Free quiz · 8 questions · Warm-up to Boss
Chess quiz
How well do you really know Chess? These 8 questions start easy and end with a Boss round. There are no multiple choice options: you type what you know, and every answer is checked against the key facts.
60 seconds a question, one 2x boost, and a leaderboard. Playing with friends writes a fresh set of Chess questions for your group.
The questions
- Warm-up
Which chess piece makes a two-squares-then-one move, and what can it hop over on the way?
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- The knight moves in an L-shape: two squares in one direction and one at a right angle.
- It can jump over other pieces.
- It captures an opponent’s piece by landing on its square.
- Warm-up
Picture a standard chessboard: how many squares does it have, and how many rows and columns make up the board?
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- The board has 64 squares.
- It has 8 rows.
- It has 8 columns.
- Easy
When a pawn reaches its opponent’s back rank, what choice does its player make, and when does that choice take effect?
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- The pawn is promoted to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight.
- Promotion happens immediately upon reaching the back rank.
- The player can choose a piece other than a queen.
- Easy
A chess game ends in checkmate or stalemate: in each, is the king in check, and what result does the position produce?
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- In checkmate, the king is in check and has no legal escape
- In stalemate, the king is not in check and the player has no legal move
- Checkmate wins the game; stalemate is a draw
- Easy
In the landmark 1997 match against Garry Kasparov, what was the computer called, and which company built it?
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- The computer was Deep Blue
- IBM built Deep Blue
- Deep Blue defeated reigning world champion Garry Kasparov in a match
- Easy
Which two pieces move during castling, and where does each piece finish?
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- The king and a rook move.
- The king moves two squares toward the rook.
- The rook finishes on the square next to the king, on the other side.
- Medium
Back in 1886, who claimed chess’s first undisputed world crown, and which rival did he defeat?
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- Wilhelm Steinitz became the first undisputed World Chess Champion
- Steinitz defeated Johannes Zukertort
- The match took place in 1886
- Boss
After Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in their famous 1972 World Championship match, what was the final score, and how many games were played?
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- Bobby Fischer won 12½–8½
- The match lasted 21 games
- Fischer defeated Boris Spassky
How scoring works
- Each question has 2 or 3 key facts. Each one earns full, half or no credit, so a wrong answer scores zero.
- Later questions are worth more, fast answers earn a bonus, and great answers in a row build a streak.
- A famous myth or a clear factual error halves the points.
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