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Chess Knowledge Quiz new

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many squares does a chessboard have?

a)

65

b)

32

c)

64

d)

99

2.

Who were the opponents in the famous Evergreen Game?

a)

Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Emanuel Lasker

b)

Paul Morphy vs. Howard Staunton

c)

Jose Raul Capablanca vs. Alexander Alekhine

d)

Adolf Anderssen vs. Jean Dufresne

3.

How many moves was the longest known chess game in history?

a)

382

b)

269

c)

231

d)

101

4.

What is it called when a player can't defend an attack against their king?

a)

Checkmate

b)

Check

c)

Chess

d)

Checkchess

5.

The quickest possible checkmate is in how many moves?

a)

1 move

b)

2 moves

c)

4 moves

d)

3 moves

6.

Where did chess originate?

a)

India

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

Italy

7.

What does the word 'checkmate' mean in Persian?

a)

King is alone

b)

King is hopeless

c)

King needs help

d)

King is dead

8.

Which game is the earliest known predecessor of chess?

a)

Checkers

b)

Go

c)

Ludo

d)

Chaturanga

9.

Who was the first official World Chess Champion?

a)

Wilhelm Steinitz

b)

Garry Kasparov

c)

Paul Morphy

d)

Bobby Fischer

10.

What is the common abbreviation of the international chess federation?

a)

FIDE

b)

IFC

c)

WCF

d)

FIA

11.

What is the name of the rating system that measures a player’s strength?

a)

Ela

b)

Elo

c)

Alo

d)

Filo

12.

What determines which player starts first in a chess game?

a)

Whoever comes first to the board

b)

Coin flip

c)

The player with the black pieces

d)

The player with the white pieces

13.

In 1988, a computer won against a GM for the first time. What was the computer called?

a)

Deep Think

b)

The Super Computer

c)

Deep Thought

d)

Deep Chess

14.

What is chess played by post or email called?

a)

Correspondence chess

b)

Long-distance chess

c)

Interactive chess

d)

Open chess

15.

Which is greatest in number?

a)

Stars in the Milky Way

b)

Possible games of chess

c)

People on the planet

d)

All atoms in the universe