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Chess

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 1hrs 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1) What is the total number of squares on a chess board?

a)

65

b)

72

c)

64

d)

54

2.

2) Which piece could be “checkmated” in chess?

a)

Queen

b)

King

c)

Rook

d)

Bishop

3.

3) At the start of a chess game, how many pieces are there in total on a chessboard?

a)

40

b)

32

c)

18

d)

16

4.

5) Which is the most powerful piece on a chessboard?

a)

Queen

b)

King

c)

Rook

d)

Knight

5.

6) What is the highest title for professional chess players?

a)

Super master

b)

Lifetime master

c)

Grandmaster

d)

Super Grand Master

6.

7) Chess is originated from which country?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

England

d)

USA

7.

8) Which player can make the first move in a chess game?

a)

Decided by tossing a coin

b)

The player with black pieces

c)

The player with white pieces

d)

Both A & B

8.

9) Which of the following moves allows for a change of positions between a rook and king and puts them side by side?

a)

Dwarfing

b)

Hooking

c)

Castling

d)

Shifting

9.

10) When a pawn reaches the other side of the chessboard, it would be exchanged for any lost piece. What is this strategy called?

a)

Queening

b)

Reigning

c)

Promoting

d)

Downing

10.

11) What is the condition in which a player cannot make any moves while the other one has not checked yet?

a)

Checkmate

b)

Batchmate

c)

Newman

d)

Stalemate

11.

12) Which is the only piece on a chessboard that cannot check a king?

a)

King

b)

Queen

c)

Pawn

d)

Knight

12.

17) Squares on a chessboard are identified by which characters?

a)

Two letters

b)

Two numbers

c)

One letter and one number

d)

Both A & B

13.

19) Which piece is put next to the rook on the chessboard at the start of a game?

a)

Queen

b)

Bishop

c)

Knight

d)

King

14.

Who became a grandmaster for chess at the age of 13?

a)

Karl Anderssen

b)

Howard Staunton

c)

Paul Morphy

d)

Magnus Carlsen

15.

How many players needed to play chess?

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

16.

A piece that can move diagonal only.

a)

Queen

b)

King

c)

Bishop

d)

Rook

17.

It is the weakest piece, it can move any direction but one step only.

a)

Knight

b)

Pawn

c)

Queen

d)

King

18.

The piece that can move L.

a)

Pawn

b)

Knight

c)

Horse

d)

Rook

19.

A piece that can move one or two steps at first move. When the piece wishes to capture opponent's piece, it will move diagonally.

a)

Pawn

b)

Knight

c)

Rook

d)

King

20.

What are the two armies in chess

a)

King and queen

b)

Bishop and queen

c)

Horse and pawn

d)

Black and white pieces

21.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Knight

b)

Pawn

c)

Bishop

22.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Bishop

b)

Pawn

c)

King

23.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Pawn

b)

Rook

c)

Bishop

24.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Rook

b)

Pawn

c)

Bishop

25.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Queen

b)

King

c)

Princess

26.

What is this piece called in chess language?

a)

Prince

b)

King

c)

George

27.

A Queen piece is worth...

a)

3 points

b)

5 points

c)

9 points

d)

1 point

28.

To win at Chess, it is vitally important to gain center control by...

a)

developing your opponent's pieces.

b)

capturing all the pawns on the board.

c)

moving pieces as fast as possible.

d)

developing pieces in the center of the board.

29.

A Rook piece is worth...

a)

5 points

b)

1 point

c)

10 points

d)

3 points

30.

The Bishop and Knight pieces are worth...

a)

3 points each

b)

5 points each

c)

20 points each

d)

10 points each

31.

A Pawn piece is worth...

a)

1 point

b)

2 points

c)

3 points

d)

5 points when it captures another piece

32.

A King piece moves in this direction.

a)

Any direction at all, but only one square at a time.

b)

Any direction at all because it's the KING!

c)

Like an L shape

d)

Diagonally, side to side, forward and backward

33.

A Rook piece moves in this direction.

a)

Only side to side

b)

Side to side and diagonally

c)

Straight lines forward/backward and side to side

d)

Only diagonally

34.

A Bishop piece moves in this direction.

a)

Only diagonally

b)

Diagonally and side to side

c)

Side to side

d)

Only straight forward

35.

True or False- Two pieces can share the same space.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Pick all the ways a Queen can move.

a)

Horizontal

b)

Vertical

c)

Diagonal

d)

Like an "L"

37.

A king can castle if he is in check.

a)

True.

b)

False.

38.

What is happening in this position?

a)

Check

b)

Checkmate

c)

Stalemate

d)

None of the above

39.

What is happening in this position?

a)

Check

b)

Checkmate

c)

Stalemate

d)

None of the above

40.

It is Black to play

What is happening in this position?

a)

Check

b)

Checkmate

c)

Stalemate

d)

None of the above

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