| #9358, aired 2025-06-18 | EARLY BLOOMERS $2000: Once the youngest chess grandmaster in history at 15, Bobby Fischer later gave up U.S. citizenship & died a citizen of this country Iceland |
| #9309, aired 2025-04-10 | GAMES $1000: Like square pizza, a popular system of chess defense gets its name from this Mediterranean island Sicily |
| #9275, aired 2025-02-21 | PROLOGUES $400: Carroll's preface to this sequel includes a chess problem that underlies the book's action Through the Looking-Glass |
| #30, aired 2025-01-29 | CHESS $200: Using this word is the chess version of a mic drop; it means escape for your opponent's king has become impossible checkmate |
| #30, aired 2025-01-29 | CHESS $400: This chess piece often looks like a horse but it's named after the chivalrous guy who might ride one a knight |
| #30, aired 2025-01-29 | CHESS $600: Often shortened to "GM", it's the highest title conferred on players by the International Chess Federation grandmaster |
| #30, aired 2025-01-29 | CHESS $800: This Emmy-winning series about a chess prodigy took its name from one of the game's oldest & best-known openings The Queen's Gambit |
| #30, aired 2025-01-29 | CHESS $1000: Feeling bouncy? Try this special strategic move; it's the only time a player can move two pieces at once a castle (castling) |
| #9256, aired 2025-01-27 | GAME TIME $800: In chess, one of these diagonally moving pieces is "bad" if it's blocked by its own pawns a (bad) bishop |
| #9141, aired 2024-07-08 | ENDGAME $200: In this game, used as a metaphor in Beckett's "Endgame", I forgot to use the Schlechter Defense against the Danish Gambit; I'm toast chess |
| #36, aired 2024-05-20 | STATUE OF LIMITATIONS $400: Some of the wee & intricate 12th century pieces for this game found on the Isle of Lewis live at the British Museum chess |
| #9104, aired 2024-05-16 | TV "Q" $400: The title of this limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy refers to an opening in chess The Queen's Gambit |
| #29, aired 2024-05-13 | LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO READ $400: Chess, reverse imagery & the poem "Jabberwocky" appear in this sequel from the 1870s Through the Looking-Glass |
| #9098, aired 2024-05-08 | A RAPPER'S DELIGHT $600: Will Smith trained in this pastime with Grandmaster Maurice Ashley chess |
| #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 |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE ONE AND ONLY... $1200: Chess piece that can jump over other pieces knight |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $200: When things are hopeless, rather than waiting for checkmate, it's considered polite to do this, like Richard Nixon resign |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $400: If one of these moves 2 squares rather than one, it may be captured "en passant", in passing a pawn |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $600: In a set of standard Staunton-style pieces, not bishops but these pieces are topped with crosses kings |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $800: White moves first & looks to increase his advantage; black replies & seeks to gain this, part of Wyoming's state nickname equality |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $1000: (Jennifer Shahade presents the clue.) 32 of the 34 games in the 1927 Capablanca-Alekhine world championship match began with this opening that was in the news again 93 years later thanks to the fictional Beth Harmon the Queen's Gambit |
| #8985, aired 2023-12-01 | FUN WITH GEOMETRY $800: The line along which a bishop in chess moves, it cuts a square into 2 triangles a diagonal |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | CHESS $400: The first "C" in ICCF; it stands for how moves are exchanged between players geographically apart correspondence |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | CHESS $800: The "Sicilian" one starts with a move by black on the queen's half of the board defense |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | CHESS $1200: It's the 8-letter term for the direction in which white has chosen to castle kingside |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | CHESS $1600: Bring your queen out fast against an inexperienced player & you can have this victory after just 2 moves a fool's mate |
| #8980, aired 2023-11-24 | CHESS $2000: Even chess masters often begin a game with this familiar opening, named for a Spanish priest the Ruy Lopez |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FIX THE MOVIE QUOTE $200: Brad Pitt:
"The first rule of chess club is: you do not talk about chess club" Fight Club |
| #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 |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | COMPUTING MILESTONES $800 (Daily Double): In 1997, an IBM computer named Deep Blue beat grandmaster Garry Kasparov at this game chess |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $2000: In chess there are this many possible opening first moves for white 20 |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | B MINUS $600: Wash away the B from a type of small river & get this name for a chess piece a rook (from brook) |
| #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 |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $800: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Famed for works like "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2", in the 1920s this great Dadaist all but abandoned art for chess, becoming a master & going on to play for France in four Chess Olympiads Duchamp |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $1200: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Many a seemingly hopeless position has been turned into a draw via this tactic, with the apparently winning side's king unable to escape repeated nagging attacks by an enemy piece perpetual check |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $1600: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) 2023 saw the end of an era as this longtime world champion opted not to defend his title, even though he remained by far the world's top-rated player Carlsen |
| #9, aired 2023-05-15 | CHESS, MASTERS $2000: (Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) My book "Chess Queens" tells the story of the game's female pioneers, like this trio of stereotype-shattering sisters whose youngest, Judit, became both the world's youngest grandmaster & the first woman to be ranked among the world's top 10 players the Polgárs (the Polgár sisters) |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | BUILD YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES $1600: The + a city in southern Afghanistan home to Ahmad Shah's tomb + a chess opening involving a sacrifice The Kandahar Gambit |
| #8861, aired 2023-05-01 | "R" NATURE $1600: Beginning with the name of a chess piece, it's a place where birds like herons & egrets breed & nest rookery |
| #8856, aired 2023-04-24 | NON-VIDEO GAMES $200: These are the 2 pieces that can be moved to begin a chess game pawn & knight |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | FOREIGN POLITICAL PARTIES $2000: This world chess champ drew the ire of Putin by creating the United Civil Front in 2005 Kasparov |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | YOU LOSE $800: If you're "searching for" losses by this chess champ, you'll find in 1964 he did fall to John Dedinsky in 17 moves Fischer |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | THE TITLE TV CHARACTER'S BUDDIES $200: Coach Beard, with an affinity for both soccer & chess Ted Lasso |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | THIS IS HOW I WIN $400: Employ the Benko Gambit... wait, maybe the Grünfeld Defense.... ooh, the Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack! Let's go with that! chess |
| #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 |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GETTING CLOSE TO SOMETHING $13,000 (Daily Double): Doctor Strange tells Tony Stark, "we're in" this "now", a term for the final stage of a chess contest; so are you an endgame |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | THEY WROTE THE MOVIE $2000: As well as directing, Ingmar Bergman wrote this 1957 classic featuring a chess game with Death The Seventh Seal |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CHESS PAINS $200: Alexander Alekhine was said to have resigned a game not by tipping this piece over but by hurling it across the room the king |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CHESS PAINS $400: Alexandru Crisan was stripped of the coveted title international this after allegations he'd attained it by fixing games grandmaster |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CHESS PAINS $600: In 2008 Ukrainian star Vassily Ivanchuk stormed out of a Chess Olympiad rather than submit to one of these tests a drug test |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CHESS PAINS $800: It took a phone call from Henry Kissinger & a doubling of the prize fund to get this tempestuous American to play his Soviet foe in 1972 Bobby Fischer |
| #8791, aired 2023-01-23 | CHESS PAINS $1000: His name signifies "newcomer", & this relative newcomer sparked accusations of cheating after a 2022 upset of champ Magnus Carlsen (Hans) Niemann |
| #8775, aired 2022-12-30 | SHAKESPEARE'S CONTEMPORARIES $2000: In Thomas Middleton's 1624 "A Game at Chess", the black pieces represented this country that threatened England Spain |
| #8768, aired 2022-12-21 | MACHINES $600: Not as famous as its chess-playing descendant, in 1962 an IBM 7094 beat a champion named Robert Nealey at this game checkers |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | ANGLES AMONG US $800: "Angle of" precedes this word, which in chess means to threaten a piece with capture attack |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | CHARACTER ACTORS $200: Bill Camp played the janitor who teaches a girl to play chess, on this streaming show The Queen's Gambit |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | CHESS FOR CHAMPS $200: It's the only chess piece that can hop over an opposing piece when it moves a knight |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | CHESS FOR CHAMPS $400: In 2016 Timur Gareyev played a record 48 simultaneous games wearing one of these; he won 35, lost 6 & drew 7 a blindfold |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | CHESS FOR CHAMPS $600: The Ruy Lopez is also known as the Spanish Opening; the Giuoco Piano, as this one (not to be confused with the Sicilian Defense) the Italian Opening |
| #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 |
| #8738, aired 2022-11-09 | CHESS FOR CHAMPS $1000: In 1997 the chess world was shocked when world champ Garry Kasparov lost a match to this IBM computer program Deep Blue |
| #8736, aired 2022-11-07 | A CRASH OF SYMBOLS $800: In chess notation, put this punctuation mark after a really good move exclamation point |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | THE AFTER PARTY $300: Mongo only this least valuable chess piece in game of life a pawn |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | ALPHANUMERICS $2000: Modern chess notation doesn't use king's bishop 4 & such; all the squares are numbered from a1 to this h8 |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | TERRIBLE SUPERVILLAIN NAMES $200: The king can't move without being put in check! Curses! It's this chess situation--a draw!--who no one ever wants to see! a stalemate |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING $200: Add a "B" to a chess piece to turn it into this babbling stream brook |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | "G" WHIZ $400: It's a remark meant to start a conversation, or a chess opening involving a sacrifice a gambit |
| #8617, aired 2022-04-12 | GAME CHANGERS $200: A 15th century rule change transformed the weakest chess piece to this one, the strongest on the board the queen |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | DESSERT $200: Popular in the South, chess pie is basically this pie without those big brown nuts pecan pie |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $400: Of chess pieces bishop |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | TV SHOWS TO BINGE $400: This limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy about a chess prodigy The Queen's Gambit |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE EXILE FILES $800: Renouncing his American citizenship years earlier, this chess master died in exile in Iceland in 2008 Bobby Fischer |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | NEW CHESS STRATAGEMS? $200: Not the Sicilian Defense but this legal one that may include the irresistible impulse test an insanity defense |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | NEW CHESS STRATAGEMS? $400: Not the Trompowsky but this 3-word attack that renders a computer no good to its legitimate user denial-of-service |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | NEW CHESS STRATAGEMS? $600: Not the Ruy Lopez, but the him, A.C. Slater on "Saved by the Bell" Mario Lopez |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | NEW CHESS STRATAGEMS? $800: Not a discovered check but this moment where you see whether you've got the stuff inside to meet a challenge a gut check |
| #8551, aired 2022-01-10 | NEW CHESS STRATAGEMS? $1000: Not a knight fork, but this fork, named for the food it's used on spaghetti fork |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | LEFT MOTION $600: In chess, the one time the king can move 2 squares is doing this; kingside is 2 squares left for the black king castling |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | PUZZLES & GAMES $2000: White offers to let black capture a queenside pawn in this royal-sounding chess opening shown here Queen's Gambit |
| #8467, aired 2021-09-14 | GAME STOP $200: This winning declaration in a chess game is from the Arabic for "the king is dead" checkmate |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR $1200: The head of the Templar order was called this, like an expert chess player grand master |
| #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 |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | TOURNAMENTS $1000: In 1851 the first international tournament of this game was held in London, with Adolf Anderssen crowned champion chess |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | CHESS TERMS $200: A person used by others as part of a scheme a pawn |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | CHESS TERMS $400: The first night of a play at a theater an opening |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | CHESS TERMS $600: A gregarious crow of Europe with black plumage a rook |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | CHESS TERMS $800: A title in kung fu, or a famous nickname in '70s hip-hop grandmaster |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | CHESS TERMS $1000: Genesis 31 says, "Then Jacob offered" this "upon the mount" a sacrifice |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | THE PROBLEM IS... $200: Directmates & helpmates are types of problems based on this game 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 |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | NORWEGIANS $1200: Magnus Carlsen, who in 2014 became the highest-rated player in the history of this game, ponders as only he can chess |
| #8298, aired 2020-12-09 | KEN JENNINGS KNOWS THE G.O.A.T. (GREATEST OF ALL TIME) $1000: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) Even with his 1997 loss to Deep Blue, an IBM computer (I know how that feels), this Soviet-born chess master ranks as probably the greatest player of all time--though for my money, his Sicilian defense got a bit predictable Kasparov |
| #8265, aired 2020-10-23 | MOVIE SUM-UP $2000: Death takes a chess holiday; your move, Max von Sydow The Seventh Seal |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | DOCUMENTARIES $1600: A 2011 documentary called this man "Against the World" explores the life of the troubled chess master Fischer |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES $1000: How about trying this sport nicknamed "chess on ice" that uses 8 granite stones per team curling |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | AWARDS & HONORS $800: After World Champion, the highest title in chess is International this; today there are more than 1,600 of them a Grandmaster |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | GIVE US ONE LETTER $600: Chess notation for the piece that can move exactly one square in any direction K |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL $400: The final stage of a chess contest endgame |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | CHESS TALK $200: A player conceding defeat is said to do this, like someone quitting an office resigning |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | CHESS TALK $400: If this special move is done on the queenside, it's "long"; on the kingside, "short" castling |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | CHESS TALK $600: An attack that forces a piece to move & expose another piece behind it is called this, after a type of beam discovered in 1895 X-ray |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | CHESS TALK $800: The horizontal rows of squares on a chessboard are the ranks; the vertical ones are these files |
| #8104, aired 2019-11-28 | CHESS TALK $1000: Only the humble pawn can make this special type of capture with a French name en passant |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | NEW TO THE OED $400: This adjective meaning "swindled" that sounds like a chess castle was the culprit rooked |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | SAY YES TO THE CHESS $200: In standard western chess sets, this piece is topped with a cross a king |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | SAY YES TO THE CHESS $400: Chess games are typically divided into the opening, the middle game & this terminal phase the endgame |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | SAY YES TO THE CHESS $600: It's the number of white squares on a standard chessboard 32 |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | SAY YES TO THE CHESS $800: The queen's gambit is marked by white's second-move offer to sacrifice one of these, temporarily a pawn |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | SAY YES TO THE CHESS $1000: The "hypermodern" Reti opening begins with a move of this piece the white knight |
| #8086, aired 2019-11-04 | HOMOPHONES $1000: An old word for the Christian cross, or a description of one's impolite disposition rood/rude |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | THE GENDER-FREE OPTION $400: One suggestion for this chess piece: deputy sovereign queen |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $400: Seen here is this chess piece as represented in the Unicode system for electronic communication the bishop |
| #8056, aired 2019-09-23 | WORD + WORD = NEW WORD $800: To inspect the safety of something + a friend or pal = this chess term checkmate |
| #8045, aired 2019-07-26 | SHAPE UP! $200: This chess piece can only move in an L-shape the knight |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | COMPUTER "D"s $1600: It's the colorful name of the IBM supercomputer that beat chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov Deep Blue |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | EXTRACURRICULAR $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a chess move on the monitor.) In chess, the only time you can move two pieces in the same turn is with this special move involving the king & a rook, getting the king out of the center & hopefully protecting it castling |
| #8006, aired 2019-06-03 | SOVIETS NOT BORN IN RUSSIA $1600: Chess master Garry Kasparov's first move was made in Baku, now in this country Azerbaijan |
| #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 |
| #7908, aired 2019-01-16 | "SHOP" TALK $1200: The king's ones start each game on the F1 & F8 squares bishops |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | ONE-LETTER RESPONSES $2000: In chess notation, this, not K, denotes a knight an N |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | ROOST-ERS $800: Seen here, roosting in silhouette, are these birds that share a name with a chess piece rooks |
| #7835, aired 2018-10-05 | FRIEND LIKE ME $400: This physicist wrote a foreword to the bio of his German pal Emanuel Lasker, world chess champ from 1896 to 1921 Einstein |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS $1600: A woodpusher is a weak player of this game chess |
| #7803, aired 2018-07-11 | CLASSIC MOVIE: THE VIDEO GAME $800: Be a 14th century knight or take a holiday as death; debate God's existence as you play a chess game within the game The Seventh Seal |
| #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 |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | THE NAME OF THE JAMES $1200: Chess Records' first major female star, this R&B singer hit the charts with "At Last" & "Tell Mama" Etta James |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | CHESS PIECES IN DISGUISE $200: Let's sea... it precedes clam, crab & mackerel king |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | CHESS PIECES IN DISGUISE $400: An item deposited as security is in this pawn |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | CHESS PIECES IN DISGUISE $600: Singer Gladys or Hoops coach Bob a Knight |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | CHESS PIECES IN DISGUISE $800: To swindle someone rook |
| #7715, aired 2018-03-09 | CHESS PIECES IN DISGUISE $1000: Author of "The Roman Hat Mystery" Ellery Queen |
| #7696, aired 2018-02-12 | WORD ORIGINS $800: The name of this chess piece comes from the Latin for "foot soldier" a pawn |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | THE RULES OF THE GAME $200: In chess, the player of these pieces makes the first move White |
| #7688, aired 2018-01-31 | THE HUNGARY GAMES $600: In Hungary this chess piece is called the kiraly; the chess notation for it is the same as in English king |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | ENDS WITH "Z" $1200: To chat & joke around, or to offer unwanted advice to chess players kibitz |
| #7639, aired 2017-11-23 | "ICE" PACK $400: Intentionally allowing a chess piece to be captured for strategic reasons a sacrifice |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH $200: 14,410 feet southeast of Tacoma Mount Rainier |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | LET'S PLAY CHESS $200: It's the only piece that can be promoted to one of greater value a pawn |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | LET'S PLAY CHESS $400: If an identical position occurs 3 times in a game, a player may claim this result, then go kiss his sister a draw |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | LET'S PLAY CHESS $600: A tactic via which one piece attacks 2 opposing ones is called this, like a common dining utensil a fork |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | LET'S PLAY CHESS $800: Trading a knight or bishop for one of these more valuable pieces is known as winning the exchange a rook |
| #7599, aired 2017-09-28 | LET'S PLAY CHESS $1000: Descriptive notation like P-Q4 has been largely replaced by this "mathematical" kind, which would say simply d4 an algebraic term |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | HISTORICAL CHESS PIECES $200: 14th c. knight Sir John Hawkwood served England, Florence, Pisa & Milan as this type of paid soldier a mercenary |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | HISTORICAL CHESS PIECES $400: A 2007 biography of this young French warrior & saint calls her a pawn, ultimately sacrificed Joan of Arc |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | HISTORICAL CHESS PIECES $600: Don Juan Enguera, bishop of Vich, was a "grand" this, holding the line against heresy in Spain a Grand Inquisitor |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | HISTORICAL CHESS PIECES $800: This learned 17th century Swedish queen was known as "The Minerva of the North" Christina |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | HISTORICAL CHESS PIECES $1000: This English king's greatest achievement was Westminster Abbey, consecrated in 1065 just days before his death Edward the Confessor |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | COMMON BONDS $200: King,
castle,
pawn chess pieces |
| #7490, aired 2017-03-17 | PARAMOUNT $1200: Apart from world champion, it's the highest title given by the World Chess Federation Grandmaster |
| #7483, aired 2017-03-08 | NATIONALITEASE $600: It precedes not only checkers but also chess Chinese |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | EVERY MOVE YOU MAKE $400: The Four Knights Game, the Bowlder Attack & the Calabrese Countergambit are all options in this game chess |
| #7412, aired 2016-11-29 | WINNING! $600: The World Chess Championship, 1972-- do svidaniya, Boris! (Bobby) Fischer |
| #7394, aired 2016-11-03 | "OOK" $800: 7-letter "chess" term for a penguin's breeding colony a rookery |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | "OO" IN THE MIDDLE, SORRY $400: Chess piece that fits the category a rook |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | WHAT IS IT? $1600: The Alekhine Defense a chess strategy |
| #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 |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | TRIPLE RHYME TIME $200: A chess piece, a day's beginning & a sign of boredom pawn, dawn, yawn |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | DEATH... WHAT A CHARACTER! $2000: Max von Sydow plays chess against death in this Ingmar Bergman film The Seventh Seal |
| #7217, aired 2016-01-19 | EARLY START $400: By age 8, future grandmaster Sammy Reshevsky was giving this kind of chess exhibition, a word meaning "at the same time" simultaneous |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | CHESS CHAMPS $200: World champion Viswanathan Anand was born in this country India |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | CHESS CHAMPS $400: World champ Mikhail Botvininnik practiced concentration by having this blown in his face cigarette smoke |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | CHESS CHAMPS $600: In 1978 Nona Gaprindashvili became the first woman to be awarded this title grandmaster |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | CHESS CHAMPS $800: He resigned for good in 2008 in Iceland, where he'd beaten Boris Spassky in 1972 (Bobby) Fischer |
| #7166, aired 2015-11-09 | CHESS CHAMPS $1000: World champ from 1985 to 2000, this Russian modestly titled his series of books on other champs "My Great Predecessors" (Garry) Kasparov |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | MUSICAL CHAIRS $4,500 (Daily Double): This label home to many Chicago blues greats was named for brothers Leonard & Phil, not for a board game Chess |
| #7121, aired 2015-07-27 | THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR $1200: Like an expert in chess, the highest authority in the Templars was called this; Jacques de Molay was the last a Grand Master |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $200: In doing this, a player moves a rook either 2 squares to the left or 3 to the right castling |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $400: If one of these moves 2 squares rather than one, it may be captured "en passant", in passing a pawn |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $800: White moves first & looks to increase his advantage; black replies & seeks to gain this, part of Wyoming's state nickname equality |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $1,000 (Daily Double): In a set of standard Staunton-style pieces, not bishops but these pieces are topped with crosses kings |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | NOT CHESS AGAIN! $1000: If a game opens d4 d5 c4 you're playing the queen's this, you schemer you a gambit |
| #7115, aired 2015-07-17 | THE BISHOP $1200: The bishop is the only chess piece that can never change this the color of the square it's on |
| #7085, aired 2015-06-05 | "SHO" TIME $2000: Chess-like Japanese board game shogi |
| #7062, aired 2015-05-05 | 1950s AMERICA $2000: In 1958, the year he turned 15, he became the youngest chess grandmaster to that time Bobby Fischer |
| #7027, aired 2015-03-17 | COMPOUND WORDS $800: A leader of Templar knights, or a chess player of the highest level a grandmaster |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | OF THE GAME $400: The only move in chess in which 2 pieces can move on the same turn, it moves the prize out of danger castling |
| #6951, aired 2014-12-01 | LETTER PERFECT $600: In chess, the piece designated by this letter can only move diagonally B |
| #6877, aired 2014-07-08 | 2 TERMS MAKE A NEW BAND NAME $400: An economic downturn that can turn into a depression plus the lowest-valued chess men Recession Pawn |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | WEIRD SPORTS $1200: The WCBO challenges both brains & brawn in its combined matches of boxing & this board game chess |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | CHESS DRAMA $200: In the 2006 World title match, the challenger accused the champ of consulting a computer during visits to this room the bathroom |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | CHESS DRAMA $400: Aron Nimzovich once jumped on a table & screamed, "Why must I lose to this idiot!"--how like a GM, one of these a grandmaster |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | CHESS DRAMA $600: Some of our champions know how this champion felt when he lost a 1997 match to IBM's Deep Blue computer Kasparov |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | CHESS DRAMA $800: A 1978 match saw claims that this type of 16-letter "beyond the mind" expert was using telepathy to confuse 1 player a parapsychologist |
| #6839, aired 2014-05-15 | CHESS DRAMA $1000: Cosmo selected this 22-year-old Norwegian, the new world champ, as one of its Sexiest Men of 2013 Magnus Carlsen |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | A FARSI LEXICON $800: The king is dead! "Shatranj" is this board game that some believe originated in Iran chess |
| #6804, aired 2014-03-27 | GOOD OL' SOUTHERN COOKIN' $1200: "Joy of Cooking" says that chess pies, a Southern specialty, are essentially these nut pies without the nuts pecan pies |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | THAT MOVIE'S GENIUS $1200: An un-Gandhi-like Ben Kingsley takes a child chess prodigy under his wing in this 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | RUSSIAN TO JUDGMENT $400: In 2005 he quit pro chess & later founded the Other Russia, a coalition desiring a more open & democratic country Garry Kasparov |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | TALK NERDY TO ME $800: It gives me chills when you say that Alekhine's Defense is named for the fourth world champion of this game chess |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | INDIAN FIRSTS $800: The first Indian to achieve this exalted chess title was Viswanathan Anand in 1988 grand master |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | SOME 4-LETTER WORDS $800: To cheat, hopefully not by using the same-named chess piece a rook |
| #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 |
| #6566, aired 2013-03-18 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $400: A horse-like chess piece & Latin for "of god", found after "opus" knight & dei |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | CHESS? YES! $200: This piece that starts off in the corner is generally worth about 5 pawns a rook |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | CHESS? YES! $400: To earn this title, a player must attain a minimum of 2500 rating points Grandmaster |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | CHESS? YES! $600: To fianchetto one of these pieces is to move it onto one of the board's long diagonals a bishop |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | CHESS? YES! $800: A game in which each player is allotted 5 minutes or less is called this type, German for "lightning" blitz |
| #6556, aired 2013-03-04 | CHESS? YES! $1000: One of black's most popular defenses is called this, a term for a person from a Mediterranean island Sicilian |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | AFTER SCHOOL $1200: You might learn the exchange variation on the French defense in this club chess club |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | LETTER PERFECT $1600: In chess notation this single letter stands for the piece with a horse's head N |
| #6482, aired 2012-11-20 | GIFTED & TALENTED $800: At the age of 14 he checked in triumphantly at the 1958 U.S. chess championship Bobby Fischer |
| #6465, aired 2012-10-26 | MIKHAILS $1000: For most of the 1950s, Mikhail Botvinnik was the world champion of this chess |
| #6369, aired 2012-05-03 | BARD GAMES $400: In "The Tempest", Ferdinand plays this board game with Miranda, whom he plans to promote to queen chess |
| #6339, aired 2012-03-22 | COMPOUND WORDS $400: This winning declaration in a chess game is from the Arabic for "the king is dead" checkmate |
| #6338, aired 2012-03-21 | THIS PLACE IS DUELSVILLE $1600: In 2008 Bobby Fischer died in this island city, site of his 1972 chess duel with Boris Spassky Reykjavik |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | CHESS ME, YOU FOOL! $200: It's the number of white squares on a standard chessboard 32 |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | CHESS ME, YOU FOOL! $400: If you place this piece in the center of the board, it can control a maximum of 27 squares (hint: that's a lot) the queen |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | CHESS ME, YOU FOOL! $600: To give unwanted advice about another player's game is to do this, a Yiddish term for offering intrusive commentary kibbitz |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | CHESS ME, YOU FOOL! $800: It's the only move in which 2 pieces, the king & the rook, are moved simultaneously castling |
| #6326, aired 2012-03-05 | CHESS ME, YOU FOOL! $1000: It's an opening strategy in which one player sacrifices a pawn or piece in order to gain a positional advantage the opening gambit |
| #6216, aired 2011-10-03 | I'M GAME $200: The organization that governs this board game is FIDE, the Federation Internationale des Echecs chess |
| #6185, aired 2011-07-01 | "GR"! $800: From the World Chess Federation, players of the highest rank get this title Grandmaster |
| #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 |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | YES, THAT'S "WHITE" $800: A chess piece, or a company involved in a friendly takeover of another a white knight |
| #6119, aired 2011-03-31 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $2000: Of the men's Chess Olympiad, 18 out of 20 times from 1952 to 1990--why did we break up a good thing? Soviet Union |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | WHAT THE "ECK" $800: To threaten the king, in chess check |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | VS. $1000: It was Topalov vs. Anand for the 2010 world title in this board game chess |
| #6063, aired 2011-01-12 | HALL-ELUJAH! $800: Anatoly Karpov, Emanuel Lasker & Boris Spassky are members of the world this hall of fame the chess hall of fame |
| #6053, aired 2010-12-29 | NOT SO FAMOUS LAST WORDS $1000: This troubled chess master: "Nothing is as healing as the human touch" (Bobby) Fischer |
| #6043, aired 2010-12-15 | LET THE GAMES BEGIN $400: The first world mind sports games, Beijing 2008, included chess, checkers & this card game bridge |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | GO! $800: In Go, 2 players take turns placing stones of 2 different colors on a board; unlike in chess, this color goes first black |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | ISLAMIC CULTURE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Jerusalem's Mayer Museum in Israel.) This chess set was made around the year 1000 in this present-day country; their king was called "shah" & the end of the game was "shah mat", our checkmate Iran |
| #6016, aired 2010-11-08 | FROM THE GREEK $800: Greek for "overseer" gives us this chess piece big on 45-degree angles the bishop |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | ALPHABETICALLY FIRST $200: ...of chess pieces a bishop |
| #5992, aired 2010-10-05 | A QUIET EVENING AT HOME $1600: A lively match at this board game is under way, & I do believe that's the Tartakower Variation on the Torre Attack chess |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | CHESS PIECES $200: The chess piece that there are the most of the pawns |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | CHESS PIECES $400: The 2 chess pieces of which each side has only one the king & queen |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | CHESS PIECES $600: The piece that shares its name with a job in the Catholic church the bishop |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | CHESS PIECES $800: The one that shares its name with a crow relative a rook |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | CHESS PIECES $1000: The only piece in the back row that can start a game a knight |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | AM I BLUE? $200: Deep Blue, who beat Garry Kasparov in a chess match in 1997, was actually one of these a computer (a supercomputer accepted) |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | CHESS $400: It's the traditional non-verbal way to signal that you resign turning over your king |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | CHESS $800: These have the same value as bishops, but you can force mate with only a king & 2 bishops, not with a king & 2 these knights |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | CHESS $1200: Losing a bishop but capturing a rook is called "winning" this type of trade, also a term for a swap of hostages an exchange |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | CHESS $1600: The departure of both queens is the traditional point at which this final phase of the battle begins the endgame |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | CHESS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows off his moves on the monitor.) In this classic chess opening, after white plays e4, to fight for the center, black plays c5 in this 8-letter defense named for a Mediterranean island the Sicilian defense |
| #5907, aired 2010-04-27 | I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE $1000: The Knight's Tour & 8 Queens are logic puzzles using this game's board & its pieces chess |
| #5883, aired 2010-03-24 | JOKING MATTERS $800: Emo Philips: A computer "once beat me at" this game "but it was no match for me at kickboxing" chess |
| #5861, aired 2010-02-22 | BEHIND THE SCENES $600: On the set of "Confidential Agent", Charles Boyer & Humphrey Bogart play chess, as this actress looks on Lauren Bacall |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | A BEAUTIFUL MIND $1200: Paul Morphy so dominated chess in the 1850s, he offered to play anyone using only 7 of these pawns |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | CHESS $200: World champ Garry Kasparov lost a 1997 match to a computer program from this company IBM |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | CHESS $400: Like the knight, this chess piece is worth about 3 pawns a bishop |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | CHESS $600: This late champ patented a now-standard chess clock that gives a player added time after each move Bobby Fischer |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | CHESS $800: Viswanathan Anand won a 2007 supertournament, making him the first world champ from this country India |
| #5802, aired 2009-12-01 | CHESS $1000: You can always learn a few moves in this square's park at 5th Ave. & 4th St. in Greenwich Village Washington Square Park |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | ALSO A CHESS PIECE $400: To leave something as a guarantee in return for money pawn |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | ALSO A CHESS PIECE $1200: 1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu was this in Johannesburg a bishop |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | ALSO A CHESS PIECE $1600: A black bird a rook |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | ALSO A CHESS PIECE $2000: A paladin a knight |
| #5781, aired 2009-11-02 | ALSO A CHESS PIECE $5,000 (Daily Double): 2 historical books in the Old Testament Kings |
| #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 |
| #5737, aired 2009-07-14 | IT'S ALL IN THE GAME $200: Queen,
rook,
pawn,
knight chess |
| #5714, aired 2009-06-11 | LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN $800: In 1996 this Russian chess champ bested an IBM computer in a 6-game tourney; in '97, Deep Blue returned the favor Kasparov |
| #5696, aired 2009-05-18 | FICTIONAL GAMES $200: Quidditch & Wizard Chess are 2 games from this book series Harry Potter |
| #5696, aired 2009-05-18 | FICTIONAL GAMES $600: Hawkeye plays double cranko, which involves poker & chess, on this TV show M*A*S*H |
| #5689, aired 2009-05-07 | ONLY ONE VOWEL $1200: Of the chess pieces each player has only 2 of, the one that fits the category knight |
| #5675, aired 2009-04-17 | ONE LETTER CHANGES THE VOWEL SOUND $800: One turn in chess becomes passionate affection move & love |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LET'S TALK CHESS, CHAMPS $400: Even with two extra pawns, white can't force a win here, because these pieces can travel only on opposite-colored squares the bishops |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LET'S TALK CHESS, CHAMPS $800: Literally "in passing", it's the 2-word term for how a pawn can capture another pawn that's moved past it en passant |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LET'S TALK CHESS, CHAMPS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a chessboard.) White should have an easy win here, but he blows it by moving his queen to the D6 square, leading to this drawn outcome a stalemate |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LET'S TALK CHESS, CHAMPS $1600: Initiated by the moves E4 E6, this defense got its name from its use by a Paris team in an 1834 match with London the French defense |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | LET'S TALK CHESS, CHAMPS $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a chessboard.) White can't move his knight, because doing so would expose his king; the knight's said to be stuck to the king with this tactic, named for a pointy little object pinned |
| #5603, aired 2009-01-07 | SORE LOSERS $800: After losing at this, grandmaster Aron Nimzovich once jumped on a table & shouted, "Why must I lose to this idiot?" chess |
| #5588, aired 2008-12-17 | 1958 $800: He began making a name for himself, becoming, at age 15, the youngest grandmaster in chess to that time Bobby Fischer |
| #5566, aired 2008-11-17 | FROM THE LATIN $200: This lowly chess piece takes its name from the Latin for "foot soldier" pawn |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | ENDS IN "SS" $200: In 1985, at age 22, Garry Kasparov became the youngest world champion of this chess |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | INTERNATIONAL FACTS $1600: In January 2008 it was checkmate for this former chess champ who passed away in Iceland, his adopted country Bobby Fischer |
| #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 |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | GAME RHYME TIME $200: Chess castle's crannies rook's nooks |
| #5363, aired 2007-12-26 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $600: The first important U.S. tournament in this board game took place in New York City in 1857 chess |
| #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 |
| #5319, aired 2007-10-25 | ODDS & ENDS $200: A fitted sheet that's 60" x 80", or a chess piece that can move across the entire board in one move a queen |
| #5313, aired 2007-10-17 | ARE YOU GAME? $400 (Daily Double): An early version of this game in India was called Chaturanga & used elephants, horses, chariots & foot soldiers chess |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | KID-FRIENDLY 4-LETTER WORDS $800: This chess piece can go across the entire board in one move, but only in a straight line a rook |
| #5285, aired 2007-07-27 | STUDENT & TEACHER $1000: Mikhail Botvinnik, a world champion at this, was a teacher of Garry Kasparov chess |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | COMPUTER MILESTONES $1600: 1997:
A computer with this colorful name defeats a world chess champion Deep Blue |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | CHESS NUTS $200: Careful! In tournament play, once you do this, you have to move the piece touch it |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | CHESS NUTS $600: In the Looking-Glass world, this author used chess pieces to represent members of royalty Lewis Carroll |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | CHESS NUTS $800: The 2 main "mates" that end a chess game; one's a win, the other a draw checkmate & stalemate |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | CHESS NUTS $1000: A Grandmaster should plan a "grand" this, the first phase of a chess game an opening |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | CHESS NUTS $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the playing unit that's most often sacrificed in a gambit a pawn |
| #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 |
| #5204, aired 2007-04-05 | THE 800 NUMBER IS... $800: You can get all set up with merchandise from the U.S. Chess Federation at 800-388-this piece (5464) KING |
| #5202, aired 2007-04-03 | FOREIGN CINEMA $1200: In this 1957 Ingmar Bergman film, a knight back from the Crusades challenges Death to a chess game for his life The Seventh Seal |
| #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 |
| #5045, aired 2006-07-14 | RHYME RIGHT $200: Horse-headed chess piece a knight |
| #5032, aired 2006-06-27 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $800: You always fall for my ___ sacrifice; too bad I'm so broke my chess set is in ___ pawn |
| #4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MUSICAL THEATRE $2000: In a Tim Rice musical, Frederick & Anatoly vie to be world champion of this game chess |
| #4991, aired 2006-05-01 | B MINUS $800: Wash away the B from a type of small river & get this name for a chess piece rook |
| #4971, aired 2006-04-03 | ABBREV. $1000: The end of a game:
CHM checkmate |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | TEUTONIC $800: Hermann Von Salza reigned over the Knights from 1210 to 1239 with this title, like one a chess expert might have grandmaster |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | "GRAND" PRIX $2000: A champion chess player at the international level grandmaster |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | CHESS PAINS $400: In the endgame, 2 opposing ones of these pieces that always move on the same color often leads to a draw bishops |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | CHESS PAINS $800: In the newspaper, your dumb move that lost a knight would be followed by this symbol, maybe 2 of them question marks |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | CHESS PAINS $1200: A guy looking over a game making annoying suggestions is doing this, from a Yiddish word kibitz |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | CHESS PAINS $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays chess with Cheryl.) By moving my rook, I've given my opponent the nasty shock of discovered this check |
| #4892, aired 2005-12-13 | CHESS PAINS $2000: In tournament play, a fallen flag means you've lost because this has happened ran out of time |
| #4860, aired 2005-10-28 | PAIR CAPITA $1200: Known for their 1972 match, these Russian & American chess players had a rematch 20 years later Fischer & Spassky |
| #4761, aired 2005-04-25 | CHESS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while demonstrating such a move with Cheryl at a chessboard.) The knight is well suited to this maneuver, that threatens two pieces at one time; it shares its name with a piece of tableware fork |
| #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 $1600: Bring your queen out fast & you can have this victory after just 2 moves fool's mate |
| #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 |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | BEN, BENJAMIN OR JUST PLAIN B $200: It indicates a playing piece in chess just plain B |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | POKER NIGHT $1600: Unrelated to chess, it's letting a bet pass to the next player check |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | GEEK LETTER SOCIETIES $1200: The ICGA website tells us Deep Fritz, this type of program, earned a draw with Vladimir Kramnik chess |
| #4697, aired 2005-01-25 | AROUND THE COLOSSEUM WITH COWARDUS $800: Cowardus' duel with Timidius was so boring (they played chess) that this emperor started rereading his "Meditations" Marcus Aurelius |
| #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 |
| #4677, aired 2004-12-28 | LETTER LETTER $1200: A medical professional: a letter you learn "The 3" of in school & the chess symbol for the knight RN |
| #4652, aired 2004-11-23 | COLLEGE HODGEPODGE $200: Check it out: in 2000, 17-year-old M.I.T. freshman Elina Groverman was the U.S. women's co-champ in this board game chess |
| #4562, aired 2004-06-08 | "EXTRA" HELPINGS $400: For many students, the yearbook, chess club & school newspaper fall under these "activities" extracurricular |
| #4561, aired 2004-06-07 | I DID IT! $600: Check it out! In 1972 he became the first American chess player to win the world championship Bobby Fischer |
| #4552, aired 2004-05-25 | GOING DEEP $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1997 he went one-on-one with IBM's Deep Blue in a highly publicized match (Garry) Kasparov |
| #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 |
| #4500, aired 2004-03-12 | HAVE YOU 8? $600: At the start of a chess match, you have 8 of these pieces pawns |
| #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 |
| #4484, aired 2004-02-19 | ARE YOU GAME? $1000: In chess, it's considered the next most powerful piece after the queen the rook |
| #4477, aired 2004-02-10 | SOLDIERS $400: The name of this lowest valued chess piece is from the Latin for "foot soldier" a pawn |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | FROM THE GREEK $800: In church, & on a chess board, it's from the Greek for "overseer" bishop |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | THE END $1200: In 1584 it was checkmate for this cruel czar who died while playing chess Ivan the Terrible |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | OOOH...CHESS $600: In German this piece is a springer; in French, cavalier knight |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | OOOH...CHESS $800: When it moves this piece will always wind up on the same color square that it began the game on bishop |
| #4439, aired 2003-12-18 | OOOH...CHESS $1000: Invented in the 1500s to speed up the game, this manuever involves 2 pieces of the same color castling |
| #4433, aired 2003-12-10 | COMMON BONDS $400: Queen,
knight,
rook chess (or chess pieces) |
| #4402, aired 2003-10-28 | A BRAND NEW DAY $2000: As its sugar cubes resembled certain game pieces, the American Sugar Refining Company named its product this Domino |
| #4397, aired 2003-10-21 | CALL OUT THE BOB SQUAD $200: He was only 15 when he became an international chess grandmaster in 1958 Bobby Fischer |
| #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 |
| #4322, aired 2003-05-20 | COMPUTER GENIUSES $400: In 1967 Richard Greenblatt's program Mac Hack 6 became an hon. member of the U.S. Federation for this game chess |
| #4288, aired 2003-04-02 | RANKS & TITLES $200: The top chess players in the world have this 11-letter rank grandmaster |
| #4252, aired 2003-02-11 | NEW COACHING SIGNS $800: When I blink 5 times, move this chess piece forward 5 spaces from its starting point in the corner rook |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | FUN WITH GEOMETRY $800: The line along which a bishop in chess moves, it cuts a square into 2 triangles diagonal |
| #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 |
| #4147, aired 2002-09-17 | ACTIVITIES $400: Online games you can play include Quake & this ancient battle to capture the opponent's king chess |
| #4140, aired 2002-09-06 | RANDOM STUFF $1000: This chess term for an opening in which pieces are sacrificed has come to mean any ploy or strategem a gambit |
| #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 |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | G'DAY, "MATE" $400: It wins a chess game checkmate |
| #4045, aired 2002-03-15 | A DATE WITH HISTORY $1200: Bobby Fischer became the first American world chess champion defeating this man on Sept. 1, 1972 Boris Spassky |
| #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 of the Clue Crew 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 |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CHESS NUTS $200: It's the only chess piece that can jump over others a knight |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CHESS NUTS $600: The 17th letter of the English alphabet, in chess notation it stands for the most powerful piece on the board Q (for queen) |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CHESS NUTS $1000: In 1985 he became the youngest world chess champion when he defeated another Soviet player, Anatoly Karpov Garry Kasparov |
| #3959, aired 2001-11-15 | CHESS NUTS $2,000 (Daily Double): If you pawn your chess set, the shop will check to make sure there are this many pawns in it 16 |
| #3924, aired 2001-09-27 | TOYS & GAMES $800: In chess this piece moves in an L-shape the knight (the horse accepted) |
| #3920, aired 2001-09-21 | BLACK FIRSTS $200: In 1999 Maurice Ashley became the first black American international grandmaster in this chess |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Besides the rook, the 2 other chess pieces that fit the category the king & the pawn |
| #3881, aired 2001-06-18 | REAL BOHEMIANS $400: 19th century chess genius Wilhelm Steinitz was renowned for his use of these front-liners pawns |
| #3867, aired 2001-05-29 | ISN'T IT "GRAND"? $400: Bobby Fischer was only 15 when he earned this title in 1958 Grandmaster in chess |
| #3840, aired 2001-04-20 | THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR $400: Burned at the stake in 1314, Jacques De Molay was the last Templar of this title, today used by chess players Grandmaster |
| #3819, aired 2001-03-22 | WE'RE WORLD CHAMPS $400: Alexander Khalifman,
Anatoly Karpov,
Garry Kasparov chess |
| #3816, aired 2001-03-19 | 5-LETTER WORDS $300: It's a danger to a chess player's king, or something you request from a waiter Check |
| #3808, aired 2001-03-07 | NOTABLE WOMEN $200: In 1978 Nona Gaprindashvili became the first woman to achieve the men's int'l grandmaster title in this Chess |
| #3804, aired 2001-03-01 | INTELLIGENT FILMS $100: A 7-year-old chess prodigy is at the center of this 1993 film that mentions an American chess prodigy in its title Searching for Bobby Fischer |
| #3788, aired 2001-02-07 | LUCKY "SEVEN" $1000: A disillusioned knight plays chess with death in this Ingmar Bergman masterpiece The Seventh Seal |
| #3781, aired 2001-01-29 | TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS $100: In 1865 acting Idaho governor C. DeWitt Smith died after a strenuous match at this board game chess |
| #3761, aired 2001-01-01 | ECONOMICS $800: Seen here, it's what's moving the chess piece, & also the name of an economics term "Invisible Hand" |
| #3759, aired 2000-12-28 | PLAYTIME $100: This board game requires a number of bishops, knights & pawns chess |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS $200: In Chapter 1 Alice discusses this game with a cat chess |
| #3673, aired 2000-07-19 | INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN $800: The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate! Garry Kasparov |
| #3664, aired 2000-07-06 | CAPITAL $300: When Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in 1972 for the world chess title, they were in this world capital Reykjavik |
| #3638, aired 2000-05-31 | 20th CENTURY RUSSIA $600: In 1978 & 1981 Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi lost championship chess matches to this Russian "K" Anatoly Karpov |
| #3629, aired 2000-05-18 | JACOBEAN DRAMA $400: This king whose Latin name gave us the word "Jacobean" suppressed the satire "A Game At Chess" King James I |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | CHESS NUTS $100: Neither player wins with this kind of "mate" Stalemate |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | CHESS NUTS $200: The only chess move in which a player may move 2 of his own pieces at the same time Castling |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | CHESS NUTS $300: In chess notation, QR stands for this Queen side rook |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | CHESS NUTS $400: A special way a pawn may capture, it's French for "in passing" en passant |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | CHESS NUTS $500: Bobby Fischer beat this man in Iceland in 1972 to take the world chess title Boris Spassky |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | YARDSTICK $800: The highest international title in chess, it's earned by proving yourself against the world's best Grandmaster |
| #3575, aired 2000-03-03 | "B" PREPARED $100: Examples include Risk, backgammon & chess Board games |
| #3535, aired 2000-01-07 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $1000: Country Bobby Fischer was in in 1972 when he became the 1st American to win the World Chess Championship Iceland |
| #3486, aired 1999-11-01 | KIDS IN THE NEWS $200: In 1998 10-year-old Hikaru Nakamura became the USA's youngest master in this game Chess |
| #3424, aired 1999-06-24 | LETTER PERFECT $400: In chess notation K stands for the king, so the knight has this symbol N |
| #3421, aired 1999-06-21 | CHESS MANIA $100: Before becoming a legend, this star of "The Maltese Falcon" hustled strangers at chess in NYC Humphrey Bogart |
| #3421, aired 1999-06-21 | CHESS MANIA $200: In some Asian countries the chess piece we call a bishop shares its name with this desert animal a camel |
| #3421, aired 1999-06-21 | CHESS MANIA $300: In 1997, at the age of 14 years, 2 months, France's Etienne Bacrot became the youngest one of these ever grandmaster |
| #3421, aired 1999-06-21 | CHESS MANIA $400: As late as the 16th century this special move involving the king was 2 turns, not just 1 castling |
| #3421, aired 1999-06-21 | CHESS MANIA $500: In the U.S. Chess Open at Columbus, Ohio in 1977, one of these named "Sneaky Pete" played a computer |
| #3375, aired 1999-04-16 | POTPOURRI $400: This chess piece that usually looks like part of a castle is sometimes called a castle Rook |
| #3345, aired 1999-03-05 | WAY BACK IN 1995 $400: After 18 games he defeated Viswanathan Anand 10 1/2 to 7 1/2 to keep his world chess title Garry Kasparov |
| #3332, aired 1999-02-16 | BIOGRAPHY $200: Born Garri Weinstein in Azerbaijan in 1963, he was a Soviet chess champ at 13 & world champ at 22 Kasparov |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | 1988 $600: On Broadway, "Carrie" & "Chess" closed quickly, but this musical with Michael Crawford was a hit Phantom Of The Opera |
| #3243, aired 1998-10-14 | GUYS NAMED GARY $500: A Russian chess grandmaster, this man lost to a computer in 1997 Garry Kasparov |
| #3153, aired 1998-04-22 | UNSEEN TITLE CHARACTERS $200: A 1993 film about chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin is titled "Searching for" this man Bobby Fischer |
| #3130, aired 1998-03-20 | AIN'T THAT "GRAND" $1000: At 15 in 1991, Judit Polgar became the youngest person & one of the few women to attain this rank a grandmaster (in chess) |
| #3127, aired 1998-03-17 | BEGINS & ENDS WITH P $800: You don't have to be a chess player to hock chess pieces in one of these a pawn shop |
| #3097, aired 1998-02-03 | CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS $100: Howard Staunton organized this board game's 1st international tournament in 1851 & Adolf Anderssen won Chess |
| #3091, aired 1998-01-26 | ODDS & ENDS $800: In 1997 14-year-old Etienne Bacrat became the youngest ever grand master of this game Chess |
| #3075, aired 1998-01-02 | HIE WE TO YON RENAISSANCE FAIRE $600: Honest knights do battle both in the joust & upon a giant board for this olde game Chess |
| #3057, aired 1997-12-09 | HODGEPODGE $800: In 1997 this chess champ was blue over this defeat in a match by IBM's Deep Blue computer Garry Kasparov |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | THE CHESS CLUB $200: Traditionally, to resign a player tips over this piece king |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | THE CHESS CLUB $400: The number of files on the board, it's the same as the number of ranks 8 |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | THE CHESS CLUB $600: In chess, notation "x" means your piece has been captured & "ch" means you're in this check |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | THE CHESS CLUB $800: It's the only piece that can't move to an adjacent square the knight |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | THE CHESS CLUB $1000: In a Lewis Carroll book, Alice begins as one of these white pieces but later becomes a queen a pawn |
| #3029, aired 1997-10-30 | HALLS OF FAME $400: This prodigy who won the U.S. Open at age 14 in 1957 was a charter member of the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame Bobby Fischer |
| #3021, aired 1997-10-20 | ABBREV. $500: In the game of chess chm. is an abbreviation for this move checkmate |
| #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 |
| #2993, aired 1997-09-10 | FOREIGN FILMS $800: In "The Seventh Seal", Max Von Sydow plays chess with this black-clad character Death |
| #2990, aired 1997-09-05 | BORN IN THE '60s $300: In 1996, he beat a chess-playing IBM computer called Deep Blue; in 1997 the tables were turned Garry Kasparov |
| #2979, aired 1997-07-10 | POTPOURRI $400: On October 10, 1995 he retained his world chess title by defeating India's Viswanathan Anand Garry Kasparov |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | THE LEAST MOVEMENT $400: With "mate", it means nobody wins the chess game stale |
| #2968, aired 1997-06-25 | GAMES $100: Experts suggest you begin this game by moving 1 or 2 pawns before bringing knights into play Chess |
| #2917, aired 1997-04-15 | ARTISTS $1000: In the 1920s this creator of "Nude Descending a Staircase" gave up art to play chess (Marcel) Duchamp |
| #2913, aired 1997-04-09 | NAMES OF THE '60s $400: A 1966 book was entitled this person "Teaches Chess" Bobby Fischer |
| #2890, aired 1997-03-07 | 1997 ANNIVERSARIES $400: 1997 marks the 25th anniversary of this American's defeat of Boris Spassky in chess Bobby Fischer |
| #2705, aired 1996-05-10 | ODDS & ENDS $500: In chess it's the only piece that can jump over others the knight |
| #2614, aired 1996-01-04 | INVENTIONS $200: In 1947 Arthur Samuel designed a computer that could play this game; chess on the same board came later checkers |
| #2610, aired 1995-12-29 | FACT $1000: He was the last U.S. Chess Champ to become World Chess Champ Bobby Fischer |
| #2591, aired 1995-12-04 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: This board game is governed by FIDE, the Federation Internationale des Echecs chess |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | PEOPLE $200: His record as the youngest international grand master in chess stood from 1958-1991 Bobby Fischer |
| #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | COMPUTERS $600: Chess-playing computers & expert systems are examples of this branch of computer science, AI for short artificial intelligence |
| #2517, aired 1995-07-11 | ODD WORDS $500: "Check" this out: a patzer is an inferior or amateur player of this game chess |
| #2506, aired 1995-06-26 | HISTORY $500: In 1927 Jose Capablanca lost his world title in this game to Alexander Alekhine chess |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | 1992 $500: This former World Chess Champion was indicted for breaking U.S. sanctions against Yugoslavia Bobby Fischer |
| #2414, aired 1995-02-16 | THE 1970s $400: This American resigned his World Chess Championship in 1974 Bobby Fischer |
| #2392, aired 1995-01-17 | DANCE $200: The Black Queen is a leading character in "Checkmate", a ballet inspired by 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 |
| #2291, aired 1994-07-18 | GAMES $200: It's the only chess piece that always stays on squares of the same color the bishop |
| #2269, aired 1994-06-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A crow, or a castle in chess a rook |
| #2261, aired 1994-06-06 | THE 1980s $500: After 10 years as the World Chess Champion, he lost his title to Gary Kasparov Anatoly Karpov |
| #2257, aired 1994-05-31 | ARTISTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This creator of "Nude Descending a Staircase" devoted the last 40 years of his life largely to chess Marcel Duchamp |
| #2248, aired 1994-05-18 | 1959 $400: He retained his U.S. chess crown at the age of 15 Bobby Fischer |
| #2221, aired 1994-04-11 | "BLACK" & "WHITE" $400: This chess piece tells Alice, "The great art of riding is to keep--" & promptly falls over the White Knight |
| #2211, aired 1994-03-28 | PEOPLE $300: In a 1992 rematch of sorts, he beat Boris Spassky in chess 10 games to 5 for $3.35 million Bobby Fischer |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN $800: Ben felt this "most ancient...game known among men" could teach foresight & caution chess |
| #2141, aired 1993-12-20 | S.F. TV DETECTIVES $500: In 1960 Anthony George & Doug McClure opened their S.F. agency on this series named for a chess position Checkmate |
| #2123, aired 1993-11-24 | CHAMPIONS $500: Emmanuel Lasker was world champion of this game from 1894 until defeated by Capablanca in 1921 Chess |
| #2109, aired 1993-11-04 | 1992 $400: He was indicted by the U.S. government for defying a ban & going to Yugoslavia to play chess Bobby Fischer |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | ODD WORDS $100: A fianchetto is the early development of the bishop in this game chess |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | TOYS & GAMES $300: In chess notation, the letters QB stand for this piece queen's bishop |
| #2026, aired 1993-05-31 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: He wrote books on chess & angling but is best known for his "familiar Quotations" (John) Bartlett |
| #1964, aired 1993-03-04 | ABBREVIATIONS $600: In chess N refers to this piece the knight |
| #1957, aired 1993-02-23 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: Knights & their lords enjoyed playing this board game which still features knights today chess |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | TOYS & GAMES $200: In chess this piece is often represented by a miter a Bishop |
| #1917, aired 1992-12-29 | GO FISH $100: This fish's "equine" head & bony armor make it look like a knight in a chess set a seahorse |
| #1887, aired 1992-11-17 | CHAMPIONS $400: This current world chess champion is scheduled to defend his crown again in 1993 Garry Kasparov |
| #1880, aired 1992-11-06 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1972 he became the first American world chess champion Fischer |
| #1865, aired 1992-10-16 | WELL-KNOWN NAMES $1000: Emmanuel Lasker was world champion of this game from 1894 to 1921 chess |
| #1852, aired 1992-09-29 | HOBBIES $400: The CCLA is an American league that plays chess this way correspondence |
| #1851, aired 1992-09-28 | FAMOUS NAMES $200: Anatoly Karpov was world champion of this from 1975 until he lost to Gary Kasparov in 1985 chess |
| #1779, aired 1992-04-30 | ODDS & ENDS $600: In chess, it's the only piece that can jump over others the knight |
| #1676, aired 1991-12-09 | COOKING $500: The "chess" type of this dessert is popular in the South pie |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | GAMES $400: On chess diagrams, the letter N designates this piece the knight |
| #1650, aired 1991-11-01 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: Chess piece whose name is a synonym for hock pawn |
| #1580, aired 1991-06-14 | MUSICALS $400: The music for "Chess" was written by Bjorn Ulvaeus & Benny Anderson who were half this pop group ABBA |
| #1571, aired 1991-06-03 | THE 1970's $200: Because he disliked the terms set for his 1975 match with Karpov he gave up his chess championship Bobby Fischer |
| #1565, aired 1991-05-24 | TOYS & GAMES $500: 2 of the 3 chess pieces that can move up to 7 spaces in one turn (2 of) rook, bishop or queen |
| #1562, aired 1991-05-21 | FAMOUS RUSSIANS $400: When he was nine, Anatoly Karpov was rated a first-category player of this game chess |
| #1556, aired 1991-05-13 | GAMES $300: A Looney Tunes set for this board game features Daffy Duck & Elmer Fudd as the 2 queens chess |
| #1550, aired 1991-05-03 | 4-LETTER WORDS $100: A person used to further the purposes of another, or a chess piece of lowest value a pawn |
| #1520, aired 1991-03-22 | ALICE IN WONDERLAND $1000: This regal chess piece tells Alice, "I'm five times as rich as you are & five times as clever" the Red Queen |
| #1514, aired 1991-03-14 | SHAKESPEARE $800: In Act V of this play, Ferdinand & Miranda play chess The Tempest |
| #1384, aired 1990-09-13 | BALLET $200: At the beginning of the ballet "Checkmate", Love & Death are playing 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 |
| #1266, aired 1990-02-19 | GAMES $1000: A chess piece, or the "ever popular bidding game" featuring a card with a black bird on it Rook |
| #1260, aired 1990-02-09 | THE SOUTH $200: Favorite Southern ones include pecan, chess, sweet potato, black bottom & peach Pies |
| #1226, aired 1989-12-25 | GAMES $200: This chess piece can move in any direction but only 1 square at a time the king |
| #1081, aired 1989-04-24 | GAMES $100: In chess, this word is a warning to the king check |
| #1063, aired 1989-03-29 | "R" YOU READY? $800: This word means a breeding ground for seals, not for chess pieces rookery |
| #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 |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | 1972 $100: This high school dropout became the 1st American world chess champion Bobby Fischer |
| #870, aired 1988-05-20 | 1958 $200: Brooklyn youth who, at 15, became youngest chess player named an international grand master Bobby Fischer |
| #837, aired 1988-04-05 | CASABLANCA $300: When he's 1st seen in the film, Humphrey Bogart is playing this game by himself 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 |
| #737, aired 1987-11-17 | LETTER PERFECT $1,000 (Daily Double): In chess notation, this single letter stands for the knight N |
| #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?] |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | TOYS & GAMES $1000: In chess notation, the "?" is the symbol for a mistake while this is the symbol for a brilliant move exclamation point |
| #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 |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | LETTER PERFECT $600: It's the only letter which stands for both a chess piece & a blood group B (for Bishop) |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | BOARD GAMES $100: The L.A. Times called this the "sport of kings, queens & pawns" chess |
| #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 |
| #526, aired 1986-12-15 | ORGANIZATIONS $200: The Federation Internationale des Echecs governs this sport; ask Bobby Fischer, if you can find him chess |
| #494, aired 1986-10-30 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Mozart usually had a table in his home to indulge his passion for this game a billiards table |
| #441, aired 1986-05-19 | "B.S." $400: Leningrad-born chess player who was World Champion from 1969-72 until Bobby Fischer defeated him Boris Spassky |
| #341, aired 1985-12-30 | WORD ORIGINS $200: Chess term from Persian "shah mat" meaning, "the king is dead" checkmate |
| #337, aired 1985-12-24 | LAWS & RULES $100: He systematized the rules for whist, then backgammon, then chess... Hoyle |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | TOYS & GAMES $900 (Daily Double): Game the following, by Murray Head, is about:
"One night in Bangkok makes a hard man humble
Not much between despair and ecstasy
One night in Bangkok and the tough guys tumble
Can't be too careful with your company..." chess |
| #185, aired 1985-05-24 | THE '70s $300: On Sept. 1, 1971, Bobby Fischer took the world chess championship title from him Boris Spassky |
| #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 |
| #165, aired 1985-04-26 | TRIVIA $400: Only chess piece which can become a queen the pawn |
| #124, aired 1985-02-28 | TOYS & GAMES $200: Only move in chess in which two pieces are moved at once castling |
| #89, aired 1985-01-10 | GAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): In chess, piece which starts to the right of the white king the bishop |
| #82, aired 1985-01-01 | GAMES $100: It's normal chess move is one square in any direction the king |
| #23, aired 1984-10-10 | TOYS & GAMES $200: “King me” is the cry in this simpler version of chess checkers |
| #9, aired 1984-09-20 | TRIVIA $400: It's whom Boris Spassky lost the chess crown to in 1972 Bobby Fischer |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | TOYS & GAMES $200: Color that always has opening move in chess white |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | TOYS & GAMES $500: It's a tied game in chess a stalemate |
