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Chess,Chinese Chess and 围棋

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 15mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which one is invented in China?

a)

Chess

b)

Chinese chess

c)

Go(围棋)

2.

Which kind is Chess?

a)

National

b)

International

3.

Xiangqi is played on rectangular ____________ board.

a)

8x10

b)

9x10

c)

10x10

d)

12x12

4.

Which one is your favorite?

a)

Chess

b)

Go(围棋)

c)

Chinese Chess

5.

The piece that can move L in Chess.

a)

Pawn

b)

Knight

c)

Rook

6.

Where should the Black play?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

7.

Where should the black play?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

8.

Chinese Chess is in the same family of games as Western chess, chaturanga, shogi, Indian chess and janggi.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Select all the things we can do when in check.

a)

Ignore check and play an attacking move.

b)

Run away - Move the King.

c)

Refuse to move.

d)

Capture - Eat the piece creating check.

e)

Protect - Block the check.

10.

What is happening in this position?

a)

Check

b)

Checkmate

c)

Stalemate

d)

None of the above

11.

How many players are in chess?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

9

d)

3

12.

What is happening in this position?

a)

Check

b)

Checkmate

c)

Stalemate

d)

None of the above

13.

Which of these is a special chess move?

a)

Castling

b)

Check

c)

Capture

d)

Combination

14.

Definitions of castling.

(Hint: There are 2/4 correct choices)

a)

Either king and his/her own rooks can castling. It consists of king two squares towards a rook on the player's first rank. Then move the rook of a square which the rook crossed.

b)

Special pawn capture can occur when an opponent's pawn move two ranks forward of a starting square.

c)

The king has no possible moves, there is no way to remove the threat

d)

There are two kinds of castling: queenside castling, and kingside castling.

15.

Each army has how many pawns ?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

16.

Which is the least powerful piece on a chess board?

a)

Bishop

b)

Pawn

c)

Rook

d)

All of them

17.

In which direction does the pawn move when the pawn wants to attack?

a)

1 block straight

b)

1 block diagonally

c)

2 blocks straight

d)

2 blocks diagonally

18.

What is the definition of checkmate?

a)

Place your opponent's king in "check" with no legal move available to remove the king from "check"

b)

Capture all your opponent's pieces

c)

Capture the opponent's king

d)

Capture your opponent's king and Queen

19.

Which is the most powerful piece on a chess board ?

a)

King

b)

Queen

c)

Knight

d)

Rook

20.

We are encouraged to move one piece more than once in the opening.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

How do we know when an opening is completed?

a)

All the pieces are developed, King is safely castled and the Rooks are facing each other.

b)

We have checkmated the opponent.

c)

The game is in a stalemate.

d)

The opponent's queen was eaten.

22.

Black wants to move the bishop, how many legal moves in this picture?

a)

Three

b)

Four

c)

Five

d)

Six