the highest Performance Elo in a tournament the world has ever seen? 16. At which tournament did Mr. Fischer accuse the Russians of prearranging quick draws against eachother? 17. What is the rarest official FIDE result that can occur in a chess game, and give a recent example where it happened (hint: 2023) 18 (REALLY HARD IF YOU ARE NOT A CHESS NERD). A tournament takes place in Kansas, Missouri, US. It is rated for USCF and FIDE. A game is played between two 2600 rated GM's players who both are aged 32. White has two knights and a king, black has a bishop and a king. In this position, white's flag falls. The question is: what's the result, and thus, how will this influence the ratings of the players for both FIDE and USCF? 19. Which content creator is now creating recaps of him playing in the Sitges Chess Festival located in Barcelona, Spain (this quiz was made in february 2026) ? 20. Which move, in chess notation, was played in a chess tournament, which was so good that spectators started throwing golden coins at the board? That was it! I will make a part 2 if this forum blows up!

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Easy questions: 1 discovery 2 spanish/ruylopez 3 gukesh 4 yes 5 knight 6 gothamchess/levy rozman Hard question (17) The game between ian and dubov ended in a forfeit which means no points for either rusian player which cost dubov the tournament infact. Hard question(20) Qg3 i dont wanna say anything else