WorksheetsChess Basics Quiz
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 24mins
Do you know who the best player is currently ?
Taylor Swift
Bobby Ficher
Magnus Carlsen
No one
How does the knight move ?
It can jump over pieces like a L
It moves only forward
It moves diagonally
It moves one square in any direction
How does the bishop move ?
diagonally
Foward
Jumps over pieces like a L
Does not move in the game
What colors would you find usually on a chess board ?
White and Black
Gold and Copper
Green and Mustard
Rust and Silver
What piece can move horizontally ?
Bishop
King
Rook
Knight
What is called to a game when the game is a draw ?
Addition
Stop
Game over
Stalemate
How does a queen move ? (More than one answer)
Diagonally
Like a L that hops over pieces
Horizontally
Like a king
What is the most important piece in the game ?
Queen
King
Bishop
Rook
What is the most powerful piece in the game ?
King
Rook
Bishop
Queen
What do you call a row in chess ?
File
Row
Rank
There’s no rows in chess
What do you call a column in chess ?
Row
Column
File
There is no column in chess
What is happening in this position?
Check
Checkmate
Stalemate
None of the above
What is happening in this position?
Check
Checkmate
Stalemate
None of the above
A king can castle if he is in check.
True.
False.
What are the goals of the first part of the chess game?
To eat all the pieces and checkmate.
To trade all the pieces and stalemate.
To win the other player's Queen.
To develop your pieces, control the centre of the board and get your king to safety.
What are the three parts of the chess game?
Start, End, Centre.
First half, Break, Finals.
Opening, Middlegame, Endgame.
First Move, Middlegame, Checkmate.
Match the chess notation to the correct circle colour
Green: c4, Blue: b7, Yellow: e6, Red: g1.
Green: e6, Blue: c4, Yellow: g1, Red: b7
Green: b7, Blue: c4, Yellow: e6, Red: g1.
Green: g1, Blue: e6, Yellow: b7, Red: c4.
Select all the things we can do when in check.
Ignore check and play an attacking move.
Run away - Move the King.
Refuse to move.
Capture - Eat the piece creating check.
Protect - Block the check.
When you set the game up, Which piece do you put on either side of the king and queen-
Bishop
Knight
Queen
Rook
What has the most points?
King
Knight
Queen
Bishop
Which of these is an illegal move?
Ne6!
Qa1+
Nb3??
Kf3#
Rf2
The move 1. e4 is considered to be called which opening?
The Queen's Pawn Opening
The Sicilian
The King's Pawn Opening
The English Opening
The Italian Game
In the opening you should get out your?
knights and bishops
king and queen
rooks and pawns
only bishops
A Queen piece is worth...
3 points
5 points
9 points
1 point
A Rook piece is worth...
5 points
1 point
10 points
3 points
The Bishop and Knight pieces are worth...
3 points each
5 points each
20 points each
10 points each
A Pawn piece is worth...
1 point
2 points
3 points
5 points when it captures another piece
How many total Pawns are on the Chess board during a game?
8
4
16
32
What is it called when a pawn makes it to the opponent's last rank?
A demotion
A promotion
How many total squares are on a Chess board?
8
16
32
64
Which piece is the most popular piece on the board?
Pawn
Rook
Knight
Bishop
Queen
Which piece can move forward, never backward, and attacks diagonally?
Pawn
Queen
King
Knight
What is the goal of Chess? How do you know you've won?
Your opponent's King is in Check.
You capture all of your opponent's pieces.
You have trapped your opponent's King in Checkmate.
You capture your opponent's King.
Can you change a move after playing it?
Yes
No
To see if you are in checkmate you should check to see if you can...
capture the threatening piece
move your king out of danger
block the threatening piece
all the above
The pawn can move one or two spaces forward....
anytime during the game
on its first move
at the end of the game
Which piece can move only one square at a time?
King
Knight
Bishop
Rook
The knight moves a total of three squares. In what direction does it move?
U shape
L shape
C shape
How many pieces can you capture at one time?
one
two
three
Which player always makes the first move?
White
Black
When "castling" you move the following pieces:
King & Queen
King & Bishop
King & Rook
King & Knight
Which piece can become another piece when it reaches the opposite end of the board?
Pawn
Queen
Knight
King
The pawn captures by attacking the opponent's piece on...
the square directly in front of it
the square directly in back of it
the square diagonally to it
Which piece cannot move backward?
King
Pawn
Rook
