Chess is one of the world’s longest-surviving board games, having existed in one form or another for well over 2,000 years. The game is said to teach forethought, circumspection and caution, but how much do you know about this fascinating pastime? Play now and find out!
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Question of
Chess is a game of…
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Chance
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Chance and strategy
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Strategy
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Which chess piece is the most powerful?
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The king
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The queen
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The bishop
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How many pieces does each chess player start with?
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16
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18
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20
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It is generally agreed that chess originated in which country?
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Japan
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Ireland
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India
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You win a game by putting your opponent’s king in checkmate. That word comes from Arabic ‘shah mat’, meaning…
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King died
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Emperor is on the carpet
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Emir fainted
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How many squares on a chessboard?
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81
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64
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49
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Question of
Each player begins the game with just two…
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Queens
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Bishops
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Pawns
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Which player moves first?
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The younger player
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Black
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White
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Which piece is known informally as a castle?
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Rook
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Knight
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Bishop
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Question of
Which diagram shows the correct moves of the knight?
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rook
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king
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bishop
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knight
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At setup, the white queen has which piece to her left?
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Bishop
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King
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Rook
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Which chess piece’s name has come into general usage to mean someone who is used or manipulated to further another person’s purposes?
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Rook
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Pawn
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Knight
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Chess is a game for how many players?
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1
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2
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Up to 6
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You tried and thanked you. Really simple quiz. My guilt is because I did not understand the question number nine, the Queen is to the left of the King, and the question is who is to the left of the queen with white figures, although it may also be a black hunter. are these basic things or translation. and my mistake in understanding the questions.
I’d like to participate in one far more powerful quiz about Sah.
I want you a pleasant weekend.
Let us not worry about that! I see now that I made an error in question #5: The English ‘checkmate’ originated in Persian ‘Shah mat’ meaning ‘the king fainted’, not in the Arabic phrase meaning ‘the king died’! I will make a more challenging quiz soon 🙂
Got 11/13…cool quiz 😉
V good post. Super and Best Post…
12/13. Put rook instead of bishop. Foolish woman. Haven’t played for decades. Ah me.
Took me back, Norman. Enjoyed.
Ah good! The research took me somewhere else: I discovered that chess as we know it has been played for less than 500 years. Prior to that it was called shatranj and played in the Arab world, Persia and the Indian subcontinent with some different moves for well over 1000 years. I am now learning to play shatranj 🙂
I got 7 out of 13 correct. Chess is not my thing, but I thought I’d see how much I knew without ever playing it!
And you got over 50% 🙂 Thanks for playing!
Anytime…I enjoy your quizzes! They’ve been a lot of fun!
I got 11/13 Chess was one of my favorite things to do with my dad when I was little. I’m not very good at it anymore, but I’ll always enjoy playing if someone asks me to. Awesome quiz!
11 of 13 …if only my winning percentage was that high lol..
You did well, Gina! That’s a great childhood memory with your Dad 🙂
Four of 13 in this chess quiz. But I enjoyed it.
Better luck next time, DPG! Maybe you’ll do better on the cheese quiz 😉 (I got the idea for the cheese quiz by misreading the name of this one 😀 )
I have not played chess for a long time. But I enjoy the game.
10/13 right. Great quiz. It’s been a while since I’ve played chess but it’s obviously stayed with me
Very nice score, Ishtar – well done 🙂
10/13 Awesome quiz, as always!
Nice score, Ellie! Thanks for playing 🙂
Only missed one, my Farsii is non-existent…
Well done. Alex! Thanks for playing 🙂
I got eight out of thirteen!
got 8 out of 13 right!
You got 6 out of 13 right!
Your threats succeeded in eating my pawn on the question about originated chess!
A mere pawn, Albert? Seven more where that came from! Well done, my friend 🙂
From the forest, the trees are felled and cut into wooden beams, then a small portion of the pieces are carved, and finished with varnish. So did the others. But now many are made of plastic. Are you satisfied with this answer?
I am more than satisfied, Albert!
Your wisdom is great, my friend.
I got 11 out of 13 correct. 🙂 And I don’t play chess.
Excellent result, especially if you don’t play, Lena 🙂
Yikes, I used to play often but only got 8 correct!
LOL Carol, you need a refresher, I reckon 😉 Still 6 is nothing to hang your head about!
I handed this one over to my son. He got one wrong, number 11. I wouldve gotten none right? lol My poor dad tried and tried to teach me Chess to no avail.
Well done, the son! I tried to make the quiz as broad as possible, so that knowing the game wouldn’t be enough to guarantee full marks, and conversely so that someone who didn’t know the game wouldn’t be guaranteed a big far zero! I learned when I was 6 or 7 – just seems to soak it in as all my friends and family were players 🙂
You got 12 out of 13 right!
Perfect. You rock!
Lovely quiz. i really likes the questions
Thank you, and well done, Dawnwriter. Your comments are always an encouragement 🙂
perfect post i like it
Thank you for your encouraging comment, Altaf 🙂
You got 13 out of 13 right!
Perfect. You rock!
Great quiz Norman, you beat me to it 🙂
Lol I got all correct, even if I cannot play chess just yet! Perhaps I am meant to be a great player, haha!
I am sure you are destined to be a Grand Master, Katerina. Big congratulations on getting full marks in the quiz. Were you planning to make a chess quiz? If so, I’m really sorry; I wasn’t trying to ‘beat you to it’. I believed that I came up with the idea all by myself, but perhaps I’m suffering from cryptomnesia 😮
No worries, after my initial <a href="https://virily.com/entertainment/impressive-facts-chess/" posting about chess I was thinking of a series of articles regarding chess. Will not do a quiz, yours was too good : ))))
p.s. testing the a href in comments too!!
That’s a relief 🙂 Regarding the link, you only need to enter the URL – no need for the HTML tag.
Missed my chance, and I see that there is no way of deleting or editing my comment.. Perhaps it is a good idea to consider (being able to delete / edit comments of myself or on my articles? )
And the below is the link to my post
https://virily.com/entertainment/impressive-facts-chess/
Oh, yes I remember now. I agree it would be nice to be able to edit and delte comments and posts 🙂
Crap missed a full Norman by 2, got 11 right. I knew one of them but convinced myself I was wrong. Oh well. I will get another full Norman (all questions right) on one of your upcoming quizzes.
I’m sure you will soon, Doc! Thanks for trying 🙂
I have not yet begun to fight! 🙂 Oh yeah and could you make the next one easier 😉
Let me consider it…. No! 😉
full Norman? is that anything like a full Monty?