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The document presents a chess quiz designed to test knowledge about the game, covering various topics such as the number of squares on a chessboard, historical games, and chess terminology. It includes 20 questions with multiple-choice answers and provides correct answers at the end. Additionally, it offers a ranking system based on the number of correct answers to assess the player's chess knowledge level.

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Chess Quiz

The document presents a chess quiz designed to test knowledge about the game, covering various topics such as the number of squares on a chessboard, historical games, and chess terminology. It includes 20 questions with multiple-choice answers and provides correct answers at the end. Additionally, it offers a ranking system based on the number of correct answers to assess the player's chess knowledge level.

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Chess Quiz

English

Chess is without a doubt one of the most fascinating and popular games in
history. Do you know how many moves are possible in chess, or which is the
longest chess game?

If you fancy testing your knowledge while learning cool facts about chess, then
take the chess quiz below!

If you have a hard time answering any of them, make sure to check the correct
answers at the bottom of this page.

 Questions
 Answers
 Ranking

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) Adolf Anderssen vs. Jean Dufresne
 B) Paul Morphy vs. Howard Staunton
 C) Wilhelm Steinitz vs. Emanuel Lasker
 D) Jose Raul Capablanca vs. Alexander Alekhine
The evergreen
chess game from 1852

3. How many moves was the longest [known]


chess game in history?
 A) 101
 B) 231
 C) 269
 D) 382

4. What is it called when a player can't


defend an attack against their king?
 A) Check
 B) Chess
 C) Checkchess
 D) Checkmate
White can not defend the simple but
effective attack against their king

5. The quickest possible checkmate is in:


 A) 2 moves
 B) 1 move
 C) 3 moves
 D) 4 moves

6. Where did chess originate?


 A) India
 B) Russia
 C) Italy
 D) France

7. What does the word “checkmate”/“shah


mat” 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) Ludo
 C) Chaturanga
 D) Go

This
is how the initial position of the earliest chess game predecessor looked like

9. Approximately how old is the game of


chess?
 A) Around 1500 years
 B) Around 300 years
 C) More than 5000 years
 D) Around 600 years
10. Who was the first official World Chess
Champion?
 A) Wilhelm Steinitz
 B) Garry Kasparov
 C) Bobby Fischer
 D) Paul Morphy

11. What is the common abbreviation of the


international chess federation?
 A) FIA
 B) WCF
 C) IFC
 D) FIDE

12. What is the name of the rating system


that measures a player’s strength?
 A) Ela
 B) Elo
 C) Alo
 D) Filo

The official chess rating system was named after him


13. Other than world champion, what is the
highest title a chess player can earn?
 A) Super master
 B) Extra master
 C) Grand slam master
 D) Grandmaster

14. What determines which player starts first


in a chess game?
 A) Coin flip
 B) Whoever comes first to the board
 C) The player with the black pieces always goes first
 D) The player with the white pieces always goes first

15. The folding chessboard was invented by?


 A) A librarian
 B) A priest
 C) An accountant
 D) A lawyer

16. 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
These days computers are much stronger even than the top players in the world including the world
champion

17. If you put one grain of wheat on the first


square of the chessboard, then two on the
second, four on the third, eight on the fourth,
and so on, how many grains of wheat do you
need to put on the last 64th square?
 A) 999 999
 B) 1 000 000 001
 C) 64 000 000 000
 D) 9 223 372 036 864 775 808 (approx. 9.22x10^18)

18. How did the first game between Earth


and the crew of the Soyuz-9 spacecraft
played on the 9th of June, 1970 finish?
 A) White won
 B) Black won
 C) It ended in a draw
 D) It was never finished

19. What is chess played by post or email


called?
 A) Long-distance chess
 B) Correspondence chess
 C) Open chess
 D) Interactive chess
Daily chess games on Chess.com allow you to choose between 1 and 14 days as max time per move

20. Which is greatest in number?


 A) All atoms in the universe
 B) Possible games of chess
 C) Stars in the Milky Way
 D) People on the planet
Answers
1. How many squares does a chessboard have? - C. No more, no less.
There are eight horizontals (called "files) and eight verticals (called "ranks"),
totalling 64 squares.

More info

2. Who were the opponents in the famous Evergreen Game? - A. The


evergreen game is a famous chess game played by Jean Dufresne and Adolf
Anderssen in 1852. Anderssen won it by sacrificing multiple pieces and
delivering a beautiful checkmate.

More info

3. How many moves was the longest [known] chess game in history? -
C. 269 moves! Can you imagine that? The game was played between Ivan
Nikolic and Goran Arsovic in Belgrade, 1989. It lasted over 20 hours and ended
in a draw.

More info

4. What is it called when a player can't defend an attack against their


king? - D. It’s checkmate! Checkmating your opponent is the most important
and crucial goal in the game of chess.

More info

5. The quickest possible checkmate is in - A. Indeed only 2 moves are


needed to finish the game in the quickest possible way. This checkmate is also
known as the Fool’s mate.

More info

6. Where did chess originate? - A. Historical evidence suggests that chess


originated in India.

More info
7. What does the word “checkmate”/“shah mat” mean in Persian? -
D. In Persian “shah” stands for “king” and “mat” for “dead,” so there you have
it: The king is dead.

8. Which game is the earliest known predecessor of chess? - C. It’s


believed to have been invented about 1500 years ago and Chaturanga is the
earliest known predecessor of chess.

More info

9. Approximately how old is the game of chess? - A. There is evidence


that the earliest predecessor of chess originated nearly 1500 years ago in India
and then spread to Persia.

More info

10. Who was the first official World Chess Champion? - A. The 1886
match between Wilhelm Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort was the first
official World Chess Championship match. Steinitz won 12.5-7.5 (10 wins, 5
losses, 5 draws) and became the first official world chess champion.

More info

11. What is the common abbreviation of the international chess


federation? - D. The abbreviation comes from French, and it stands for
Federation International des Echecs. Fide was founded in Paris on July 20, 1924.

More info

12. What is the name of the rating system that measures a player’s
strength? - B. The system is named after its creator, Arpad Elo. He was a
physics professor and also a chess master who worked to improve how the U.S.
Chess Federation measured player’s skill levels.

More info

13. Other than world champion, what is the highest title a chess player
can earn? - D. The other alternatives are not real chess titles. Grandmaster
(abbreviated GM) is a title that players can earn and which they carry for life.
The grandmaster title was awarded for the first time in 1950 to 27 players. Since
then, the requirements to achieve the highest chess title have changed
tremendously.

More info

14. What determines which player starts first in a chess game? - D. The
player with the white pieces always starts first.
More info

15. The folding chessboard was invented by? - B. The story tells that a
priest came up with the idea as they were forbidden to play chess. The priest
then devised a folding board that looked like two books lying together so he
could still play the game.

16. In 1988 a computer won against a GM for the first time. What was
the computer called? - C. This happened in the American Open, during which
the computer won against GM Bent Larsen.

17. If you put one grain of wheat on the first square of the chessboard,
then two on the second, four on the third, eight on the fourth, and so
on, how many grains of wheat do you need to put on the last 64th
square? - D. This is how vast and deep the game of chess is! There are so
many combinations of possible moves, which make the game so interesting and
unpredictable.

More info

18. How did the first game between Earth and the crew of the Soyuz-9
spacecraft played on the 9th of June, 1970 finish? - C. The game ended
peacefully with a draw after 35 moves and about 6 hours. It’s interesting to
mention that there was a special board designed for the game and the moves
were sent via radio.

More info

19. What is chess played by post or email called? - B. The main difference
from regular chess is that the opponents play remotely, and they are not
required to play at the same time. This gives more time to make a move,
reducing the rate of blunders.

More info

20. Which is greatest in number? - B. The virtually infinite number of


possible chess games is one of the reasons why chess is so interesting and it's
still popular today.

Ranking
Add up your points to gauge your chess knowledge! Add five points to every
question you got right and check where you stand:

 0 to 20 points: beginner
 21 to 40 points: intermediate
 41 to 60 points: advanced
 61 to 80 points: expert
 81-100: chess magician

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