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3. Fun Facts About Chess Openings

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  • The Spanish Opening" is also called "The Ruy Lopez" after a 16th century Spanish priest. True or False?
    True
    False
  • Bird's Opening is named after the 19th century British master Henry Bird. True or False?
    False
    True
  • This chess opening is called ...
    "Tarakan", from the Russian word that means 'cockroach'.
    "Caro-Kan", after Horatio Caro and Ilya Kan.
    "Caravan", as it was invented by Arab travellers in the 9th century.
    "Caro-Kann", after Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann.
  • US champion Frank J. Marshall authored several opening systems. The one depicted is called ...
    The Marshall Gambit.
    The Marshall Attack.
    The Marshall Endgame.
    The Marshall Defense.
  • This chess opening is called the Benoni, after ...
    the town Benoni in South Africa.
    a novel of the same name.
    the hebrew word "benoni", which means "son of my pain".
    the Italian master Francisco Benoni.
  • This chess opening took its name from ...
    the Israeli Grandmaster Yehuda Grunfeld.
    the Austrian master Ernst Grünfeld.
    the Israeli Grandmaster Alon Greenfeld.
    the German word "grünfeld" which means 'green field'.