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Chess Electives

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Chess piece moves in any direction, but cannot jump over other pieces?

a)

King

b)

Pawn

c)

Knight

d)

Queen

2.

What is the goal of Chess? How do you know you've won?

a)

Your opponent's King is in Check.

b)

You capture all of your opponent's pieces.

c)

You have trapped your opponent's King in Checkmate.

d)

You capture your opponent's King.

3.

Which piece is the only piece on the board that can jump over other pieces?

a)

King

b)

Knight

c)

Queen

d)

Bishop

4.

Which piece can move forward, never backward, and attacks diagonally?

a)

Pawn

b)

Queen

c)

King

d)

Knight

5.

How many total squares are on a Chess board?

a)

8

b)

16

c)

32

d)

64

6.

What is it called when a pawn makes it to the opponent's last rank?

a)

A demotion

b)

A promotion

7.

A Rook piece moves in this direction.

a)

Only side to side

b)

Side to side and diagonally

c)

Straight lines forward/backward and side to side

d)

Only diagonally

8.

A King piece moves in this direction.

a)

Any direction at all, but only one square at a time.

b)

Any direction at all because it's the KING!

c)

Like an L shape

d)

Diagonally, side to side, forward and backward

9.

A Pawn piece is worth...

a)

1 point

b)

2 points

c)

3 points

d)

5 points when it captures another piece

10.

The Bishop and Knight pieces are worth...

a)

3 points each

b)

5 points each

c)

20 points each

d)

10 points each

11.

A Rook piece is worth...

a)

5 points

b)

1 point

c)

10 points

d)

3 points

12.

A Queen piece is worth...

a)

3 points

b)

5 points

c)

9 points

d)

1 point

13.

How many squares can the white knight move to ?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

8

d)

10

14.

What is the safest square for the queen to move to ?

a)

D1

b)

E2

c)

C1

d)

B1

15.

What is the safest square for blacks bishop?

a)

D6

b)

C5

c)

I don't know Mr. Smith

d)

A5

16.

How many total pieces are there on a chess board

a)

26

b)

32

c)

16

d)

8

17.

It is Black's turn to play. 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

18.

White to move and checkmate

a)

1. Nb6

b)

1. axb8=R

c)

1. axb8=Q

d)

1. Nxb8

19.

White to move and checkmate

a)

1. Qe8

b)

1. Qb7

c)

1. Qd6

d)

1. Qd7