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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
How many squares does a chessboard have?
65
32
64
99
Who were the opponents in the famous Evergreen Game?
Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Emanuel Lasker
Paul Morphy vs. Howard Staunton
Jose Raul Capablanca vs. Alexander Alekhine
Adolf Anderssen vs. Jean Dufresne
How many moves was the longest known chess game in history?
382
269
231
101
What is it called when a player can't defend an attack against their king?
Checkmate
Check
Chess
Checkchess
The quickest possible checkmate is in how many moves?
1 move
2 moves
4 moves
3 moves
Where did chess originate?
India
France
Russia
Italy
What does the word 'checkmate' mean in Persian?
King is alone
King is hopeless
King needs help
King is dead
Which game is the earliest known predecessor of chess?
Checkers
Go
Ludo
Chaturanga
Who was the first official World Chess Champion?
Wilhelm Steinitz
Garry Kasparov
Paul Morphy
Bobby Fischer
What is the common abbreviation of the international chess federation?
FIDE
IFC
WCF
FIA
What is the name of the rating system that measures a player’s strength?
Ela
Elo
Alo
Filo
What determines which player starts first in a chess game?
Whoever comes first to the board
Coin flip
The player with the black pieces
The player with the white pieces
In 1988, a computer won against a GM for the first time. What was the computer called?
Deep Think
The Super Computer
Deep Thought
Deep Chess
What is chess played by post or email called?
Correspondence chess
Long-distance chess
Interactive chess
Open chess
Which is greatest in number?
Stars in the Milky Way
Possible games of chess
People on the planet
All atoms in the universe
