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Chess Quiz

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If a player can’t move any of his pieces, but king is not being attacked, what is this called?

a)

Stalemate

b)

Checkmate

c)

Skewer

d)

Fork

e)

This is impossible

2.

How much points does a rook worths?

a)

1

b)

3

c)

5

d)

6

e)

8

3.

Which piece is the strongest?

a)

Bishop

b)

Knight

c)

Queen

d)

King

4.

What does O-O-O means?

a)

Skewer

b)

Pin

c)

Castle queenside

d)

Castle kingside

e)

Opposite castle

5.

What is the best move in here for black?

a)

Nxa3

b)

Ba3

c)

g4

d)

Qa8

6.

Which kind of opening includes a blunder?

a)

Four knights game

b)

Bird opening

c)

Petrov’s opening defense

d)

Sicilian defense

7.

If two white rooks are the 7th rank, what are they called?

a)

Rookies

b)

Rocks

c)

Watch guards

d)

Offenders

e)

Pigs

8.

If a file has no pawns, what is this file called?

a)

Closed file

b)

Open file

c)

Safe file

d)

Rook’s file

e)

Skewer’s file

9.

When is it good to trade pieces?

a)

Anytime

b)

When you are planning to defense

c)

When pushing your pawns

d)

When you have material advantage

e)

When opponent decides to attack you

10.

Can pawns move diagonally when there is no enemy pieces on that diagonal square?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Only when opponent just pushed a pawn in front of your’s

d)

Only when you castle

e)

Only when you just underpromoted

11.

What is this opening?

a)

King's gambit

b)

Queen's gambit

c)

Sicilian defense

d)

Petrov’s opening

12.

What is an isolated pawn?

a)

Double-pawn

b)

Pawn that have no defense from other pieces

c)

Island pawn

d)

Pawn that have no defense from other pawns

13.

Which is the weakest pawn in the starting position?

a)

A pawn

b)

C pawn

c)

F pawn

d)

G pawn

14.

How many squares does the chessboard have?

a)

32

b)

64

c)

85

d)

150

15.

How do you mate with a king and a queen?

a)

Corner the king with your king, then bring in the queen to mate.

b)

Corner the king with your queen, then bring in the king to mate.

c)

Keep checking with the queen until your opponents gets trapped.

d)

Ask your opponent to resign.

16.

When you move a piece out of the way to attack another piece it is called a...?

a)

Fork

b)

Pin

c)

Discovered Attack

d)

Skewer

17.

What is the name of the situation when every legal move you make weakens your position?

a)

Zeitnot

b)

En passant

c)

Zugzwang

d)

Fortress

18.

Which city hosted the "unlimited match" between Karpov and Kasparov in 1984/85?

a)

Moscow

b)

Saint Petersburg

c)

Sevilla

d)

Reykjavik

19.

Which one of these chess principles is NOT effective in the opening

a)

Activating your queen early

b)

Fighting for the center

c)

Developing the pieces

d)

Protecting the king

20.

How many people achieved the title of World Chess Champion?

a)

15

b)

16

c)

17

d)

18

21.

What is a hanging piece?

a)

A piece that is not protected

b)

A piece that has low value

c)

A piece that escaped from a pin

d)

A piece that underpromoted

22.

How do you represent a knight from B file has moved to a3 square?

(a)  

23.

Which is a good tactic in the endgame?

a)

Bring your king to the corner

b)

Bring your king the the bank rank with pawns in front of it

c)

Make crazy sacrifices

d)

Move your king up

e)

Use 3 vs 3 pawn breakthrough

24.

What piece can deliver smothered mate?

a)

Knight

b)

Queen

c)

Pawn

d)

Bishop

e)

Rook

25.

One bishop is in B1, another bishop is in E4, which one is working better?

a)

B1 bishop

b)

E4 bishop

c)

All same

d)

I don’t know

26.

Which piece(s) can deliver bank rank mate?

a)

Rook

b)

Queen

c)

Bishop

d)

Knight

27.

What occurs when you are in a worse position, but you can create threats that make it harder for your opponent to win the game?

a)

Stalemate

b)

Zugzwang

c)

Cramped

d)

Closed game

e)

Counterplay

28.

What type of mate occurs involves one player's knight and rook giving checkmate to the enemy king, while that king is trapped in the corner?

a)

Smothered mate

b)

Opera mate

c)

Arabian mate

d)

Kiss of death

e)

Fool’s mate

29.

What strategy tries to control the center with pieces from the flanks?

a)

Skewer

b)

Hypermodern

c)

Hole

d)

Fianchetto

30.

What is a mating net?

a)

A situation that a king is trapped and have no where to move

b)

A situation when are major pieces are not on the king’s rank or file

c)

A situation where the king's escape squares are taken away, and checkmate is forced

d)

A situation that leads a king to zugzwang

31.

What is the phrase for a move by a rook to a file which is closed?

a)

Dead-end

b)

Skewer

c)

Sacrifice

d)

Fake move

e)

Mysterious rook move

32.

What is the best move here?

a)

Nba5

b)

Ned2+

c)

Nec3+

d)

Rfe8

e)

Nbd4

33.

Write the piece that can promote(use capital letter for the first letter).

(a)  

34.

What is the best move here?

a)

Rf6

b)

b6+

c)

Nxa6

d)

Rxa6

35.

What do you call an extremely bad move(first letter in capital letter)?

(a)  

36.

What is the phrase for an attacking method where one player advances a group of pawns toward the opponent, usually with the goal of destroying the opponent's king's pawn cover?

a)

Pawn destroyer

b)

Killer pawn

c)

Deadly pawn

d)

Pawn storm

37.

What is created when two or more pieces are lined up, directly attacking one point, pawn, or square on the chess board?

a)

Discovered attack

b)

Skewer

c)

Alekhine’s gun

d)

Battery

e)

Windmill

38.

Which is not a variation of chess?

a)

King of the hills

b)

Atomic

c)

Horde

d)

Bomb chess

e)

Duck chess

39.

What happens if stalemate occurs?

a)

A draw

b)

The one who got statement loses

c)

The one who got stalemate wins

d)

I don’t know

40.

What happens in fog of war?

a)

You can’t see opponents pieces

b)

You can’t see any pieces

c)

You can’t see your pieces

d)

You can’t see the squares you don’t have contact with

41.

What is this opening?

a)

Benino defense

b)

Sicilian defense

c)

Benko gambit

d)

London system

42.

What is this opening?

a)

Benino defense

b)

Nimzo-Indian defense

c)

King’s Indian defense

d)

Queen’s Indian defense

43.

What do you call a pawn whose neighboring pawn or pawns have advanced ahead of it?

a)

Lonely pawn

b)

Backward pawn

c)

Bad pawn

d)

Chained pawn

44.

What is the term for a small trick or tactic for which the opponent is unlikely to fall(First letter capitalize)?

(a)  

45.

What is combination?

a)

Plentiful powerful pieces on board which prepares a surprise attack

b)

A preparation of a checkmate

c)

Combine all threats from you together to make winning moves

d)

A series of forcing moves which leads to a favorable outcome

46.

How do you call an important square which cannot be controlled by the opponent and where one player hopes to establish a piece?

a)

Outpost

b)

Outflank

c)

Flag

d)

Landmine square

47.

Give the word which means to give up and admit defeat in a chess game(First letter capitalized).

(a)  

48.

What do you call a pawn can be captured, but capturing it will cause problems?

a)

Death pawn

b)

Poisoned pawn

c)

Danger pawn

d)

Landmine

49.

Which opening does not starts with d4?

a)

Catalan defense

b)

Grünfield defense

c)

Alekhine’s defense

d)

Trompowsky attack

50.

Do you see a cunning move? Find that move!

a)

Qxh6

b)

Qxe5

c)

Rxg7

d)

Rf7+

e)

Rxb7

51.

What is the best move for white?

(a)  

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