| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | SIBLINGS OF NOTE $800: A dynamic trio in this game, the Polgar sisters are Susan, Sofia & Judit, who beat Boris Spassky chess |
| #8952, aired 2023-10-17 | WORLD WRITERS $400: In Vladimir Nabokov's "The Luzhin Defense", a master of this game loses his grip on reality chess |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | WHAT'S ALL THIS? $2000: 5 sections: "The Burial of the Dead", "A Game of Chess", "The Fire Sermon", "Death by Water" & "What the Thunder Said" "The Waste Land" |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $400: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) In what became known as the "game of the century", in 1956 this then-little-known 13-year-old announced his presence with a spectacular queen sacrifice to defeat one of America's top masters (Bobby) Fischer |
| #8804, aired 2023-02-09 | YOU'RE ON THE WORLD MONEY $800: Tigran Petrosian, on an Armenian dram, was a world champion of this game chess |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | CHESS FOR CHAMPS $800: In an anticlimax, a 1978 World Championship game was this kind of draw on the 124th move a stalemate |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | THE AFTER PARTY $300: Mongo only this least valuable chess piece in game of life a pawn |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | GETTING CLOCK WISE $600: In 1988 Bobby Fischer patented a new type of clock that soon became widely used in this game, his specialty chess |
| #8360, aired 2021-03-19 | GAME $400: The 2019 entry of the "Avengers" franchise was called this, a term that denotes the final stages of a chess contest Endgame |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | CLASSIC FOREIGN FILMS $3,600 (Daily Double): In Bergman's "The Seventh Seal", a disillusioned knight plays a game of chess with this opponent the Grim Reaper, or Death |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $1600: A woodpusher is a weak player of this game chess |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | VERY SMALL TALK $1200: A very small painting, or a very short game of chess a miniature |
| #7772, aired 2018-05-29 | DETAIL $200: Pieces in the 4 corners of the board at the start of a game of chess the rooks |
| #7300, aired 2016-05-13 | THE QUOTABLE BEN FRANKLIN $1000: From this game "we may learn... foresight... circumspection... caution... and... the habit of not being discouraged" chess |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | END OF THE ALPHABET $600: If you're in zugzwang, you're playing this game & have no choice but to make a dangerous move chess |
| #6161, aired 2011-05-30 | NO DICE $800: Shogi is a Japanese variant of this board game but captured pieces can be used by the opponent chess |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | 30 SOMETHING $1000: Total number of pieces including pawns at the start of a chess game 32 |
| #5777, aired 2009-10-27 | INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINES $600: 64, a magazine devoted to this game, is from Russia, home of champions at it like Khalifman & Kramnik chess |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | A GAME OF CHESS $200: If you pawn your chess set, the shop will check to make sure there are this many pawns in it 16 |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | A GAME OF CHESS $400: In castling, you move the king & this piece (aka a castle) simultaneously the rook |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | A GAME OF CHESS $600: It's the only chess piece that can jump over others the knight |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | A GAME OF CHESS $800: The 17th letter of the English alphabet, in chess notation it stands for the most powerful piece on the board Q |
| #5449, aired 2008-04-24 | A GAME OF CHESS $1000: The final stage, with most of the pieces off the board, it's also a Samuel Beckett play title the endgame |
| #5335, aired 2007-11-16 | IT AIN'T ROCKET SCIENCE $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a chess board.) Usually done early in the game, it's the chess move seen here & can't be done if you've previously moved your king castling |
| #5328, aired 2007-11-07 | BLOGS OF THE NEW YORK TIMES $200: You old school gamers, check out "The Gambit", a blog about this ancient game chess |
| #5322, aired 2007-10-30 | PIECE $1000: It's the more correct name for the castle piece in a game of chess a rook |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | CHESS NUTS $1000: A Grandmaster should plan a "grand" this, the first phase of a chess game an opening |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | "Q"ING UP $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew plays a game of chess.) By advancing to the eighth rank, my pawn has taken this self-promoting step queening |
| #5154, aired 2007-01-25 | RUSSIAN CINEMA $400: The 1925 film "Shakhmatnaya Goryachka" centered on an excited participant in a tournament of this game chess |
| #4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2000: In a Tim Rice musical, Frederick & Anatoly vie to be world champion of this game chess |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | ABBREV. $1000: The end of a game:
CHM checkmate |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | CHESS $800: The "Sicilian" one starts with a move by black on the queen's half of the board a defense |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | CHESS $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while demonstrating in a chess game with Sarah.) It's the 8-letter term for the direction in which I've chosen to castle kingside |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | CHESS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while at a chessboard with Cheryl.) Even chess masters often begin a game with this familiar opening named for a Spanish priest Ruy Lopez |
| #4756, aired 2005-04-18 | YOUR NUMBER'S UP $3,000 (Daily Double): Number of different opening moves possible by one player in a game of chess 20 |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER $1200: In this film classic, Max von Sydow is a knight who takes on death in a game of chess The Seventh Seal |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | BOARD GAMES $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reads before she plays a fast game of chess with Jimmy.) We've only got 5 minutes each to make all our moves in this game with a two-word name speed chess |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at the chalkboard) It's the classic game being represented here chess |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FOR THE BIRDS $600: This large member of the crow family shares its name with a piece used in the game of chess rook |
| #4157, aired 2002-10-01 | LET THE GAMES BEGIN $400: During a match of this ancient game, you might move one of your pieces to queen's bishop three chess |
| #4090, aired 2002-05-17 | JUST TO THE RIGHT $1200: At the start of a chess game, it's your piece just to the right of the white king bishop |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | A GAME OF CHESS $400: It's customary but not obligatory to declare when you have your foe in this, which can occur several times in a game check |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | A GAME OF CHESS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands on a gigantic chessboard at a beach.) A recommended opening move is "'P'-ing to K-4", which is short for this pawn to king 4 |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | A GAME OF CHESS $1200: In castling, you put one of these, also called castles, in a stronger attacking position a rook |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | A GAME OF CHESS $1600: (Cheryl is on the beach chessboard again.) When setting up to start a chess game, remember the rule: Queen on this her own color |
| #4040, aired 2002-03-08 | A GAME OF CHESS $2000: The final stage, with most of the pieces off the board, it's also a Samuel Beckett play title "Endgame" |
| #4001, aired 2002-01-14 | PETER MARK ROGET $400: In 1845 Roget designed a portable pocket version of this board game chess |
| #3759, aired 2000-12-28 | PLAYTIME $100: This board game requires a number of bishops, knights & pawns chess |
| #2999, aired 1997-09-18 | GIMME YOUR NUMBER $200: It's the number of bishops on a chess board at the start of a game 4 |
| #2517, aired 1995-07-11 | ODD WORDS $500: "Check" this out: a patzer is an inferior or amateur player of this game chess |
| #2327, aired 1994-10-18 | POTPOURRI $300: At the start of a chess game, only a pawn or this piece may move the knight |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | ODD WORDS $100: A fianchetto is the early development of the bishop in this game chess |
| #1562, aired 1991-05-21 | FAMOUS RUSSIANS $400: When he was nine, Anatoly Karpov was rated a first-category player of this game chess |
| #1359, aired 1990-06-28 | TOYS & GAMES $300: Billed as the "royal game of India", it was 1st played by a ruler who used real people as pawns Parcheesi |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | IN THE NEWS $200: Garry Kasparov recently beat a computer program, Deep Thought, in a game of this Chess |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | NOTORIOUS $200: This terrifying czar died on March 18, 1584 while playing a game of chess Ivan The Terrible |
| #1005, aired 1989-01-06 | ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS $200: In the book Alice finds herself just a pawn in a giant game of this chess |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | THE MOVIES $600: Finding himself in jeopardy, Max von Sydow challenges Death to a game of this in "The Seventh Seal" chess |
| #712, aired 1987-10-13 | GAMES $1000: Jose Capablanca died at 53 from a stroke while watching; not playing in, one of these chess [match/game?] |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | BEGINNINGS $400: Older than chess, a form of this common board game was played by Egyptians in 2nd millennium B.C. checkers |
| #570, aired 1987-02-13 | GAMES $300: Number of pieces with which each player begins a game of chess 16 |
| #561, aired 1987-02-02 | TOYS & GAMES $500: Played in court of Mogul Emperor Akbar with slave girls as pawns, it's the "Royal Game of India" parcheesi |
| #166, aired 1985-04-29 | POT LUCK $200: Karpov and Kasparov have set a record for draws in play-offs for this game's championship chess |
