Think you know a lot about chess and chess history? Here’s the ultimate chess quiz for long-time chess lovers created by Bill Wall. Good luck – you’re going to need it! When you’re finished, let me know how you did!

1. Who was India’s first International Master?
2. Who was India’s first Grandmaster?
3. Who played the most USCF rated games in one year?
4. Who was the youngest player to win the British Chess Championship?
5. Who was the youngest player to win the US Chess Championship?
6. Who was the second youngest player to win the US Chess Championship?
7. Who was the first Indonesian Grandmaster?
8. Who was Norway’s first Grandmaster?
9. Who won the first chess oscar?
10. Who won the first Soviet Chess Championship?
11. What year did the first Russian Chess Federation form?
12. When was chess first mentioned in America?
13. Who published the first chess writing in America?
14. When was the first American chess tournament held?
15. Who won the first American Chess Congress?
16. Who won the first international chess tournament?
17. Who was the first Black grandmaster?
18. Who was won the British chess championship the most?
19. What was the first chess automaton?
20. What tournament introduced the chess clock?
21. What computer was first awarded the title of chess master?
22. Who is the goddess of chess?
23. Who is the patron saint of chess?
24. What is the longest running annual match in chess?
25. How many people play chess in the world?
26. Who was the first player to become a Grandmaster without first becoming an International Master?
27. When was the first chess club organized?
28. When was the first newspaper chess column published?
29. When was the first computer to play a proper game of chess?
30. Who won the first world computer championship?
31. Who designed the Staunton pattern chess pieces?
32. What computer won the first state championship?
33. Who was the oldest competitive grandmaster?
34. Who was the first official British chess champion?
35. Who was the first US chess champion?
36. When was FIDE founded?
37. Who was the first FIDE president?
38. What is the record for most games played simulaneously blindfolded?
39. What is the Fredkin Prize?
40. Who won the Fredkin Prize?
41. Who was the first woman to achieve the men’s grandmaster title?
42. Who was the first woman to take first place at a “men’s” chess tournament?
43. Who were the original grandmasters of chess?
44. Who was the first U.S. woman to acieve a master’s rating?
45. What was the first major tournament after World War II?
46. What player has won the US and the USSR chess championship?
47. Who was the first Afercan-American chess master?
48. What is the oldest and longest running tournament in the world?
49. Who won the first US Senior Open?
50. Who was the first Dean of American Chess?
51. What country has the highest per capita chess population in the world?
52. Who won the first World Junior Championship?
53. Who has won more chess tournaments than any other person?
54. Who was the first British player to achieve a FIDE Grandmaster norm for OTB chess play?
55. Who introduced the Swiss System pairing to the United States?
56. How many tournaments did Paul Morphy participate in?
57. Who was the oldest player to qualify for a World Championship Candidates match?
58. Who was the first British player to get an OTB Grandmaster title?
59. When did the US Chess Federation (USCF) form?
60. Who are the only players who have a plus record against Bobby Fischer?
61. What was the strongest tournament ever held?
62. Who won the strongest tournament ever held?
63. Who won chess championships of Paris, London, New York, and Chicago?
64. What was the first magazine devoted entirely to chess?
65. Who was the first Soviet Grandmaster to immigrate to Israel?
66. What was the first English newspaper to publish a chess column?
67. Who was the first American to win an official world championship?
68. Who invented the demonstration chess board?
69. What is the oldest chess club in Britain?
70. Who was the first Italian grandmaster?
71. Who was the first American to defeat a Soviet player in international competition?
72. Who is the youngest player to gain a master’s rating?
73. Who has played in more US Opens than any other player?
74. What is America’s longest running tournament?
75. Who became the first grandmaster of over-the-board (OTB) chess and correspondence chess?
76. What university was the first to have a chess club?
77. Who won the Briish chess championship more than any other player?
78. Who issued the first chess stamp?
79. Who invented the pocket chess set?
80. Who is the oldest player ever to win a national chess championship?
81. Who won the first world correspondence chess championship?
82. What was the first international sports event after World War II?
83. When did the first international rating list appear?
84. Who was the first British player to be awarded the title of Grandmaster?
85. Who was the first president of FIDE?
86. Where was the first Interzonal tournament held?
87. Who has the largest private chess library in the world?
88. Who was the first American to beat a reigning world champion?
89. Who was the youngest player to qualify for the British Chess Championship?
90. Who was the first official US Chess Champion?
91. Who was the first President of the US Chess Federation?
92. When was the first telegraph chess match played?
93. When was the first telephone chess game played?
94. Where was Paul Morphy’s father born?
95. Who was nicknamed the anonymouse Modenese?
96. What year was the first American chess book published?
97. What year was the first authenticated correspondence match played?
98. Who were the Pleiades?
99. Who defeated Paul Morphy more than any other player?
100. Who was known as Alter?
101. How many pieces were discovered that are now known as the Lewis chessmen?
102. Who designed the Staunton chessmen?
103. What was the first chess magazine?
104. Who was the first master to suggest a time limit in chess?
105. When was the first known photograph of a chess player taken?
106. Who invented the first chess clock?
107. Who won the first British chess championship?
108. Who wrote the first US chess column?
109. When was the first organized chess event in the US?

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