Basic chess quiz

Guess the following facts about chess.

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Last updated: June 12, 2022

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Clue	Answer
The most important piece	King
The most powerful piece (i.e. can control the most squares)	Queen
Piece named after a building	Rook/Castle
Piece based on a religious figure	Bishop
This piece moves in an L shape	Knight
This piece can turn into other pieces	Pawn
You win when you _________ the opponent	Checkmate
Draw resulting from a player having no legal moves	Stalemate
Removing an opponent's piece from the board	Capture
Special move involving the most important piece	Castling

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Name for when a specific piece turns into a more powerful piece	Promotion
Special french move	En passant
Number of squares on a chess board	64
Country of origin of the game	India
Name of popular show about chess	Queen's gambit
World champion 2021	Magnus Carlsen
Year "Deep Blue" first defeated Garry Kasparov	1996/1997
Tactic involving attacking 2 or more pieces at one	Fork
Tactic involving immobilising a lower value piece by threatening a piece of higher value	Pin
Tactic involving attacking a higher value piece in front of a lower value piece	Skewer

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Level 78

Jun 10, 2022

The answer to removING opponent's piece has to be capturING not capturE.

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