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Quiz over the Rules of Chess
AU Chess Club formation: September 24, 2001
- T F The chess board is divided into 64 squares
alternately colored light ("white") and dark ("black").
- T F Each of two chess players called "white" or "black"
has 16 men.
- T F The chess board shall be placed such that the
corner square nearest each player's right hand side shall be "white".
- T F Initially the queen is on her own color.
- T F Various sequences of eight adjoining squares
are known as files, ranks, and diagonals.
- T F The first move shall be made by "white".
- T F The knight is the only piece which can jump
over any other piece (ignore castling).
- T F Pawns can only move forward.
- T F Pawns can sometimes move two squares.
- T F Pawns moves diagonally only when they capture.
- T F When a pawn reaches the far row it can become
anything else but a king.
- T F In theory a chess game could have
18 queens
on the board.
- T F During the special move of castling the king
moves two spaces and the rook is also moved.
- T F When castling you should move the king first.
- T F To castle the king and rook must not have been
move previously and the king must not be in check, pass through check,
nor end up in check.
- T F The en passant rule is one of three
special moves in chess.
- T F Some checkmates require more than 50 moves
without any man captured or pawn moved.
- T F When putting the opponent in check
one need not advise him by saying "check".
- T F Any piece you touch you must
move (or capture), if possible.
- T F If you touch more than one piece of the same
color your opponent may choose which piece you must move (or capture).