Chessboard
How many opponents are there in chess?
2
What is the strongest piece on the chess board?
Queen
Which color always goes first?
white
What is a pawn and how does it move
the piece in the second row of the board that can only move one piece forward with the exception of its first move and can only capture diagonally
What direction does the bishop move?
Diagonally
How many chess pieces does each opponent receive?
16
What is the most important piece on the board?
King
When does the game end?
When the opponents king is forced into checkmate
Define Checkmate
a check from which a king cannot escape.
What direction/directions can the queen move
all directions
How many pieces are on the chess board in total?
32
There are 16 of me on the chess board...what am I?
Pawn
What do you do before you begin the match?
Shake hands
Define Stalemate
a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check
Explain castling
Castling is a move in the game of chess involving a player's king and either of the player's original rooks. It is the only move in chess in which a player moves two pieces in the same move, and it is the only move aside from the knight's move where a piece can be said to "jump over" anothe
How many squares are on a chessboard?
64
What is the only piece that can jump?
Knight
When is the king allowed to move more than one space at a time?
NEVER
What does it mean when the king is in check?
when a player's king is under threat of capture on their opponent's next turn
This special move allows you to capture a pawn when that pawn moves two spaces. Hint: Must be done immediately
En passant
How do you know when the chess board is facing the right direction?
When the bottom right corner is white
What is the order of pieces from left to right?
Pawn x 8
rook, knight, bishop, king, queen, bishop, knight, rook
When is the only time that a player can move two pieces in one turn?
When they are castling their king
What is a double attack?
The basis of all tactics. It occurs when one move attacks two places at the same time, as might happen with a discovered check, or a fork.
After 10 moves pass without any capture or pawn moves. It is a draw.
10 move rule