A Late Christmas Quiz.

[Geoff Chandler]

Me with my presents. (I was dragged out bed a jersey
pulled over my pyjamas and a Santa hat placed on my head,)

A book review of 'The History of Chess in 50 moves.'
Actually very few moves. It's 50 chapters.

***STOP***

What do you think are the 3 most famous moves in Chess History?
I give my three. Think of yours before you visit the blog.

***OK Continue Reading***

A DVD called the Dark Horse which thanks to those feckless fools
on the English Forum I ended getting but it was all about a horse
and not the chess DVD of the same name.

Then a mini quiz featuring 3 questions that cropped up
on University Challenge. All three were answered incorrectly.

http://www.redhotpawn.com/chess-blog/lin...ogpost.284

[Alan Jelfs]

Most famous 3 moves - I would say:
1. Fischer's ...Be6 v Byrne;
2. Fischer not playing a move against Spassky in game 2 in Reykjavik; and
3. Karpov's Ng5 against Korchnoi in 1978, re-writing the Open Ruy Lopez.

[Geoff Chandler]

Hi Alan,

There's Karoov's Nb1 v Spassky in Leningrad in 1973.

Fischer's infamous game 2 happened because Lombardy had misread the playing schedule
on the entry form (it was printed in Icelandic) - you have to see the file 'Pawn Sacrifice.'

Lasker's 4.Bxc6 v Capa the Blanca in St.Petersburg 1914.