Chess MCQs Quiz Multiple Choice Questions & Answers

1. How many squares does a chessboard have?

1. 65
2. 32
3. 64
4. 99

2. Approximately how old is the game of chess?

1. Around 1500 years
2. Around 300 years
3. More than 5000 years
4. Around 600 years

3. At the start of a chess game, how many pieces are there in total on a chess board?

1. 8
2. 16
3. 32
4. 64

4. Chess is originated from which country?

1. India
2. China
3. England
4. Russia

5. How many categories of pieces are there on a chess board?

1. 4
2. 6
3. 8
4. 10

6. In 1988 a computer won against a GM for the first time. What was the computer called?

1. Deep Think
2. The Super Computer
3. Deep Thought
4. Deep Chess

7. In which year was the World Chess Federation officially founded?

1. 1900
2. 1924
3. 1930
4. 1938

8. Other than world champion, what is the highest title a chess player can earn?

1. Super master
2. Extra master
3. Grand slam master
4. Grandmaster

9. Squares on a chess board are identified by which characters?

1. Two letters
2. Two numbers
3. One letter and one number
4. One letter and Two numbers

10. The folding chessboard was invented by?

1. A librarian
2. A priest
3. An accountant
4. A lawyer

11. The quickest possible checkmate is in:

1. 2 moves
2. 1 move
3. 3 moves
4. 4 moves

12. To achieve the Scholars Mate, how many moves might be needed?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 2

13. What determines which player starts first in a chess game?

1. Coin flip
2. Whoever comes first to the board
3. The player with the black pieces always goes first
4. The player with the white pieces always goes first

14. What do we call the columns on a chess board?

1. Lines
2. Bars
3. Files
4. Ranks

15. What do we call the rows on a chess board?

1. Ranks
2. Rows
3. Bars
4. Files

16. What does the word checkmate/shah mat mean in Persian?

1. King is alone
2. King is hopeless
3. King needs help
4. King is dead

17. What is it called when a player cant defend an attack against their king?

1. Check
2. Chess
3. Checkchess
4. Checkmate

18. What is the common abbreviation of the international chess federation?

1. FIA
2. WCF
3. IFC
4. FIDE

19. What is the maximum number of squares that a pawn can cross in one move?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

20. What is the maximum number of squares that a rook would cross in a single move?

1. 2
2. 8
3. 16
4. 4

21. What is the name of the rating system that measures a players strength?

1. Ela
2. Elo
3. Alo
4. Filo

22. When a pawn reaches the other side of the chess board, it would be exchanged for any lost piece. What is this strategy called?

1. Promoting
2. Reigning
3. Queening
4. Castling

23. Which is the least powerful piece on a chess board?

1. Bishop
2. Pawn
3. Rook
4. Knight

24. Which is the most powerful piece on a chess board?

1. King
2. Queen
3. Knight
4. Bishop

25. Which is the only piece on a chess board that cannot check a king?

1. King
2. Queen
3. Pawn
4. Bishop

26. Which of the following moves allows for a change of positions between a rook and king and puts them side by side?

1. Dwarfing
2. Hooking
3. Castling
4. None

27. Which piece can jump over another piece in a move?

1. Queen
2. Knight
3. Rook
4. King

28. Which piece can move only in a forward direction?

1. Rook
2. Pawn
3. Knight
4. King

29. Which piece can only move diagonally in a move?

1. Rook
2. Bishop
3. Queen
4. Knight

30. Which piece can only move one square to any side in each move?

1. Pawn
2. King
3. Knight
4. Rook

31. Which piece could be checkmated in chess?

1. King
2. Queen
3. Knight
4. Bishop

32. Which piece is put next to the rook on the chess board at the start of a game?

1. Knight
2. Bishop
3. Queen
4. Pawn

33. Who was the first official World Chess Champion?

1. Wilhelm Steinitz
2. Garry Kasparov
3. Bobby Fischer
4. Paul Morphy