UIL Chess Puzzle Try Out

How does a queen move?

• Diagonally
• Horizontally - side to side

• Vertically - up and down

• All of the Above

How does a rook move?

• Horizontally - side to side

• Vertically - up and down

• In an L shape
• side to side or up and down

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 - up and down

• Horizontally - side to side

• One space forward

How does the pawn move?

• 1 space forward
• Diagonally
• 2 spaces forward on the first move, 1 space 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?

• A. When a king cannot move without moving into check

• B. When the king cannot move out of check

• C. When there are just kings left

• A or C

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

(Black's move) What best describes the situation?

• a) Black is in checkmate.
• b) Black is in stalemate.
• c) Black is in check.
• d) None of the above.