Prizes

Our World Cup Quiz would have run more smoothly if we had hired a lawyer to draft unambiguous questions. Two of our three hurdle questions eliminated nobody. Only Grünfeld fans were killed off early on. Below are what I believe to be the correct answers to all the questions. Before we assess your efforts, and then […]

The English Chess Federation announced its four-book shortlist for Book of the Year. Each publisher is allowed to nominate two books and the Quality Chess two both made the cut. Ilya Smirin’s King’s Indian Warfare and Jacob’s Thinking Inside the Box are our runners. The other two nominees are books by Timman and Portisch, so it’s

We have run a few quizzes before, and they have been fun, so with the 2017 World Cup starting on Sunday in Georgia, let’s have another. I say it’s for fun, but there is a winner-takes-all prize. Quality Chess will send a box of 20 books to your home. 10 of them chosen by you,

These will be sent to the winner of the quiz today. 

We have had the answers to the Quiz, and now is the time to officially announce the winner. Congratulations to “J.A. Topfke”! Thanks to everyone who took part, and commiserations in particular to “RAP” who, as he mentioned in this comment, missed out on winning by one move. He was level on points, with the

I have put the final answers into the Quiz excel sheet, so you can all see how well you did. The rules for the quiz were given in this post. Please feel welcome to check if I got anything wrong!! It is certainly not impossible. After considering any complaints we will officially announce the winner at the

I have finally gotten around to format the Quiz excel sheet, so you can all see how well you are doing. The rules for the quiz were given in this post: I have taken the answers as being a “current situation”, not a guess or anything. Please feel welcome to check if I got anything

Yet another top event, yet another chance to win a big pile of books. This time however, the prize will consist of books written by the late Mark Dvoretsky. You will not be disappointed. The way to enter is to answer these 15 questions. We have tried to update our entry system this time around.