UIL Chess Puzzles

Front

How does a queen move? Options: Diagonally, Horizontally, Vertically, All of the Above

Back

All of the Above

Front

How does a rook move? Options: Horizontally, Vertically, In an L shape, A and B

Back

Horizontally and Vertically

Front

How does a bishop move?

Back

Diagonally

Front

How does the king move?

Back

1 square in any direction

Front

How does the knight move?

Back

An L shape

Front

How does the pawn move?

Back

2 spaces forward on the first move, 1 after

Front

What is special about how the pawn takes pieces?

Back

It can attack diagonally forward

Front

What is a stalemate?

Back

When a king cannot move without moving into check or when there are just kings left.

Front

How do you end a chess game? Options: Checkmate, Stalemate, The power of gerbil, A and B

Back

Checkmate, Stalemate

Front

What is checkmate?

Back

When a king cannot move out of check