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♟️ Chess Basics

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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. How many squares are on a chessboard?

36496481

2. Who moves first in a game of chess?

Decided by coin tossWhoever is youngerWhiteBlack

3. What does 'check' mean?

The game is overA piece has been capturedThe king is attacked and must be made safe this moveA player has offered a draw

4. Which of these is good general opening advice?

Push all your edge pawns firstMove the same piece many timesBring your queen out on move twoDevelop your knights and bishops early and castle your king to safety

5. How do pawns capture?

Straight aheadBackwards onlyOne square diagonally forwardSideways

6. In serious games, what does the 'touch move' rule say?

You lose if you touch the boardYou must announce every check by touching your kingYou may touch pieces while you thinkIf you deliberately touch one of your pieces, you must move it if you legally can

7. Which four squares are considered the centre of the board?

e4, d4, e5 and d5a1, a8, h1 and h8b2, g2, b7 and g7e1, d1, e8 and d8

8. The Queen's Gambit starts 1.d4 d5 2.c4. What is White offering?

A knight for a bishopA drawThe queenA pawn, to lure Black's centre pawn away

9. Black replies to 1.e4 with 1...c5. Which famous opening is this?

The Queen's GambitThe Italian GameThe Sicilian DefenceThe French Defence

10. Which opening begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4, aiming the bishop at f7?

The Dutch DefenceThe English OpeningThe Sicilian DefenceThe Italian Game

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