chessdon chess quiz

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[b]Below is a chess quiz of mine, a bit unusual and a couple of my answers are subjective and one may legitimately disagree. I’ll post my answers in a few days and congratulate who did the best… Good luck and I hope some of you all correct.

1. What was GM Arnold Denker’s first name?[/b]

Obviously a trick question, but I don’t know the answer other than Arnold. The reference books I have give his full name as Arnold Sheldon Denker.

Chessdon: It was Andrew. An Uncle called him Andrew at an eary age and it stuck except for official things like taxes, drivers license and pssports.

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4) What was GM Miguel Najdorf’s first name?

This time a reference book provides the answer. The Oxford Companion to Chess says that he changed his forename from Mieczyslaw to Miguel when he became a naturalized citizen of Argentina in 1944.

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6) What Russian KGB Colonel was Karpov’s chess spokesman

Viktor Baturinsky (unless it’s a trick question)

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Did Kasparov really take back a move against Judith Polgar?]

If I recall correctly, the answer is “yes” based on a videotape of their game (I don’t remember which one.)

Chessdon: No, I have the slides and although it looks more like he did then he did not, it is not 100%clear.