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Chess

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is chess?

a)

A game

b)

A popular board game

c)

A boring board game

d)

A funny board game

2.

When is chess invented?

a)

The 16th century

b)

The 14th century

c)

The 17th century

d)

The 15th century

3.

Who invented chess?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

How did the king of India invent this game and the game around the world?

a)

By looking at his army so stress out

b)

By seeing his army die

c)

By looking at the king's army

5.

How many boxes are there in chess?

a)

35

b)

68

c)

64

d)

32

6.

How many players needed to play chess?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

7.

Is the strongest piece in chess. It can move in 8 directions. Combined rook and bishop.

a)

Queen

b)

Bishop

c)

Pawn

d)

King

8.

It is the weakest piece, it can move any direction but one step only.

a)

Knight

b)

Pawn

c)

Queen

d)

King

9.

The piece that can move L.

a)

Pawn

b)

Knight

c)

Horse

d)

Rook

10.

How many total pieces are there on a chess board

a)

26

b)

32

c)

16

d)

8

11.

How many points does the rook have

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

9

12.

How many points does the queen have

a)

1

b)

9

c)

0

d)

3

13.

How many points does the bishop have

a)

5

b)

1

c)

9

d)

3

14.

How many points does the knight have

a)

3

b)

1

c)

2

d)

5

15.

How many points does the pawn have

a)

4

b)

1

c)

3

d)

9

16.

Who is the father of chess

a)

Mikhail Tal

b)

Garry Kasparov

c)

Bobby Fisher

d)

Wilhelm Steinitz

17.

Which piece could be “checkmated” in chess?

a)

King

b)

Queen

c)

Bishop

d)

Knight

18.

Which is the most powerful piece on a chess board?

a)

King

b)

Queen

c)

Bishop

d)

Knight

19.

Which is the least powerful piece on a chess board?

a)

King

b)

Queen

c)

Bishop

d)

Pawn

20.

What is the highest title for professional chess players?

a)

Super master

b)

Queen

c)

Life-time master

d)

Grandmaster

21.

Which player can make the first move in a chess game?

a)

knight

b)

Black

c)

White

d)

king

22.

Which of the following moves allows for a change of positions between a rook and king and puts them side by side?

a)

Hooking

b)

jumping

c)

Castling

d)

Dwarfing

23.

Which piece can only move one square to any side in each move?

a)

king

b)

queen

c)

pawn

d)

knight

24.

Which piece can jump over another piece in a move?

a)

king

b)

queen

c)

pawn

d)

knight

25.

What piece is the most valuable next to the king?

a)

Rook

b)

Knight

c)

Queen

d)

Bishop

26.

What is the name of a game with no winner

a)

diagonal

b)

draw

c)

dynamic

d)

Defence

27.

A chess opening in which a player offers a pawn (or more) for fast development and an attack.

a)

grading

b)

gambit

c)

grandmaster

d)

Game Clock

28.

The third and last phase of the game, when there are few pieces left on the board.

a)

edge

b)

eat

c)

en passant

d)

endgame

29.

the beginning phase of the game, roughly the first dozen moves, but it can extend much farther.

a)

Olympiad

b)

opening

c)

opposition

d)

optimal

30.

Advancing a pawn to the eighth rank, converting it to a queen, rook, bishop or knight.

a)

ply

b)

piece

c)

promotion

d)

pawn

31.

A combination in which two pieces work together to deliver an alternating series of checks and discovered checks in such a way that the opposing king is required to move on each turn.

a)

windmill

b)

win

c)

wing

d)

waiting move

32.

Method to decide the result of an unfinished game. It is done by an expert who judges the position on the board. T

a)

adjustment

b)

adjudication

c)

automaton

d)

artificial casting

33.

A simultaneous attack by a single piece on two (or more) of the opponent's pieces

a)

fork

b)

fortress

c)

fool's mate

d)

forfeit

34.

The shortest possible chess game ending in mate:

a)

fork

b)

fortress

c)

fool's mate

d)

forfeit

35.

The pawn promotes that it is not queen.

a)

Checkmate

b)

Underpromotion

c)

Promotion

d)

Stalemate

36.

Give the definition of rook.

a)

Weakest piece.

b)

Strongest piece.

c)

Moves horizontal or vertical.

d)

Moves diagonal.

37.

Give the definition of checkmate.

a)

The opponent piece is removed at the chessboard.

b)

Single piece attack two or more direct attacks.

c)

The king and the rest of the pieces has no legal moves but the king isn't check.

d)

The king has no possible moves, there is no way to remove the threat.

38.

Give the definition of stalemate.

a)

The opponent piece is removed at the chessboard.

b)

Single piece attack two or more direct attacks.

c)

The king and the rest of the pieces has no legal moves but the king isn't check.

d)

The king has no possible moves, there is no way to remove the threat.

39.

Give the definition of capture.

a)

The opponent piece is removed at the chessboard.

b)

Single piece attack two or more direct attacks.

c)

The king and the rest of the pieces has no legal moves but the king isn't check.

d)

The king has no possible moves, there is no way to remove the threat.

40.

Give the definition of en passant.

a)

Special pawn capture can occur when an opponent's pawn move two ranks forward of a starting square.

b)

The king and the rest of the pieces has no legal moves but the king isn't check.

c)

The king has no possible moves, there is no way to remove the threat.

d)

Single piece attack two or more direct attacks.

41.

Definitions of castling.

(Hint: There are 2/4 correct choices)

a)

Either king and his/her own rooks can castling. It consists of king two squares towards a rook on the player's first rank. Then move the rook of a square which the rook crossed.

b)

Special pawn capture can occur when an opponent's pawn move two ranks forward of a starting square.

c)

The king has no possible moves, there is no way to remove the threat

d)

There are two kinds of castling: queenside castling, and kingside castling.

42.

Example of checkmate.

a)
b)
c)
d)
43.

Example of stalemate.

a)
b)
c)
d)
44.

Example of check.

a)
b)
c)
d)
45.

White wants to move the king, how many legal moves in this picture?

a)

Four

b)

Five

c)

Six

d)

Seven

46.

Black wants to move the bishop, how many legal moves in this picture?

a)

Three

b)

Four

c)

Five

d)

Six

47.

Correct chess setup for white.

a)
b)
c)
d)
48.

4) If your playing with Black pieces, Which piece is placed on C/F - 8?

a)

Knight

b)

Rook

c)

King

d)

Bishop

49.

The move 1. e4 is considered to be called which opening?

a)

The Queen's Pawn Opening

b)

The Sicilian

c)

The King's Pawn Opening

d)

The English Opening

e)

The Italian Game

50.

Which of the following are openings for black?

a)

The Blackburn Shilling Gambit

b)

The King's Indian Defense

c)

The English Opening

d)

Alekhine's Defense

e)

The Scandinavian