WorksheetsChess Quiz
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 34mins
What is this piece?
Queen
Knight
Rook
Tower
What is the difference between the greatest possible number of moves of this piece and the least possible number of moves of this piece on a standard board?
8
6
4
2
How many dark squares are on the board?
8
32
64
16
Is b4 a light square or a dark square?
Light square
Dark square
What is the term that the moves a5 bxa6 are an example of?
(a)
Congratulations! You made it through the chess concepts part. What is your favorite non-pawn piece?
(Gosh maximum of five choices)
King
Knight
Bishop
Rook
Queen
What is the quickest checkmate in chess called?
Fool's Mate
Bongcloud Mate
Scholar's Mate
Smothered Mate
What is the opening characterized by 1. h4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3?
Kadas Opening
Kadas Opening: Danish Variation
Danish-Kadas Gambit
Kadas Gambit
Which of the following are real openings?
Modern Defense: Monkey's Bum Variation
Bird's Opening: Double Duck Formation
Turtle Opening
Benoni Defense: Vulture Defense
What is the opening characterized by the movement of pawns to the 3rd/6th rank?
(a)
What does the name characterized by pushing b3/g3/b6/g6 and putting the bishop on b2/g2/b7/g7 mean?
Weird bishop
Fan ghetto
Little flank
Flank bishop
Congratulations! You've made it through the openings section. What first move do you prefer as white?
e4
d4
Flank pawn move
Knight move
Black to move and win. Use standard notation.
(a)
White to move and win.
(a)
Black to move and win. Please type out moves until you have a clear advantage. This includes obvious captures. You only need to write one variation for the non-forced moves.
Example input: e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5
(a)
White to move and checkmate in 3. Please type out the responses for both sides. Assume that black defends perfectly.
Example input: e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bc4 Bc5
(a)
White to move and mate in 3. You only need to type out the first move.
(a)
White to move and win.
(a)
Black to move and win.
(a)
White to move and win. Which TWO moves secure a major advantage?
Type your answer in the following format: e4 or d4
(a)
Position: rn2k1nr/pb4pp/8/Bpp1N1q1/3P4/1B2P3/PP3PPP/RN1QR1K1 b kq - 0 1
Which move gives checkmate?
(a)
Position: r2qkb2/3bn2p/pp1p1Br1/nNp5/2P1P3/PQ3BP1/1P3P1P/R2R2K1 w q - 0 1
Which move gives checkmate?
(a)
Congratulations, you have survived the bombardment of puzzles! Which of the following is the easiest to spot in your opinion?
Forks
Pins
Skewers
Checkmates
One more poll! What is the most elegant checkmate pattern in your opinion?
What do you have when your king is 4 squares away from the enemy king on the same rank/file and it's the opponent's turn? i. e. 3 squares in between.
Direct opposition
Distant opposition
None--opponent has direct opposition
None--opponent has distant opposition
What does triangulation mean?
Triangles
Moving your king to lose a tempo
Moving a piece to lose a tempo
The 1-2- 5 triangle that knights move
How do you draw a king and rook vs king and bishop endgame with the bishop?
Stay in the center
Go to a dark-squared corner, like a1
Go to a light-squared corner, like h1
Black is winning here no matter what you do.
In the following position (white to move), you can choose to place a pawn on one of the colored squares. Which one(s) guarantee a draw?
Blue
Green
Yellow
Red
Which position is not a draw? All positions are white to move.
Congratulations, you made it through the endgames part! What is your favorite pawn to have passed in an endgame?
a or h pawn
b or g pawn
c or f pawn
d or e pawn
What is the earliest predecessor of chess known as?
Proto-chess
Shatranj
Chaturaji
Chaturanga
What does the term checkmate mean?
King cannot move
You check if your mate is here
King is dead
King is helpless
About when was the movement of the queen expanded?
1300s
1400s
1500s
1600s
What is the outcome of the Earth vs Space match in 1970?
Earth won
Space won
Draw
The game was never finished due to technical errors on the spaceship
Which piece does a pawn in the Short Assize chess, played in medieval times, share with?
Bishop
Knight
Rook
Queen
Congratulations, you completed the chess history part! Which "division" of the Chaturanga chess army do you like most?
Infantry
Cavalry
Elephantry
Chariotry
Who is the only World Chess Champion to die holding the title?
Emanuel Lasker
Bobby Fischer
Alexander Alekhine
Mikhail Tal
How many matches did the World Chess Championship 2021 last?
10
11
12
14
To become a FIDE master, you must be at least rated (a) at some point of your career.
Which team won the 42nd Chess Olympiad, held in 2016?
Russia
United States
China
Ukraine
Which of the following players were finalists of the FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Championship 2019?
Wesley So
Magnus Carlsen
Ian Nepomniachtchi
Fabiano Caruana
Congratulations, you completed the chess masters part! Who is your favorite titled chess player?
What is the name given to the chess playing automation in 1770, later shown to be a hoax?
(a)
Which computer program was the first to defeat a GM in a tournament?
Deep Blue
HiTech
Stockfish
Deep Thought
What is the name of the computer that beat Stockfish 8?
AlphaGo
AlphaZero
AlphaFish
AlphaOne
What is the latest version of Stockfish?
11
13
14
15
What is the most widely accepted theory of a chess game's solved result?
White wins
Draw
Black wins
Congratulations, you've finished the computer chess part! What is your favorite chess engine?
Stockfish
Leela Chess Zero/AlphaZero
Komodo/Dragon
Other
Which piece is royal for both sides in the Amazon Jungle variant on chess .com?
Amazon
Chancellor
Camel
Grasshopper
Which square in Mini Forest is similar to f7 for black?
(a)
Where is the Green King in the Bsrti Setup for 4 Player Chess?
n7
n8
White to move and mate in 8. Only the first move is required. The game is atomic.
(a)
Which square(s) are royal in the Racing Kings variant?
e4
a8
d5
e8
Congratulations, you've made it through the chess variants part! What is your favorite variant?
Crazyhouse
Atomic
Giveaway/Antichess
4 Player Chess
How big is the "Palace" for the general and advisor in Xiangqi?
1*1
2*2
3*3
4*4
Which special variant rule is incorporated in Shogi?
Atomic (You can blow up pieces when capturing)
Crazyhouse (You can drop captured pieces)
3-check (Your king can only withstand 3 checks)
Giveaway (You try to lose all your pieces)
How does the Promoted Knight move in Shogi?
Same as a chess knight
Same as a xiangqi knight
Like a ferz and a forward wazir
Like a wazir and a forward ferz
Which piece movement is most similar to the Elephant movement in Janggi?
Zebra
Camel
Ferz
Alfil
Which piece is the strongest of the following in Arimaa?
Camel
Rabbit
Dog
Horse
Congratulations, you've completed the similar chess games part! What is your favorite game similar to chess?
Xiangqi
Shogi
Arimaa
Janggi
