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Chess Part XII

Created by iggy4

Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Chess
Chess Part XII game quiz
"My quiz has nothing to do with strategies, but is a fun test to see how good your chess logic is. You should open a chess program or set up a board if you can't hold the positions in your mind."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. From the starting position, what is the least number of moves it could possibly take to reach a position where Black has nine dark-squared bishops?
    Answer: (two-digit numeral between 30 and 45)


2. How many moves are in the shortest possible game where White is checkmated by Black's light-squared bishop?
    Answer: (numeral)


3. How many moves are in the shortest possible game where White's king is mated on its original square, but none of White's kingside pawns have moved?
    Answer: (numeral)


4. Black and White have only made 5 moves in a game, and White has already lost his queen and both his rooks to the same Black piece. Which of Black's pieces had to have taken all White's major pieces?
    rook or bishop
    queen or knight
    knight or rook
    bishop or queen


5. Imagine an empty board with just two kings. What is the most number of Black queens you could place on the board so that the White king isn't in check?
Queens are unlimited and the kings can be anywhere.
    Answer: (numeral between 4 and 64)


6. Which of these piece combinations cannot checkmate a king without the help of their own king? The checkmated king cannot have any other pieces, and the checkmate doesn't have to be forced.
    three bishops
    three knights
    rook and bishop
    rook and knight


7. On a completely empty board, what is the most number of rooks you can place so that not every square is threatened? Rooks are unlimited.
    Answer: (numeral between 4 and 64)


8. Imagine an empty board with just two kings. What is the most number of Black knights you can place so that the White king is not in check? Knights are unlimited and the kings can be anywhere.
    Answer: (numeral between 6 and 64)


9. On an empty board, which of these squares is the most knight moves away from e4?
    e3
    c5
    e7
    c2


10. How many different types of pieces can have exactly 7 move options when they are the only piece on a completely empty board?
So if all pieces can have 7 move options, your answer would be 6 since there are 6 different types of pieces.
    Answer: (numeral between 0 and 6)

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