Twelve questions for Christmas – answers

1. Anish Giri

2. Nona Gaprindashvili

3. Jamie Njoku-Goodwin

4. Alireza Firouzja

5. Magnus Carlsen–Hikaru Nakamura

6. 2 Qf4+! gxf4 3 Rb7+ Kc8 4 Rc7+ Kd8 5 Rd7+ etc with a draw. The rook is immune due to stalemate.

7. Abhimanyu Mishra

8. Ian Nepomniachtchi

9. Garry Kasparov

10. Trafalgar Square, London

11. Yuri Averbakh

12. 1 Ra3! and 2 Ra5#, or in case of 1…e3 2 Rxe3 is mate.