Monday 24 December 2018

Christmas Quiz 2018

Maintaining a proud tradition that started way back in 2017, I am pleased to present the second KCC Christmas Quiz.

This year, our theme is once again those players who inhabit the chess stratosphere - namely Grandmasters. But this time, it is all A listers we are talking about - oh alright, there are some B listers too - but nevertheless, the answers to the following anagrams can all be found in the current top 100 rated players. So they all know the moves, and the odds are that most of you will have heard of most of them!

The questions are presented in alphabetical order of the GM's first name - except for those strange creatures (aka Chinese/Vietnamese) who will insist on having their names back to front! To make life easier, the clues also show the number of letters in each GMs name, and because this is, after all, a time for giving, I have made it considerably easier by giving their nationality as well. If you want to make it more of a challenge, simply squint and refrain from looking at the right hand column!

Answers to follow in a few days. The maximum score is 50. Anyone who can't get No 27 should be taken out and shot, so I expect everyone to get at least one right! Number 3 is possibly the most obscure.

Happy quizzing!

1 Exhaling dark curse 9,8 Russia
2 Rain I sigh 5,4 Netherlands
3 Moth necked anon 5,9 Russia
4 Staid anarchy kid 6,9 Azerbaijan
5 Ben, maim ass 6,4 Egypt
6 Grand foibles 5,7 Israel
7 Avoid bun lid 6,5 Russia
8 Held avid owl 5,6 England
9 Red lining 4,5 China
10 A dim tiny drinker 6,9 Russia
11 Tom in jerky vodka 6,9 Russia
12 I overtake sinner 7,8 Russia
13 Entice baronet 7,6 France
14 Heavens veto sky gym 6,11 Russia
15 Berserk fence 6,6 Hungary
16 I egg librarians ass 7,10 Armenia
17 Various edging 5,8 Azerbaijan
18 A neon jigsaw 6,5 England
19 Khaki rum, an aura 6,8 USA
20 A niche champion nit 3,14 Russia
21 Love a king rook 4,9 Latvia
22 A sin vicar 4,5 Croatia
23 Trunks of jazzy dad 3,9,4 Poland
24 Quell enigma 2,5,4 Vietnam
25 Real onion van 5,7 Armenia
26 Make lunches 4,7 England
27 Gunmen rascals 6,7 Norway
28 Marks rug rage 6,6 Austria
29 Thwarted males 7,6 England
30 Exclaim, via grave harem 6,7,7 France
31 A chisel madam 7,5 England
32 Sanguine drills 4,10 Sweden
33 Halt a hair spinnaker 7,11 India
34 Eke petrol 5,4 Hungary
35 Divert lepers 5,7 Russia
36 Rosy baron 3,6 USA
37 Trap horrid crap 7,7 Hungary
38 Unshaken small ad 6,9 USA
39 Gas jerkier Yank 6,8 Russia
40 My hairy aardvarks home 10,10 Azerbaijan
41 Bait army ant 5,6 Israel
42 Jarred via bum too 7,8 Azerbaijan
43 Vanish lucky visa 7,8 Ukraine
44 Involves top ale 7,7 Bulgaria
45 Wants an avian hand 11,5 India
46 Evil deformed visa 8,8 Russia
47 Dim Mark - rival kin 8,7 Russia
48 Rival medieval vats 9,8 Russia
49 A new guy 4,3 China
50 Owls eyes 6,2 USA

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