TN wrote on 10/26/12 at 14:28:08:
Which piece is referred to as 'this tall thrusting one' in the Cambridge Footlights Revue's parody of the Master Game?
I would've thought this is too obscure, and it could end up denying access to people who you're not trying to exclude.
Jupp53 wrote on 10/26/12 at 16:11:43:
Name three strong from three different countries before Paul Morphy.
Maybe I've misunderstood what is being asked here as there appears to be at least one word missing, but I think this is too hard. Also, a good general principle of quiz-type questions is that they should have a unique answer that can be stated succinctly, whereas this one might give rise to a number of possible solutions. In practice, this means that someone (Tony, presumably) might have to go through the answers to decide which ones are correct. Furthermore, there's a judgment call involved that further muddies the waters: what is 'strong'?
Smyslov_Fan wrote on 10/26/12 at 16:02:06:
If you're gonna ask a chess question, it should be something really simple.
For instance, "Who beat Anatoly Karpov to become the 13th World Champion?"
I quite agree that it should be something simple and I reckon this is more along the right lines, though I wonder if it's worth going for something even simpler, such as
'How many squares are there on a chessboard?'