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Chess

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many squares does a chessboard have?

a)

65

b)

32

c)

64

d)

99

2.

Who were the players of the famous "Evergreen Game"?

a)

Adolf Anderssen

vs

Jean Dufresne

b)

Paul Morphy

vs

Howard Staunton

c)

Wilhelm Steinitz

vs

Emanuel Lasker

d)

Jose Raul Capablanca

vs

Alexander Alekhine

3.

How many moves was the longest known chess game?

a)

101

b)

182

c)

231

d)

269

4.

What is it called when a player cannot defend an attack against their king?

a)

Check

b)

Chess

c)

Checkchess

d)

Checkmate

5.

The quickest possible checkmate is in:

a)

2 moves

b)

1 move

c)

3 moves

d)

4 moves

6.

Where did chess originate?

a)

India

b)

Russia

c)

Italy

d)

France

7.

What does the word "checkmate"/"shah mat" mean in Persian?

a)

King is alone

b)

King is hopeless

c)

King needs help

d)

King is dead

8.

What is the earliest known predecessor of chess?

a)

Checkers

b)

Ludo

c)

Chaturanga

d)

Go

9.

Approximately how old is the game of chess?

a)

Around 1500 years

b)

Around 300 years

c)

Around 600 years

d)

More than 5000 years

10.

Who was the first official World Chess Champion?

a)

Wilhelm Steinitz

b)

Garry Kasparov

c)

Robert James Fischer

d)

Paul Morphy

11.

What is the common abbreviation of the international chess federation?

a)

FIA

b)

WCF

c)

IFC

d)

FIDE

12.

What is the rating system that measures a player's strength called?

a)

ELA

b)

ELO

c)

ALO

d)

FILO

13.

Other than world champion, what is the highest title that a chess player can earn?

a)

Super Master

b)

Extra Master

c)

Grand Slam Master

d)

Grandmaster

14.

What determines who goes first in a chess game?

a)

Coin flip

b)

Whoever arrives at the board first

c)

Black always goes first

d)

White always goes first

15.

Who was the first unofficial World Chess Champion?

a)

Adolf Anderssen

b)

Paul Morphy

c)

Howard Staunton

d)

Akiba Rubenstein

16.

Who invented the folding chessboard?

a)

a librarian

b)

a priest

c)

an accountant

d)

a lawyer

17.

What was the first computer to beat a grandmaster?

a)

Deep Think

b)

Super Computer

c)

Deep Thought

d)

Deep Chess

18.

Which is the strongest chess engine to date?

a)

AlphaZero

b)

Leela Chess Zero

c)

Houdini

d)

Stockfish AMI HCNNUE

19.

What is chess played by post or e-mail called?

a)

Long-Distance Chess

b)

Correspondence Chess

c)

Open Chess

d)

Interactive Chess

20.

How many games of chess are possible?

a)

10^120

b)

10^10^10

c)

10^10^50

d)

10^260

21.

What is the most popular opening in chess at the grandmaster level?

a)

Scotch Game

b)

Ruy Lopez Opening

c)

London System

d)

Sicilian Defense

22.

What is the most popular opening played in online chess?

a)

Fried Liver Attack

b)

Falkbeer Countergambit

c)

Evans Gambit

d)

Greco Gambit

23.

In which country is chess the most popular?

a)

United States of America

b)

Azerbaijan

c)

China

d)

Russia

24.

Who is the highest-rated grandmaster from Azerbaijan?

a)

Arkadij Naiditsch

b)

Garry Kasparov

c)

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

d)

Teimour Radjabov

25.

Who is the highest-rated grandmaster from China?

a)

Ding Liren

b)

Wang Hao

c)

Li Chao

d)

Gao Rui

26.

Who is the highest-rated grandmaster from the United States of America?

a)

Fabiano Caruana

b)

Robert James Fischer

c)

Wesley So

d)

Hikaru Nakamura

27.

Who is the highest-rated chess player from Russia?

a)

Boris Spassky

b)

Anatoly Karpov

c)

Alexander Alekhine

d)

Vasily Smyslov

28.

Who is the highest-rated chess player of all time?

a)

Garry Kasparov

b)

Magnus Carlsen

c)

Ding Liren

d)

Alireza Firouzja

29.

Who was the World Chess Champion for the longest amount of time?

a)

Magnus Carlsen

b)

Emanuel Lasker

c)

Max Euwe

d)

Anatoly Karpov

30.

Who is the youngest chess player to ever defeat Magnus Carlsen?

a)

Nihal Sarin

b)

Sergey Karjakin

c)

Rameshbabu Pragnanandha

d)

Vidit Gujrathi