Famous 20 Questions Christmas Quiz - not that readers here will need to
check anything! - but if you wish, score your own by looking at the 20
Answers which appear at

http://www.chessville.com:80/Editori...istmasQuiz.htm

Phil

////





1) When was the first chess newspaper column?

a) Liverpool, 1813

b) Stuttgart, 1836

c) Moscow, 1915



2) When was the first chess-problem tournament?

a) Stuttgart, 1816

b) London 1854

c) Hastings, 1895



3) When was the first chess correspondence match?

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812

b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826

c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888



4) When was the first chess telegraphic match?

a) New Orleans : new York 1888

b) Berlin : London 1885

c) Baltimore : Washington, 1844



5) When was the first game played by telephone?

a) 1878

b) 1835

c) 1905



6) When was the first match played by telephone?

a) Cardiff : Swansea 1884

b) New York : Baltimore 1926

c) Cambridge, Massachussets : New Orleans 1892



7) When was the first modern-timed match?

a) Dufresne : Morphy, 1865

b) Lasker : Amateur, 1890

c) Kolison : Anderssen, 1861



8) When was the first simultaneous blindfold exhibition?

a) Koltanowski, 1928, Chicago

b) Greco, 1606, Paris

c) Bizzecca, 1266, Florence



9) When was the first international chess match?

a) Spain : Italy 1575

b) Morocco : Spain 1375

c) Germany : Poland 1862



10) When was the first chess newsletter?

a) Liverpool, 1840 - "The King"

b) Paris, 1836 - "La Palamède"

c) Berlin, 1843 - "Die Grossen Schachspeiler"



11) Which country issued a chess postage stamp with 10 multi-colored rooks?

a) Cambodia, 1968

b) San Marino, 1965

c) Andorra, 1999



12) Which country issued the first chess postage stamp?

a) USA, 1932

b) Bulgaria, 1947

c) Poland, 1897



13) How many solution are there to the famous 8 queens on a board problem,
so that no queen attacks another?

a) 92

b) 1

c) 64



14) Who won the first interzonal at Stockholm in 1948?

a) Szabo with 12.5 points

b) Bronstein with 13.5 points

c) Botvinnik with 14.5 points



15) When was the first mention of the touch-and move rule?

a) Greco, Paris 1621, untitled codex

b) b'ar Hashib, Baghdad, 626, untitled document

c) Lucena, 1497, Arte de Andres, 1497



16) A C13th poem in Latin by Richard de Fournivall attributed the invention
of chess to Ulysses at the siege of Troy. But in the middle-ages a popular
poem now in the British Museum ascribed invention of the game to.?

a) Ovid, The Vertula

b) Mephistopheles, De Amphitre Daemonistre.

c) Claudius, Emperor of Rome; Caissistus Care Brittanicum Regius Sunt.



17) The "Turk" chess-automaton was constructed in which city and when?

a) Vienna, 1769

b) Manchester England, 1822

c) Persipolis, Egypt, 1008



18) In the year 1,110 John Zonares, a monk, suffered a severe penalty for
playing chess, which was.?

a) He was burnt alive with all his chess pieces

b) He was excommunicated

c) He was sold into slavery and became a galley-slave.



19) Which saint made the first reference to chess playing

a) St Peter, C1st

b) St. Atula, Patron of Knights Templar, C11th

c) St. Teresa de Avila, C16th



20) How many chess sets did the central educational authority of Cuba issue
to schools in one single year?

a) 30,000

b) 300,000

c) 3,000,000

Chess One wrote:
Famous 20 Questions Christmas Quiz - not that readers here will need to
check anything! - but if you wish, score your own by looking at the 20
Answers which appear at

http://www.chessville.com:80/Editori...istmasQuiz.htm

Phil

3) When was the first chess correspondence match?

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812

b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826

c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888

d) None of the above, depending on how Innes chooses to define the
words "match" and "first." His question, to judge from his answers,
should read "What was the date and the names of the participants of the
earliest known intercity correspondence chess match?"

The Historian wrote:

Chess One wrote:
Famous 20 Questions Christmas Quiz - not that readers here will need to
check anything! - but if you wish, score your own by looking at the 20
Answers which appear at

http://www.chessville.com:80/Editori...istmasQuiz.htm

Phil

3) When was the first chess correspondence match?

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812

b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826

c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888

d) None of the above, depending on how Innes chooses to define the
words "match" and "first." His question, to judge from his answers,
should read "What was the date and the names of the participants of the
earliest known intercity correspondence chess match?"

Right, Neil, Chessville looks to be on the ball again....er...

Hey! Wait a second!

"Mark Houlsby" wrote in message
ps.com...

The Historian wrote:

Chess One wrote:
Famous 20 Questions Christmas Quiz - not that readers here will need to
check anything! - but if you wish, score your own by looking at the 20
Answers which appear at

http://www.chessville.com:80/Editori...istmasQuiz.htm

Phil

3) When was the first chess correspondence match?

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812

b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826

c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888

d) None of the above, depending on how Innes chooses to define the
words "match" and "first."

Too late to tell Horowitz! But some measure of intelligence is necessary to
understand questions, which should not run to Blairian length of 25,000
words each or order to delineate themselves.

His question, to judge from his answers,
should read "What was the date and the names of the participants of the
earliest known intercity correspondence chess match?"

Right, Neil, Chessville looks to be on the ball again....er...

In other words, these folks can't infer the right answer to the question,
and thought they'd tell us just that - and as usual, from this infer they
know sumpin.

PI


Hey! Wait a second!

Chess One wrote:

"Mark Houlsby" wrote in message
ps.com...

The Historian wrote:

Chess One wrote:
Famous 20 Questions Christmas Quiz - not that readers here will need to
check anything! - but if you wish, score your own by looking at the 20
Answers which appear at

http://www.chessville.com:80/Editori...istmasQuiz.htm

Phil

3) When was the first chess correspondence match?

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812

b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826

c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888

d) None of the above, depending on how Innes chooses to define the
words "match" and "first."

Too late to tell Horowitz! But some measure of intelligence is necessary to
understand questions, which should not run to Blairian length of 25,000
words each or order to delineate themselves.

His question, to judge from his answers,
should read "What was the date and the names of the participants of the
earliest known intercity correspondence chess match?"

Right, Neil, Chessville looks to be on the ball again....er...

In other words, these folks can't infer the right answer to the question,
and thought they'd tell us just that

Correct.

- and as usual, from this infer they
know sumpin.


Correct - that is, at least Neil did, I didn't know until he pointed it
out. Evidently, this was more than the quiz compiler knew...

MH

PI

On Dec 21, 8:53 am, "The Historian" wrote:
Chess One wrote:
Famous 20 Questions Christmas Quiz - not that readers here will need to
check anything! - but if you wish, score your own by looking at the 20
Answers which appear at

http://www.chessville.com:80/Editori.../2006Christmas...

Phil

3) When was the first chess correspondence match?

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812

b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826

c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888

d) None of the above, depending on how Innes chooses to define the
words "match" and "first." His question, to judge from his answers,
should read "What was the date and the names of the participants of the
earliest known intercity correspondence chess match?"

True. Without the further qualification of "inter-city," the answer
could well be Von Mauvillon - N.N., 1804, the oldest known
correspondence game, last I checked.
For a more carefully worded and more challenging quiz, not to mention
one where actual prizes of considerable value can be won, I refer
readers to:

http://www.chesscafe.com/skittles/skittles.htm

"Taylor Kingston" wrote in message
ups.com...


On Dec 21, 8:53 am, "The Historian" wrote:
Chess One wrote:
Famous 20 Questions Christmas Quiz - not that readers here will need to
check anything! - but if you wish, score your own by looking at the 20
Answers which appear at

http://www.chessville.com:80/Editori.../2006Christmas...

Phil

3) When was the first chess correspondence match?

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812

b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826

c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888

d) None of the above, depending on how Innes chooses to define the
words "match" and "first." His question, to judge from his answers,
should read "What was the date and the names of the participants of the
earliest known intercity correspondence chess match?"

True. Without the further qualification of "inter-city,"

It's MERRY-MORONS!

Kingston can't infer if its "inter-city" though the answers a

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812
b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826
c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888

Its still thought worthwhile to question the nature of the question! Since
the answers are beyond the wit of Holsbein, Benin and Klingon.
This is apparently sufficient reason to take part in the Seasonal Festivites
with as much cheer as Eyeore with a hang-over.

the answer
could well be Von Mauvillon - N.N., 1804, the oldest known
correspondence game, last I checked.

ROFL! This really should get a prize!!

At least the noise in this thread is vastly entertaining! I imagine the
'better' quiz mentoned below and too proud to appear here, will attain the
same level of hilarity. Like Kingstons rating being 500 points off, here he
is almost 500 years off.

Correspondence chess is known to have been
played as far back as the thirteenth century,
between noblemen at king's courts.
The moves were delivered by travelling troubadours.
In 1650 a Venetian merchant used his business
correspondance to conduct a game against a
colleague in Slovenia. //A. S.

The very funny thing is that Taylor Kingston has the very same enclycolpedia
I quote from, the same as said Lasker came 8th [ --taboo mention], but if
he has read it, he hasn't understood what it says, not on this nor that.
Neither will he. Instead he is like to snip these references about his own,
er, innovative understanding of things, and continue regardless.

) Phil Innes


For a more carefully worded and more challenging quiz, not to mention
one where actual prizes of considerable value can be won, I refer
readers to:

http://www.chesscafe.com/skittles/skittles.htm

Taylor Kingston wrote:
On Dec 21, 8:53 am, "The Historian" wrote:
Chess One wrote:
Famous 20 Questions Christmas Quiz - not that readers here will need to
check anything! - but if you wish, score your own by looking at the 20
Answers which appear at

http://www.chessville.com:80/Editori.../2006Christmas...

Phil

3) When was the first chess correspondence match?

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812

b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826

c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888

d) None of the above, depending on how Innes chooses to define the
words "match" and "first." His question, to judge from his answers,
should read "What was the date and the names of the participants of the
earliest known intercity correspondence chess match?"

True. Without the further qualification of "inter-city," the answer
could well be Von Mauvillon - N.N., 1804, the oldest known
correspondence game, last I checked.

I'm not aware anyone has come across an older gamescore played by
correspondence. There very well may be references to older
correspondence games, and perhaps the Nearly an IM will enlighten us
with more 'wisdom' poached from a Horowitz potboiler.

For a more carefully worded and more challenging quiz, not to mention
one where actual prizes of considerable value can be won, I refer
readers to:

http://www.chesscafe.com/skittles/skittles.htm

On Dec 22, 10:48 am, "Chess One" wrote:
"The Historian" wrote:
d) None of the above, depending on how Innes chooses to define the
words "match" and "first." His question, to judge from his answers,
should read "What was the date and the names of the participants of the
earliest known intercity correspondence chess match?"

Kingston can't infer if its "inter-city" though the answers a

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812
b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826
c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888

Its still thought worthwhile to question the nature of the question!

Especially when the question is phrased inappropriately. Or Phil
continues to demonstrate his verbal ineptitude. The fact that his
answers are all limited to inter-city matches does not correct the poor
phrasing of the question, which was: "When was the *_first_* chess
correspondence match?"
The way Innes has posed the question is like asking:

Who was the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound:

a) John Glenn
b) Gordon Cooper
c) Jim Lovell

None of these are the correct answer. While all did make supersonic
flights, Chuck Yeager did so before them. Similarly, there were
correspondence chess matches before London-Edinburgh 1824.

the answer
could well be Von Mauvillon - N.N., 1804, the oldest known
correspondence game, last I checked.

ROFL! This really should get a prize!!

Can our laughing Phil produce a full game score from an earlier date?
I'm sure there were earlier games, but 1804 is the oldest surviving
score, afaik.

Correspondence chess is known to have been
played as far back as the thirteenth century,
between noblemen at king's courts.
The moves were delivered by travelling troubadours.
In 1650 a Venetian merchant used his business
correspondance to conduct a game against a
colleague in Slovenia. //A. S.

Innes refutes his own argument. Obviously if he knows of CC being
played as far back as the 1200s, none of the 19th-century matches he
lists can be *_"the first"_* (his own words).

The very funny thing is that Taylor Kingston has the very same enclycolpedia
I quote from,

You derived your question from the Sunnucks encyclopedia? Earlier you
said Horowitz. If you copied Sunnucks, you did not do it correctly. I
cite the entry on correspondence chess, page 91:

"The first correspondence chess matches between teams on record were
those between the Dutch clubs V.A.S. and Rotterdam, between 1824 and
1826, and London and Edinburgh Chess Clubs between 1824 and 1828."

In his question Phil not only gets the London-Edinburgh ending date
wrong, but omits the Dutch match, which appears to antedate the British
one.

the same as said Lasker came 8th [ --taboo mention], but if
he has read it, he hasn't understood what it says, not on this nor that.
Neither will he. Instead he is like to snip these references about his own,
er, innovative understanding of things, and continue regardless.

Our Phil regards any knowledge of actual facts or correct citation of
sources as "innovative" when they happen to differ from his own
opinions or flawed understandings.

For a more carefully worded and more challenging quiz, not to mention
one where actual prizes of considerable value can be won, I refer
readers to:

http://www.chesscafe.com/skittles/skittles.htm

Chess One wrote:

"Taylor Kingston" wrote in message
ups.com...


On Dec 21, 8:53 am, "The Historian" wrote:
Chess One wrote:
Famous 20 Questions Christmas Quiz - not that readers here will need to
check anything! - but if you wish, score your own by looking at the 20
Answers which appear at

http://www.chessville.com:80/Editori.../2006Christmas...

Phil

3) When was the first chess correspondence match?

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812

b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826

c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888

d) None of the above, depending on how Innes chooses to define the
words "match" and "first." His question, to judge from his answers,
should read "What was the date and the names of the participants of the
earliest known intercity correspondence chess match?"

True. Without the further qualification of "inter-city,"

It's MERRY-MORONS!

Kingston can't infer if its "inter-city" though the answers a

a) Berlin : Budapest, 1812
b) London : Edinburgh, 1824 & 1826
c) New Orleans : Boston Massachusetts, 1888


On the contrary, he *can* tell that it's (not its) inter-city, he's
agreeing with Neil's having pointed out that the QUESTION makes the
QUIZ COMPILER *look like* a MERRY-MORON (to borrow your phrase).

Its still thought worthwhile to question the nature of the question!

Yup. If the quiz compiler is a MERRY-MORON it is.

Since
the answers are beyond the wit of Holsbein, Benin and Klingon.

....whoever the heck they are...

This is apparently sufficient reason to take part in the Seasonal Festivites
with as much cheer as Eyeore with a hang-over.


Who is "Eyeore"?

the answer
could well be Von Mauvillon - N.N., 1804, the oldest known
correspondence game, last I checked.

ROFL! This really should get a prize!!


So send him a prize, then.

At least the noise in this thread is vastly entertaining! I imagine the
'better' quiz mentoned below and too proud to appear here, will attain the
same level of hilarity. Like Kingstons rating being 500 points off, here he
is almost 500 years off.

Correspondence chess is known to have been
played as far back as the thirteenth century,
between noblemen at king's courts.
The moves were delivered by travelling troubadours.
In 1650 a Venetian merchant used his business
correspondance to conduct a game against a
colleague in Slovenia. //A. S.

The very funny thing is that Taylor Kingston has the very same enclycolpedia
I quote from, the same as said Lasker came 8th [ --taboo mention], but if
he has read it, he hasn't understood what it says, not on this nor that.

IIRC he has pointed out that you mistakenly stated that Lasker was 8th
and LAST, when in fact he was somewhere around mid-table.

YOU made the mistake, Phil, not Taylor....

Neither will he. Instead he is like to snip these references about his own,
er, innovative understanding of things, and continue regardless.

) Phil Innes


Here's a handy festive hint:

When you're in a hole....stop digging.

Mark Houlsby