UIL Chess Puzzle Practice Test

How does a queen move?

• Diagonally
• Horizontally
• Vertically
• All of the Above

How does a rook move?

• Horizontally
• Vertically
• In an L shape
• A and B

How does a bishop move?

• Diagonally
• In an L shape
• It doesn't
• Anywhere it chooses

How does the king move?

• 1 square in any direction
• It moves to any space
• It can't
• In an L shape

How does the knight move?

• An L shape
• Vertically
• Horizontally
• One space forward

How does the pawn move?

• 1 space forward
• Diagonally
• 2 spaces forward on the first move, 1 after 
•  An L shape 

What is special about how the pawn takes pieces?

• It can't
• Only the pieces next to it
• It can attack diagonally forward
• Only the piece in front of it

What is a stalemate?

• When a king cannot move without moving into check
• When the king cannot move out of check
• When there are just kings left
• A or C

How do you end a chess game?

• Checkmate
• Stalemate
• The power of gerbil
• A and B

What is checkmate?

• Writing a check to your mate
• Writing a mate to your check
• When a king cannot move without moving into check
• When a king cannot move out of check