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A to Z Chess Knowledge Quiz - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 8 times
- The average score is 13 of 26
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| This is often announced when the enemy king is under attack | Check | 100%
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| The most common starting move is e4. The second most common? | D4 | 100%
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| The term for an opening variation that deliberately sacrifices a pawn for activity and initiative | Gambit | 88%
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| One of the GOATs of chess, revered for his dominance and longevity | Kasparov | 88%
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| The first stage of the game, when players develop their pieces and castle | Opening | 88%
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| The second highest title in chess, falling just short of Grandmaster | IM | 75%
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| A situation when a piece cannot move because it would expose a more valuable piece behind it | Pin | 75%
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| The right side of the board from white's perspective is called kingside. What about the left? | Queenside | 75%
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| A situation when a player has no legal moves available but their king is not in check, resulting in a draw | Stalemate | 75%
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| The most popular chess streamer on Twitch and Youtube | Hikaru | 63%
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| This happens when a player promotes his pawn to something other than a Queen, for specific tactical reasons | Underpromotion | 63%
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| The fourth world chess champion, known for his attacking style | Alexander Alekhine | 50%
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| This number represents a player's stength | Rating | 50%
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| Meaning "time" in Italian, this term refers toa single move in chess,usually in the context of obtaining a free move while your opponent wastes his turn | Tempo | 50%
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| This term, meaning "compulsion to move" in German, refers to a situation when any legal move for a player will worsen their position, and being forced to play is a disadvantage | Zugzwang | 50%
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| The author of the famous book Zurich 1953, David | Bronstein | 38%
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| This chess variant was created by Bobby Fischer to eliminate opening theory | Fischer Random | 38%
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| This checkmate pattern occurs when the king is trapped on either side by his own rooks | Epaulette | 25%
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| This French verb, meaning "I adjust", is often used to adjust pieces without being forced to move them | J'adoube | 25%
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| A series of moves where a player gives a series of checks with a rook and bishop, winning material while the opponent is forced to shuffle their king back and forth | Windmill | 25%
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| A tactical situation where a piece protects another piece "through" an enemy piece | X-Ray | 25%
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| A binding structure in the Sicilian Defense where White has pawns on e4 and c4 | Maroczy Bind | 13%
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| This happens when a player makes a completely new move that has not been played before, straying from opening theory | Novelty | 13%
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| A famous checkmate in the Philidor defense, where White sacrifices the Queen to checkmate with two knights and a bishop | Legal's mate | 0%
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| The fictional World Chess Champion in the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit | Vasily Borgov | 0%
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| This Soviet chess player authored a famous book series for chess improvement, often known as the "Build, Boost, Evolution" series | Yusupov | 0%
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