Sports - MCQs with answers - Part X

ANSWER: b) Emanuel Lasker

He held the title from 1894 to 1921.

ANSWER: d) Jose Raul Capablanca

In 1922 world champion Capablanca proposed the "London Rules": the first player to win six games would win the match; playing sessions would be limited to 5 hours; the time limit would be 40 moves in two and a half hours; the champion must defend his title within one year of receiving a challenge from a recognized master; the champion would decide the date of the match; the champion was not obliged to accept a challenge for a purse of less than US $10,000; 20% of the purse was to be paid to the title holder, and the remainder being divided, 60% going to the winner of the match, and 40% to the loser; the highest purse bid must be accepted.

ANSWER: a) 1924

The World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national chess federations around the world and acts as the governing body of international chess competition. It is usually referred to as FIDE. It is French acronym.

ANSWER: a) 1993

The PCA was created in 1993 by Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short for the marketing and organization of their chess world championship.

ANSWER: a) Alexander Khalifman

Alexander Valeryevich Khalifman is a Russian chess Grandmaster.

ANSWER: d) Viswanathan Anand

Anand became India's first grandmaster in 1988.

ANSWER: c) Ruslan Ponomariov

At the age of 18, he is the first teenager and youngest person to ever become FIDE World Champion.

ANSWER: d) Vladimir Kramnik

Kramnik became the first unified and undisputed World Chess Champion since Kasparov split from FIDE to form the PCA in 1993.

ANSWER: b) 1897

The mixed doubles event was added in 1902 and the women's doubles in 1907. This "French club members only" tournament was played until 1924.

ANSWER: b) 1925

International Lawn Tennis Federation designated the French Championship as a major championship.

ANSWER: a) 1913

In 1924 it became the officially recognised organisation with authority to control lawn tennis throughout the world, with official 'ILTF Rules of Tennis'. In 1977 it dropped the word 'lawn' from its title, recognising that most tennis was no longer played on grass.

ANSWER: c) 1968

Since 1981, new prizes have been presented: the Prix Orange for the player demonstrating the best sportsmanship and cooperative attitude with the press, the Prix Citron for the player with the strongest character and personality and the Prix Bourgeon for the tennis player revelation of the year.

ANSWER: a) 1981

The new prizes have been presented since 1981. The Prix Orange is for the player demonstrating the best Sportsmanship and cooperative attitude with the press. The Prix Citron is for the player with the strongest character and personality. The Prix Bourgeon is for the tennis player revelation of the year.

ANSWER: c) 2007

It was announced that the event would provide equal prize money for both men and women in all rounds for the first time in March 2007.

ANSWER: d) Michael Chang

Michael Te-Pei Chang is an American tennis player. He became the youngest male player to win a Grand Slam singles title when he won the French Open in 1989 at the age of 17 years and 4 months.

ANSWER: c) Monica Seles

In 1990, Seles became the youngest-ever French Open champion at the age of 16.