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WorksheetsCHESS HISTORY & TERMINOLOGIES
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3mins
1. What is the goal of Chess? How do you know you've won?
Your opponent's King is in Check.
You capture all of your opponent's pieces.
You have trapped your opponent's King in Checkmate.
You capture your opponent's King.
2. Chess early form in the 6th century was known as "____________”, which translates as four divisions (of the military): infantry, cavalry, elephantry, and chariotry.
Chess
Fide
Chaturanga
Elephantry
3. Which is not a reason that chess is a good workout for the the mind?
Good chess players think about what will happen next
Good Chess players take a lot of risks
Good chess players take their time
Good chess players use their brains
4. Advancing a pawn to the eighth rank, converting it to a queen, rook, bishop or knight.
ply
promotion
check
stalemate
5. The king and the rest of the pieces has no legal moves but the king isn't check.
capture
end game
stalemate
draw
6. How many squares does a chess board have
(a)
7. Who became the World's First Official Champion in Chess?
Anderssen
Morphy
Karpov
Steinitz
8. Where was Chess originated?
USA
Russia
India
China
9. What is the highest title for professional chess players?
Grand Master
International Master
Super Master
Lifetime Master
10. Who is the First Filipino Grand Master in Chess?
Eugene Torre
Wesly So
Enrico Sevillano
Janelle Mae Frayna
11. What is the name of the governing body of international chess competition?
(a)
12. A move where it’s like the king needs to ‘hide’ inside his ‘palace’
promotion
check
castling
touch move
13. The modern design of chess pieces bears the name ______, who was an English master in the mid-18OO's.
Steinitz
Morphy
Anderssen
Stauton
14.It is a special pawn capture can occur when an opponent's pawn move two ranks forward of a starting square.
En Passant
Capture
Casling
Stalemate
What is the meaning of FIDE
(a)
