Famous Chess Grandmasters and World Championships MCQs

1. Who was the first official World Chess Champion?
(A) Anatoly Karpov
(B) Wilhelm Steinitz
(C) Bobby Fischer
(D) Garry Kasparov

2. Who defeated Boris Spassky in 1972 to become the first American World Chess Champion?
(A) Garry Kasparov
(B) Bobby Fischer
(C) Magnus Carlsen
(D) Viswanathan Anand

3. Magnus Carlsen is from which country?
(A) Sweden
(B) Russia
(C) Denmark
(D) Norway

4. Garry Kasparov lost his World Championship title in 2000 to:
(A) Vladimir Kramnik
(B) Anatoly Karpov
(C) Boris Gelfand
(D) Peter Leko

5. Who is known as the “Mozart of Chess”?
(A) Bobby Fischer
(B) Magnus Carlsen
(C) Fabiano Caruana
(D) Hikaru Nakamura

6. In what year was the first Chess Olympiad held?
(A) 1924
(B) 1927
(C) 1932
(D) 1945

7. Which chess player is famous for playing “The Immortal Game”?
(A) Paul Morphy
(B) Adolf Anderssen
(C) Jose Capablanca
(D) Emanuel Lasker

8. Which title is awarded by FIDE to the highest level of chess proficiency?
(A) International Master
(B) Grandmaster
(C) National Champion
(D) World Candidate