Daily Quiz: On World chess champions Premium

With Ding Liren set to defend his crown against D. Gukesh, here is a quiz on World chess champions

Q: Who is considered the first official World Chess Champion with his triumph in 1886?

A: Wilhelm Steinitz

Q: What is common to Alexei Shirov, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov and Boris Gelfand?

A: They are the individual players whom Viswanathan Anand defeated to win four of his five ‘World’ titles.

Q: Who holds the record for being the youngest World Champion?

A: Garry Kasparov.

Q: Which player was crowned champion in 1975 because the defending champion defaulted?