Chess Olympiad 2024: Schedule, Registration, Tickets, Prize Money, GK Questions

The 45^th Chess Olympiad 2024 will start on September 10, 2024 and end by September 23. Check here details about its schedule, registration process, tickets, prize money and many other important details.

Chess Olympiad 2024 registration is now over. The Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) is the concerned authority who organizes Chess Olympiad every year. The event was supposed to be held at Khanty-Mansiysk and later FIDE decided to organize it at Moscow.

However, later the decision was withdrawn and now it has been decided that the 45^th Chess Olympiad 2024 will be held at Chennai India.

Chess Olympiad 2024 Overview

Event	45th Chess Olympiad 2024
Chess Olympiad 2024 Start Date	September 10, 2024
Chess Olympiad 2024 End Date	September 23, 2024
Chess Olympiad 2024 Venue	Chennai India
Organizing Authority	Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE)
Official Website	https://chessolympiad.fide.com/

 Chess Olympiad 2024 Full Schedule

Day 1	Arrival Day	September 10, 2024
Day 2	Arbiters Meeting   Opening Ceremony	To be updated To be updated
Day 3	Captains Meeting   Round 1	To be updated To be updated
Day 4	Round 2	To be updated
Day 5	Round 3	To be updated
Day 6	Round 4	To be updated
Day 7	Round 5	To be updated
Day 8	Round 6   Bermuda Party	To be updated To be updated
Day 9	Free Day	To be updated
Day 10	Round 7	To be updated
Day 11	Round 8	To be updated
Day 12	Round 9	To be updated
Day 13	Round 10	To be updated
Day 14	Round 11	To be updated To be updated
Day 15	Departure Day	To be updated

 

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Chess Olympiad 2024 Participating Teams

Here is the list of participating teams of Chess Olympiad 2024:

Open Section

#	Team	Av. Rt.	Captain
1	USA	2771	Donaldson, John
2	Azerbaijan	2705	Abasov, Nijat
3	India	2696	Narayanan, Srinath
4	Norway	2692	Haarr, Jon Kristian
5	Spain	2687	Magem Badals, Jordi
6	Poland	2683	Socko, Bartosz
7	Netherlands	2672	Smeets, Jan
8	Ukraine	2666	Sulypa, Oleksandr
9	Germany	2664	Gustafsson, Jan
10	England	2662	Pein, Malcolm
11	India 2	2649	Ramesh, R B
12	Armenia	2642	Pashikian, Arman
13	Iran	2636	Pourramezanali, Amirreza
14	Uzbekistan	2625	Sokolov, Ivan
15	France	2621	Maze, Sebastien
16	Hungary	2621	Acs, Peter
17	Czech Republic	2612	Simacek, Pavel
18	Croatia	2611	Kozul, Zdenko
19	Romania	2605	Miron, Lucian-Costin
20	Turkey	2602	Kanmazalp, Ogulcan
21	Greece	2602	Nikolaidis, Ioannis
22	Israel	2598	Glaz, Ilana David
23	Serbia	2595	Perunovic, Miodrag
24	Georgia	2580	Sturua, Zurab
25	Italy	2574	Van Wely, Loek
26	Denmark	2566	Hansen, Sune Berg
27	Brazil	2563	Priyadharshan, Kannappan
28	Australia	2559	Rodgers, Jack
29	Argentina	2558	Hungaski, Robert
30	Bulgaria	2557
31	Sweden	2556	Ahlander, Bjorn
32	Cuba	2552	Oscar Perez Garcia, Rodney
33	Austria	2546	Predojevic, Borki
34	Slovakia	2543	Movsesian, Sergei
35	Lithuania	2540	Vaznonis, Donatas
36	Switzerland	2534	Hindermann, Felix
37	Peru	2533	Gutierrez, Renzo
38	Egypt	2530	Mohamed, Farag Amrou
39	Kazakhstan	2526	Ibrayev, Nurlan
40	Montenegro	2521	Kosic, Dragan
41	Slovenia	2510	Sebenik, Matej
42	Chile	2510	Garcia Cardenas, Pablo
43	Iceland	2509	Petursson, Margeir
44	Canada	2496	Plotkin, Victor
45	Mongolia	2478	Gan-Od, Sereenen
46	Indonesia	2472	Majella, Rudijanto
47	Turkmenistan	2469	Kakabayev, Mergen
48	Paraguay	2467	Riquelme, Andres
49	Moldova	2462
50	Uruguay	2460	Rivera, Daniel
51	Belgium	2460	Hovhannisyan, Mher
52	Colombia	2456	Mosquera, Miguel
53	Philippines	2452	Torre, Eugenio
54	Portugal	2440	Galvao, Henrique
55	Albania	2434	Muco, Fatos
56	Finland	2433	Keinanen, Toivo
57	Singapore	2427	Kvon, Andrey
58	Estonia	2414	Kaido, Kulaots
59	Andorra	2398	Martinez Balastegui, Marti
60	Ireland	2396	Jackson, Carl
61	Faroe Islands	2394	Gaard, Ingolf
62	North Macedonia	2389	Nedev, Trajko
63	Mexico	2389	Della Morte, Pablo
64	Latvia	2382	Ungurs, Edgars
65	Bangladesh	2380	Mallick, Masudur Rahman
66	Ecuador	2370	Noboa, Silva Kevin
67	Kosovo	2343	Fejzullahu, Afrim
68	Scotland	2342	Minnican, Alan
69	South Africa	2342	Grover, Sahaj
70	Kyrgyzstan	2337	Imanaliev, Talaibek
71	Bolivia	2324	Munoz Contreras, Nelson
72	Venezuela	2317	Palacios, Lanza Antonio
73	Zambia	2314	Banda, Aaron
74	Malaysia	2304	Subramaniam, Sumant
75	Dominican Republic	2286	Mazara Ruiz, Adan Manuel
76	Costa Rica	2280	Fernandez Sanchez, Mario Andres
77	Tunisia	2270	Bouaziz, Mehdi
78	Nigeria	2263	Akhiwu, Eugene Ehidiamhen
79	Luxembuorg	2263	David, Alberto
80	Japan	2258	Stojanovic, Mihajlo
81	Yemen	2257	Abdulla, Ba Mallm
82	Guatemala	2249	Leyva, Hector
83	Panama	2246	Collantes, Juan Ramon
84	Iraq	2244	Al-Sahlanee, Hayder A. Jaafar
85	New Zealand	2242	Bojkov, Dejan
86	Tajikistan	2242	Hisoriev, Shorahmat
87	South Korea	2228	Song, Jinwoo
88	El Salvador	2222	Castillo, Nelson
89	Monaco	2216	Loseva, Yulia
90	Uganda	2216	Teeba, Jorden
91	Trinidad & Tobago	2213	Hunte, Keelan
92	Angola	2209	Domingos, Catarino
93	Zimbabwe	2208	Moyo, Lloyd
94	Lebanon	2198	Khodashenas, Mersad
95	Wales	2192	Hunt, Adam C
96	Syria	2191	Hamad, Alsaed
97	Algeria	2189	Badreddine Khelfallah, Omar
98	Jordan	2180	Kruppa, Yuri
99	Thailand	2176	Pitirotjirathon, Jirapak
100	Sudan	2161	Delchev, Aleksander
101	Cyprus	2148	Antoniou, Stathis
102	Nicaragua	2147	Rocha, Maximiliano
103	United Arab Emirates	2146	Erdogdu, Mert
104	Madagascar	2143	Ramalanjaona, Andrianantenaina
105	Pakistan	2114	Amer, Karim
106	Nepal	2110	Bogati, Dhan Bahadur
107	Jamaica	2107	Pitterson, Jomo
108	South Sudan	2101	Henry, John
109	Ethiopia	2091	Birhanu, Tegegn Mehadem
110	Puerto Rico	2089	Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando
111	Sri Lanka	2086	Barsov, Alexei
112	Botswana	2069	Thompson, Modisane
113	Honduras	2049	Colindres, Javier Medina
114	Netherlands Antilles	2046	Curiel, David
115	Malta	2040	Novak, Atilla Robert
116	Malawi	2028	Sharra, Leonard
117	Haiti	2026	Luxama, Jacques Muller
118	Suriname	2019	Kaslan, Marlon
119	Qatar	2010	Kuzmin, Alexey
120	Namibia	2009	Mishra, Neeraj-Kumar
121	Libya	2008	Abokrais, Kaled
122	Cape Verde	2004	Carapinha, Francisco Manuel
123	Barbados	1998	Gurevich, Mikhail
124	Myanmar	1995	Maung, Maung Kyaw Zaw Hein
125	Liechtenstein	1982	Frick, Renato
126	Mali	1977	Doumbia, Amadou
127	Jersey	1968	Mooney, Graham
128	Mauritania	1961	Mohamed Salem, Yahi
129	Bahrain	1957	Abdulgaffar, Jamal
130	Afghanistan	1949	Farazi, Khaibar
131	Saudi Arabia	1935	Haddouche, Mohamed
132	Chinese Taipei	1932	Tsai, Yao-Hung
133	Somalia	1931	Mohamoud Farah, Mustafa
134	Kenya	1928	Magana, Ben
135	Ghana	1918	Ribli, Zoltan
136	Cote d’Ivoire	1917	Mosso, Guy Serge
137	Liberia	1905	Tamba, William Saa
138	Sao Tome and Principe	1897	Sharma, Hemant
139	Hong Kong	1895	Lam, Chi Wang Raymond
140	Palestine	1893	Sader, Naji
141	Guam	1888	Tirador, Elias
142	Mozambique	1887	Alice, Mateus Felizardo Viageiro
143	Kuwait	1865	Abdel Razik, Khaled
144	Mauritius	1865	Bhowany, Koomaren
145	Oman	1865
146	Aruba	1863	Bueno Perez, Lazaro Antonio
147	Saint Lucia	1862	Comas, Martin
148	Togo	1859	Numatsi, Yawotsu Dzigba
149	Senegal	1838	Izeta Txabarri, Felix
150	Gambia	1836	Kenmure, Jamie
151	Guyana	1826	Mars, Davion
152	Maldives	1807	Li, Jackson
153	San Marino	1797	Caruso, Augusto
154	Bermuda	1796	Dimitrijevic, Aleksandra
155	Palau	1779	Cabunagan, Tito
156	Bahamas	1777	Gonzalez, Renier
157	Tanzania	1763	Mussa, Mangula
158	Nauru	1762	Depaune, Inza
159	Rwanda	1736	Nkuyubwatsi, Eddy Christian
160	Cameroon	1707	Fouda Tocko, Paul Aristide
161	Timor-Leste	1704	dos Reis, Tito
162	Lesotho	1692	Mphetole, Mona
163	Sierra Leone	1670	Lwebuga, Ronald
164	Brunei Darussalam	1657	Hj, Sulaiman Amir Fakhry
165	Eswatini	1657	Siame, William
166	Papua New Guinea	1641	McCoy, Tom
167	Gabon	1608	Bongo, Akanga Ndjila Barthelemy
168	Guernsey	1602	Akshat, Khamparia
169	Fiji	1591	Arvind, Goru
170	Cayman Islands	1586	Tracey, Shaun M
171	Burundi	1555	Ntagasigumwami, Deo
172	Eritrea	1549	Debesai, Zerabruk Sahlu
173	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1546	Esungi, Guy Botetsi
174	US Virgin Islands	1492	Smith, Michael
175	Djibouti	1470	Ismael, Mohamed Goumaneh
176	Central African Republic	1436	Kourakoumba, Florent
177	Seychelles	1371	Hoareau, Benjamin
178	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1222	Enemchukwu Chinedu, Benjamin
179	Dominica	1204	Phadke, Sohan
180	British Virgin Islands	1154	Sava, Christiansen-Danut-Eugen
181	Laos	1063	Muth, Matthias Potisarath
182	Bhutan	1000	Palden Dorji, Thinley
183	Chad	1000	Hachim Bachar, Mahamat
184	Comoros	1000	Chamsidine, Bacar Salim
185	Equatorial Guinea	1000	Gatjens Capche, Angel Estanislao
186	Niger	1000	Boureima, Adamou Noma
187	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1000	Kelkar, Abishek

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Women’s Section

#	Team	Av. Rt.	Captain
1	India	2486	Kunte, Abhijit
2	Ukraine	2478	Brodsky, Michail
3	Georgia	2475	Jojua, Davit
4	Kazakhstan	2441	Kotsur, Pavel
5	Poland	2423	Dziuba, Marcin
6	France	2400	Gozzoli, Yannick
7	Azerbaijan	2399	Mamedov, Nidjat
8	United States of America	2390	Khachiyan, Melikset
9	Germany	2383	Yakovich, Yuri
10	Bulgaria	2367	Arnaudov, G. Petar
11	Armenia	2367	Andriasian Zaven
12	India 2	2351	Swapnil, S. Dhopade
13	Hungary	2342	Papp, Gabor
14	Spain	2327	Martinez Martin, David
15	Cuba	2324	Alvarez Pedraza, Aramis
16	Netherlands	2312	Bosch, Jeroen
17	Serbia	2312	Chelushkina, Irina
18	Indonesia	2304	Lumondong, Lisa Karlina
19	Israel	2289	Botvinnik, Ilia
20	Romania	2283	Szabo, Gergely-Andras-Gyula
21	England	2274	D’Costa, Lorin
22	Slovakia	2265	Stohl, Igor
23	Czech Republic	2260	Polak, Tomas
24	Vietnam	2259	Nguyen, Minh Thang
25	Italy	2251	Bellia, Fabrizio
26	Slovenia	2245	Grosar, Aljosa
27	Greece	2236	Kotronias, Vesileios
28	Turkey	2220	Mikhalchishin, Adrian
29	Mongolia	2220	Tserendorj, Batsaikhan
30	Switzerland	2219	Novkovic, Milan
31	Estonia	2215	Kulaots, Kaido
32	Peru	2212	Pacheco, Marco
33	Colombia	2207	Rios, Cristhian Camilo
34	Sweden	2196	Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel
35	Australia	2195	Sandler, Leonid
36	Brazil	2186	Ankit, R. Rajpara
37	Austria	2185	Baumegger, Siegfried
38	Iran	2168	Hashemi, Amir Erfan
39	Philippines	2165	Gonzales, Jayson
40	Argentina	2154	Iermito, Sebastian
41	Lithuania	2148	Vaznonis, Donatas
42	Canada	2139	Thavandiran, Shiyam
43	Croatia	2117	Kovacevic, Blazimir
44	Finland	2113	Nazarova, Anastasia
45	Uzbekistan	2094	Egin, Vladimir
46	Denmark	2085	Sylvan, Jacob
47	Norway	2079	Kaasen, Tor Fredrik
48	Egypt	2078	Ezat, Mohamed
49	Belgium	2054	Goossens, Hanne
50	Latvia	2054	Maklakova, Nellija
51	Ireland	2045	O`Donnell, Conor
52	Malaysia	2038	Mok, Tze-Meng
53	Moldova	2033	Slovineanu, Viacheslav
54	Mexico	2005	Sanchez Enriquez, Oscar Gerardo
55	Singapore	1999	Luther, Thomas
56	Chile	1990	Valdes Escobar, Alvaro
57	Venezuela	1977	Sanchez Castillo, Sarai Carolina
58	Portugal	1962	Rocha, Sergio
59	Bolivia	1952	Monroy Carrizo, Javier
60	Iceland	1951	Johannesson, Ingvar Thor
61	Algeria	1946	Nassr, Nacer
62	Turkmenistan	1944	Turayev, Shahruh
63	Costa Rica	1926	Gonzalez Acosta, Bernal
64	Bangladesh	1917	Chowdhury, Mahmuda Hoque
65	Ecuador	1916	Heredia Serrano, Carla
66	Montenegro	1911	Milovic, Aleksandra
67	Paraguay	1889	Gonzalez Mancuello, Elisa
68	Nigeria	1882	Adedayo-Adeosun, Olabowale Doyin
69	Angola	1874	Assis, Antonio Henriques
70	Albania	1865	Zadrima, Aldo
71	North Macedonia	1863	Andonovski, Ljubisa
72	Scotland	1850	Minnican, Alan
73	Lebanon	1836	Shamieh, Jamal
74	New Zealand	1835	Van Riemsdijk, Herman C.
75	Dominican Republic	1832	Del Rosario Moreno, Carlos
76	El Salvador	1828	Meza Paz, Luis Rafael
77	Uruguay	1808	Moccero, Eduardo
78	Nicaragua	1798	Granados Diaz, Maria Esther
79	Kyrgyzstan	1780	Shyngys Kyzy, Aizharkyn
80	Tajikistan	1775	Odinaeva, Saodat
81	South Africa	1764	Jurgensen, Graham
82	Iraq	1762	Abdullah, Mahdi Attiyah
83	Syria	1762	Azam, Zeno
84	Monaco	1753	Berezovska, Svetlana
85	United Arab Emirates	1734	Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter
86	Puerto Rico	1733	Rivera De Jesus, Donato
87	Zambia	1723	Mukumbo, Sydney
88	Botswana	1690	Pilane Masego, Sylvia
89	Guatemala	1683	Leyva, Hector
90	Wales	1673	Healey, Michael W
91	Panama	1656	Mathews Romero, Cesar
92	Japan	1656	Petrov, Marian
93	Uganda	1651	Otim, Isaac Jonathan
94	Zimbabwe	1648	Gora, Tapiwa
95	Hong Kong	1623	Kwok, Yuen Shan
96	Jamaica	1609	Matthews, Shane
97	Sri Lanka	1592	Perera, GK Nilu Nadeeka
98	South Korea	1581	You, Garam
99	Kenya	1577	Andiwoh, Moses
100	Libya	1568	Alabed, Hadhom Mohamed M.
101	Nepal	1565	Niraula, Bhupendra
102	Andorra	1561	Garcia Paolicchi, Raul
103	Madagascar	1547	Ramorasata, Andrianina
104	Honduras	1546	Garay Munoz, Mario Gerardo
105	Thailand	1535	Chongstitwattana, Cholapat
106	Suriname	1519	Frijde, Reyna
107	Haiti	1517	Gedeus, Steven Daniel
108	Malta	1513	Sammut Briffa, Peter
109	Oman	1511
110	Mozambique	1494	Soca, Roberto Tiago
111	Palestine	1488	Ezzedein, Khaled
112	Barbados	1485	Davies, Nigel R
113	Ethiopia	1457	Reda, Tofik Berhe
114	Fiji	1449	Lyons, Ryan Joshua
115	Timor-Leste	1441	dos Santos, Elfiana
116	Tunisia	1435	Bouaziz, Mehdi
117	Guam	1418	Szekely, Zoltan
118	Trinidad & Tobago	1401	Cupid, Kevin
119	Kosovo	1392	Ermeni, Bekim
120	Pakistan	1359	Janjua, Raja Muhammad Gauhar Iqbal
121	Malawi	1342	Mwangupili, Francisco
122	Sudan	1341	Anwar, Mohamed
123	Namibia	1336	Mueller, Leonhard
124	Chinese Taipei	1322	Shih, Ching-An
125	Cyprus	1316	Bryan, Mark
126	Cape Verde	1316	Neves, Diogo Alexandre
127	Lesotho	1312	Moseli, Phera
128	Ghana	1302
129	Aruba	1290	Tromp, Hubert Randolf
130	Senegal	1289	Ba, El Hadji Saidou Nourou
131	Bahamas	1265	Ferguson, Joseph
132	Palau	1263	Mission, Baby Edna
133	Kuwait	1257	Alkout, Eman
134	Myanmar	1245	Htun, Min Thu Yein
135	Eswatini	1212	Sharma, Dinesh K.
136	Mauritius	1193	Ying, Patrick Li
137	Guyana	1184	Mohr, Georg
138	Eritrea	1181	Dirar, Khaled Hassen
139	Togo	1180	Botsoe, Koffi
140	Cameroon	1149	Djomou Kouahou, Maximilien
141	Maldives	1147	Abdul Raheem, Zeeshan
142	Jersey	1134	Zapata, Alonso
143	Bahrain	1131	Ali, Alsulaiti
144	Liberia	1114	Kondoh, Foday W.
145	Sao Tome and Principe	1109	Costa, Marcelino Tavares Batista
146	Cote d’Ivoire	1078	Zirimba, Paul
147	Tanzania	1033	Mustafa, Ebrahim
148	Sierra Leone	1002	Kamara, Sarah
149	Bhutan	1000	Pem, Kuenzang
150	Burundi	1000	Ingabire, Alain-Michel
151	Central African Republic	1000	Gamba, Merveille-Gloria
152	Comoros	1000	Farhana, Said Ali
153	Djibouti	1000	Hassan, Kadir Ali
154	Gabon	1000	Bongo, Akanga Ndjila Barthelemy
155	Gambia	1000	Kenmure, Jamie
156	Laos	1000	Somchanda, Vong Thong
157	Mali	1000	Camara, Salimata dite Mama
158	Rwanda	1000	Ngoga, Eustache
159	Saudi Arabia	1000	Masrahi, Abdulrahman A
160	Seychelles	1000	Aizenberg, Lior
161	Somalia	1000	Muhumad, Mahad Dahir
162	South Sudan	1000	Deng, Aluel Elizabeth Akuei

Disclaimer: The above list of participating teams has been taken from https://www.fide.com/.

Chess Olympiad 2024 Tickets

Chess Olympiad 2024 tickets booking is now open and one can book a ticket at its official website- https://tickets.aicf.in/. Check below the ticket price of Chess Olympiad 2024:

Category	Ticket Cost
Hall 2 Student U-19/Women/TN Govt. Staff	Rs.200/-
Hall 2 Indian	Rs.2000/-
Hall 2 Foreigner	Rs.6000/-
Hall 1 Student U-19/Women/TN Govt. Staff	Rs.300/-
Hall 1 Indian	Rs.3000/-
Hall 1 Foreigner	Rs.8000/-

How to Book Ticket for Chess Olympiad 2024?

The official website to book your ticket for Chess Olympiad 2024 is https://tickets.aicf.in/. Please follow the procedure below to book your ticket online:

Step 1: Visit the official website of Chess Olympiad.

Step 2: Hit the Book now button displayed on the screen.

The following screen will be displayed soon you click Book Now button.

Here you need to enter your name, email, mobile number, country name, and city name. You’ll also need to upload a government ID proof (aadhar/passport).

Important Notes:

• You are not allowed to bring mobile and all electronics devices including wrist watches inside the tournament hall.
• You can deposit your gadget the specified counters.
• The authority might reject your ticket in case of submission of wrong information.
• There is also a provision of parking your vehicle.

Chess Olympiad 2024 Prize Money

The total prize money for Chess Olympiad 2024 is INR 500000 Lakh. We have shared the prize money for winners with first, second and third rank below:

First Winner: INR35000/-

Second Winner: INR25000/-

Third Winner: INR20000/-

GK Questions on Chess Olympiad

Question: During World War II, who were some of the top Chess players as well as code breakers?

Ans: British masters Harry Golombek, Stuart Milner-Barry, and H.O’D. Alexander was on the team which broke the Nazi Enigma code.

Question: How many squares are there on a chessboard?

Ans: Sixty Four Squares

Question: When was the First Chess Board appeared?

Ans: The modern chessboard as we see it today appeared first in Europe in 1090.

Question: In which country did chess first originate?

Ans: India – in the early 7th century.

Question: What is the old name of chess?

Ans: Chess passed from Persia to the Arab world, where its name changed to Ariabic shatranj.

Question: Who starts a game of chess?

Ans: The white player

Question: Who is the World Chess Champion for the longest time ever?

Ans: A German named Dr. Emanuel Lasker retained the Champion title for the most time: 26 years and 337days

Question: Who was the youngest ever world chess champion?

Ans: Garry Kasparov – he became the youngest international chess champion at 22 years and 210 days back in In 1985.

Question: Who is Credited for creating the longest Chess Problem, mate in 290 moves?

Ans: Blathy, Otto (1860-1939)

Question: What is ‘queening’?

Ans: When a pawn reaches the opposite end of the board, and transforms into another piece – the queen.

Question: Who holds the record for being the youngest ever chess grandmaster?

Ans: Avhimanyu Mishra was the youngest at 12 years and 4 months, and second was Sergei Karjakin who was 12 years and 7 months.

Question: What’s the highest title for a chess player?

Ans: Grandmaster

Question: What was ‘Deep Blue’?

Ans: An IBM computer program that defeated reigning world chess champion Garry Kasparov in a game of chess in February 1996.

Question: What is the shortest possible number of moves for a checkmate?

Ans: Two. This is known as a ‘Fool’s Mate’, and can only be achieved by whoever is playing black.

Question: Which is the only piece that can start with a special move?

Ans: Pawn. Pawns can begin by moving two squares instead of one, only on their first move.

Question: Beth Harmon is a fictional character in which chess-themed drama?

Ans: The Queen’s Gambit

Question: Who developed the first computer program for playing chess?

Ans: Alan Turing

Question: What is the origin of the word ‘checkmate’?

Ans: It comes from the Persian ‘shah mat’, meaning ‘the king is dead’.

Question: What is a ‘Scholar’s Mate’?

Ans: A strategy in which the player wins in only four moves.