Chess history trivia
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Ah fair point, my confusion.
"Do you play chess?"
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Which famous diplomat and chessplayer was buried at St. Pancras on 28 May 1810?
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Chevalier d'Éon
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Ah, yes, Justin. Too easy, I can see ...
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Which brothers met for the first time in an olympiad playing for different countries?
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We need questions that a search engine will not answer.
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Dan Yanofsky from Canada apparently first met his brother, one J Janofsky, at the Buenos Aries Olympiad in 1939. But I don't think you'll find that Mr J was playing in the Olympiad - he just happened to have moved to Argentina.MJMcCready wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 10:21 amWhich brothers met for the first time in an olympiad playing for different countries?
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Yikes, I have a propensity to misjudge these questions. I felt bad that the question was too hard. Obviously not.
Okay here's a really tough one that google can't help you with.
Which unofficial world champion keeps adding questions to this thread that he thinks are too difficult but are too easy.
Bonus question (super-tough) which league does he remain so deeply proud of despite not being an active member of it for many many years and when he did play in it he wasn't that good anyway.
Okay here's a really tough one that google can't help you with.
Which unofficial world champion keeps adding questions to this thread that he thinks are too difficult but are too easy.
Bonus question (super-tough) which league does he remain so deeply proud of despite not being an active member of it for many many years and when he did play in it he wasn't that good anyway.
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Another question:
Which keen chessplayer met with a top Nazi during World War II to discuss a peace proposal?
Which keen chessplayer met with a top Nazi during World War II to discuss a peace proposal?
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I know that one. John Simon, the Lord Chancellor. Top Nazi was Rudolf Hess, of course.
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Yes, well done, Nick. The meeting took place on 9 June 1941 at Mytchett Place, near Aldershot. It seems Hess also played chess. Does anyone have information about that?
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On a similar vein, which keen chess player's signature is on display at the Palace of Versaille?
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Napoleon Bonaparte is either the right answer or the QI sirens answer, but I'll go with it.Alex McFarlane wrote: ↑Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:24 pmOn a similar vein, which keen chess player's signature is on display at the Palace of Versaille?
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I hope you are well and truly deafened.
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Is it Bonar Law?