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Total questions: 15
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How many types of pieces are there in chess?
5
6
7
8
How many squares are there on the chessboard?
16
32
64
128
What is the most important piece in chess?
King
Queen
Rook
Pawn
"The soul of chess" is:
The king
Pawn structures
Castling
En passant
The rook can move:
one square in any direction.
any of the closest squares that are not on the same rank, file, or diagonal.
any number of squares along a rank, file, or diagonal, but cannot leap over other pieces.
any number of squares along a rank or file, but cannot leap over other pieces.
When a king is under immediate attack, it is said to be:
stalemate
in check
promotion
checkmate
When a pawn advances to the eighth rank, as part of the move, it is:
demoted
castle
demote
promoted
A game can be won in the following ways:
Checkmate
Resignation
Win on time
Forfeit
All are correct
In the opening, you need to:
Control the side of the board + Move the king to safety
Control the center of the board + Move the king to safety
Move the king to safety + Early queen attack
Keep all the pieces (not pawns) in the starting square
How many openings in chess have the ECO code?
100
300
500
700
In chess, a fork is
a tactic in which a piece attacks two or more pieces simultaneously.
a direct attack revealed when one piece moves out of the way of another.
a tactic in which a combination of discovered checks and regular checks, usually by a rook and a bishop, often forcing the opposing king to move back and forth between two squares, can win massive amounts of material.
a move giving up a queen in return for tactical/positional advantage or other compensation.
Zugzwang is:
the position in which two kings face each other on a rank or file, with only one square between them.
a situation found in chess and other turn-based games wherein one player is put at a disadvantage because of his obligation to make a move.
an endgame drawing technique in which the side behind in material sets up a zone of protection that the opponent cannot penetrate.
a tactic used in chess to put one's opponent in zugzwang (a position when it is a disadvantage to move).
In chess, a blunder is:
an OK move.
a good move.
a bad move.
a critically bad move.
In chess, a skewer is:
an attack upon two pieces in a line and is similar to a pin, but the more valuable piece is the one under direct attack.
a defensive tactic in chess in response to an attack, consisting of interposing a piece between the opponent's attacking piece and the piece being attacked.
a tactic that forces an opposing piece to leave the square, rank or file it occupies, thus exposing the king or a valuable piece.
a chess tactic in which a defensive piece is given an additional defensive assignment which it cannot complete without abandoning its original defensive assignment.
Look at the picture. Who is he?
Robert Fontaine
Hikaru Nakamura
Luís Galego
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
