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Basic chess quiz

Guess the following facts about chess.
Quiz by ilikeforks
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Last updated: June 12, 2022
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First submittedJune 9, 2022
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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 77
Jun 10, 2022
The answer to removING opponent's piece has to be capturING not capturE.