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What determines which player starts first in a chess game?
A
Coin flip
B
Whoever comes first to the board
C
The player with the black pieces always goes first
D
The player with the white pieces always goes first
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What determines which player starts first in a chess game?
Coin flip
Whoever comes first to the board
The player with the black pieces always goes first
The player with the white pieces always goes first
To achieve the Scholars Mate, how many moves might be needed?
4
5
6
2
The quickest possible checkmate is in:
2 moves
1 move
3 moves
4 moves
The folding chessboard was invented by?
A librarian
A priest
An accountant
A lawyer
Squares on a chess board are identified by which characters?
Two letters
Two numbers
One letter and one number
One letter and Two numbers
Other than world champion, what is the highest title a chess player can earn?
Super master
Extra master
Grand slam master
Grandmaster
In which year was the World Chess Federation officially founded?
1900
1924
1930
1938
In 1988 a computer won against a GM for the first time. What was the computer called?
Deep Think
The Super Computer
Deep Thought
Deep Chess
How many categories of pieces are there on a chess board?
4
6
8
10
Chess is originated from which country?
India
China
England
Russia
At the start of a chess game, how many pieces are there in total on a chess board?
8
16
32
64
Approximately how old is the game of chess?
Around 1500 years
Around 300 years
More than 5000 years
Around 600 years
How many squares does a chessboard have?
65
32
64
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