Daily Quiz: On World chess champions Premium
The Hindu
With Ding Liren set to defend his crown against D. Gukesh, here is a quiz on World chess champions
Q: Who is considered the first official World Chess Champion with his triumph in 1886?
A: Wilhelm Steinitz
Q: What is common to Alexei Shirov, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and Boris Gelfand?
A: They are the individual players whom Viswanathan Anand defeated to win four of his five ‘World’ titles.
Q: Who holds the record for being the youngest World Champion?
A: Garry Kasparov.
Q: Which player was crowned champion in 1975 because the defending champion defaulted?
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