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Chess Basics

Total questions: 27

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.

Which piece is the most popular piece on the board?

a)

Pawn

b)

Rook

c)

Knight

d)

Bishop

e)

Queen

6.

How many total squares are on a Chess board?

a)

8

b)

16

c)

32

d)

64

7.

Files are vertical (up and down) on a Chessboard a through h.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

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

a)

A demotion

b)

A promotion

9.

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

10.

How many total Pawns are on the Chess board during a game?

a)

8

b)

4

c)

16

d)

32

11.

A Pawn piece is worth...

a)

1 point

b)

2 points

c)

3 points

d)

5 points when it captures another piece

12.

A Rook piece is worth...

a)

5 points

b)

1 point

c)

10 points

d)

3 points

13.

What is a place on the Chess board that a Knight should NEVER be placed?

a)

The middle!

b)

The sides!

c)

In the opponent's area!

14.

To win at Chess, it is vitally important to gain center control by...

a)

developing your opponent's pieces.

b)

capturing all the pawns on the board.

c)

moving pieces as fast as possible.

d)

developing pieces in the center of the board.

15.

How many pieces are there in chess

a)

19

b)

32

c)

64

d)

16

16.

How many boxes are there in chess

a)

35

b)

68

c)

64

d)

32

17.

What are the two armies in chess

a)

King and queen

b)

Bishop and queen

c)

Horse and pawn

d)

Black and white pieces

18.

Is chess Fun

a)

YES!!!!

b)

NO

19.

How many players needed to play chess?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

20.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Prince

b)

King

c)

George

21.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Queen

b)

King

c)

Princess

22.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Rook

b)

Pawn

c)

Bishop

23.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Pawn

b)

Rook

c)

Bishop

24.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Bishop

b)

Pawn

c)

King

25.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Knight

b)

Pawn

c)

Bishop

26.

What are the two armies in chess

a)

King and queen

b)

Bishop and queen

c)

Horse and pawn

d)

Black and white pieces

27.

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