British Championships Quiz

Prize: Free entry to the section in Liverpool 2008 of the player’s choice for which s/he is eligible. Where a player enters more than one section, the prize will be applied to the highest entry fee section entered. Where players have already entered, the fee will be returned to the player. The prize is non-transferable. Only one entry per player is permitted.

Entries to by 30 June 2008. Where two or more entries achieve the same score, the winner will the player who has already entered the most sections. If still tied, the prize shall be decided by lot.

1. Where was the first British Championships in 1904 held?

2. Who was the British Champion first to be awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE?

3. Who is the British organiser who has organised the biggest chess event, possibly in the world?

4. Who is the organiser who has organised the biggest chess event in Britain, which took place over a short period?

5. Who is the English person who was a main organiser of a Chess Olympiad?

6. Who is the only pre-Second World War winner of a British championship title still living today?

7. Jonathan Penrose won how many British Championships titles?

8. Stewart Reuben has written a number of books on chess. What is the subject of his other books?

9. What is the maximum number of games in which a player could play in the whole congress Sunday 27 July to Friday 8 August? This does not include the evening events, nor any simultaneous displays.

10. Only one British Championship was held in 1944. Who won that title?

Stewart’s decision will be final regarding this prize.