123facts.com - The Most Complete Trivia Game Site Trivia Quizzes, Facts, Daily & Hourly Games

Forums About Us FAQ Links Contact Us
Username:  
Password:
Register   My 123Facts


Trivia Quiz Categories
Animals
Brain Teasers
Celebrities
Entertainment
For Kids
General
Geography
History
Hobbies
Humanities
Literature
Movies
Music
People
Religion & Faith
Science & Technology
Sports
Television
Video Games
World

List all trivia quiz categories

More Trivia Fun
New Quizzes
Popular Recent Quizzes
Most Highly Rated Quizzes
   
Write a Quiz

Monthly Tournament
Today's Easy Trivia
Today's Hard Trivia
Easy Hourly Trivia
Hard Hourly Trivia

Trivia Facts
Browse Trivia Facts
Submit a Trivia Fact

Statistics
View Hall of Fame

Website
- Who's online?
148 playing now

- Quizzes served
2,416,321
Players
- Most points

- Registered members
29727

- Just registered!
Teams
- Most points
Quiz Of The Day
- Tournament Leader

- Last Tournament Champ

You are here:    Home » Quizzes
Search:  

Chess - the Intellectual Game

written by: bobby
 
It is said that chess is the most intellectual of all sports. Let's see how much you know about it. Check!

Question 1:


In order to make sure that the chess set is placed correctly you need to look at the bottom right corner. If the color of the square is dark then the set is placed properly.
False
True

Question 2:


This number (10^120) is an estimation of the game-tree complexity of chess.
Blue number
Fisher number
Cook number
Shannon number

Question 3:

View the provided image.
Xiangqi, Shogi and Janggi are variations of chess, played throughout the world and particularly popular in Asia.
True
False

View Image

Question 4:

View the provided image.
Only one of the combinations (country where allegedly chess was invented - century in which that happened - original name of the game) is true.
India - 10th century AD - Chatrang
India - 6th century AD - Chaturanga
China - 6th century AD - Chaturanga
China - 10th century AD - Chatrang

View Image

Question 5:


En passant is a popular maneuver in the board game of chess. Which two figures does this maneuver include?
A king and a rook
A bishop and a king
A pawn and a pawn
A pawn and a bishop

Question 6:

View the provided image.
The most popular piece design, the "Staunton" set, was created by this man.
Etienne Bacrot
Nathaniel Cook
Howard Staunton
Michael Adams

View Image

Question 7:

View the provided image.
The first FIDE President was this man.
Max Euwe
Folke Rogard
Fridrik Olafsson
Alexander Rueb

View Image

Question 8:


The move PxQBP is written down according to the Portable Game Notation (PGN).
True
False

Question 9:


'The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effect of prudence, or the want of it. [...]' These famous words, depicting chess as a form of mental training, were said by this man.
Alfred Binet
José Raúl Capablanca
Bobby Fisher
Benjamin Franklin

Question 10:


This kind of chess means to play chess, whereby play is conducted without the players having sight of the positions of the pieces.
Bullet chess
Correspondence chess
Blindfold chess
Blitz chess

 
Report errors (will not interfere with your quiz)

 
 
Conditions of Use   |   Privacy policy   |   Disclaimer   |   Copyright © 2005-2008 123facts.com. All Rights Reserved.

Page loaded from database in 1.7371339798 seconds