Chess quiz This is a quiz to test what you know about chess. Does your knowledge need scraping up or is it shipshape? manchesterunited published on May 01, 201417 responses 0 « Previous Next » Questions in vertical order 1/20 How many pieces are there per colour? 8 16 24 2/20 Which peices are ALWAYS starting on the front line of their team's setup? Pawn Bishop Knight 3/20 Which peice moves in any direction as far as possible? King Queen Rook 4/20 Which piece must you stop from being taken? Queen King Bishop 5/20 Which peice can move forwards, backwards and to the sides as far as possible? Rook Pawn Knight 6/20 When do you have to score on points? When you want to You do it anyway When you've both captured the same amount of peices 7/20 How many pawns do each player get? 4 8 12 8/20 Which peice can ONLY take diagonally (With the exception of bishop)? Pawn Rook Knight 9/20 Which peice moves in a 'L' shape? King Queen Knight 10/20 How many squares are there on a chess board? 64 80 48 11/20 Which peice can jump over other pieces? Queen King Knight 12/20 Which peice moves diagonally as far as they can? Rook Bishop Pawn 13/20 How many chess peices are on the board at the start? 16 24 32 14/20 Which peice can ONLY move forwards one space with the exception of the first move? Pawn Queen Rook 15/20 What happens if you get a pawn to the other player's back line? Nothing He loses a peice You can replace the pawn with another peice that you lost 16/20 Which peice looks like a castle? Pawn Rook Bishop 17/20 Which peice can move in any direction but only one space? King Queen Pawn 18/20 Which two pieces are needed to 'castle'? Queen and king Knight and King Rook and King 19/20 Can a knight land ON another peice? Yes No 20/20 Which colour goes first? White Black You decide by coin tossing
