Saturday, June 30, 2007

Rules of Chess - Random Trivia Questions

I was once a pretty good chess player for my age, but the scholastic competition locally was very weak, and I never rose any higher than low expert. Now my six-year-old son is learning to play chess mostly on his own from the Internet and books. I can still spot him a queen and win, but hopefully the handicap will shrink rapidly over the next few years until I'm the one who needs a handicap.

Rules of Chess Questions

  • Q1) How many squares are on a chessboard?
  • Q2) What is the most numerous chess piece?
  • Q3) What is the only piece that can jump over another piece?
  • Q4) What is the only maneuver in chess where you move two of your pieces at the same time?
  • Q5) What is the only piece that captures in a different direction than it moves?
  • Q6) What piece combines the power of a bishop and a rook?
  • Q7) What special maneuver allows you to capture a piece on a square that it doesn't sit on?
  • Q8) What can a pawn be promoted to when it reaches the eighth rank?
  • Q9) What is the standard chess notation for castling with the king's rook?
  • Q10) What is the result of the game if a player has no legal moves?
  • Q11) How many times does the same position with the same player to move have to occur for a player to claim a draw?
  • Q12) After how many moves by each side without a capture or pawn move can a player claim a draw?

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