Today I am here to ask you for taking a quiz.
1. How many squares are there in a chessboard?
A. 64
B.204
C. 81
D.72
2 What is the name of the rule allowing a pawn to capture another pawn that has just advanced two squares?
A. Stalemate
B. En passant
C. Zugzwang
D. Opposition
3.How many times does it take to draw by repetition?
A.2
B.3
C.5
D. Both B and C
4.What is the most common move after the Scotch Gambit?
A.Bc5
B.h6
C Nf6
D. None of them.
5..What is the most common move after the King's Gambit?
A.d5
B.exf4
C.d6
D. Both A and B
6.( Hard) Which opening variation is considered one of the sharpest and most theoretically demanding, often requiring memorization of 20+ moves, and is nicknamed “the Gibraltar of Chess Openings”?
A. King’s Indian Defense
B. Sicilian Najdorf
C. Grünfeld Defense
D. Ruy López Marshall Attack
7.In correspondence chess, engines have revealed that some positions thought drawn are actually winning. Which famous endgame was overturned by tablebase analysis?
A. Queen vs rook
B. Bishop + knight vs king
C. Rook + bishop vs rook
D. King + rook + pawn vs king + rook
8.After how many moves a game can be drawn?
A. None of them are correct
B.50
C.75
D.100
9.The “Troitsky Line” is a theoretical concept in endgame studies. What does it define?
A. The winning zone for knight + pawn vs bishop
B. The boundary for knight + two pawns vs rook
C. The critical squares for 2 knights vs king + pawn
D. The winning zone for knight + two pawns vs king + pawn
10. The most famous Grandmaster ever held to a draw in the Rook Fight endgame ( When having a Queen, no pawn) is:
A.Walter Browne
B.Peter Svidler
C. Ian Nepomniachtchi
D.Boris Gelfand
Here are 10 questions I gave you. Give me answers in the comment!
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@khoigambit12345 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/DPZIPiX1)
> a-b-b-a-b-b-a-c-a-c
4/10
Some questions are ambiguous and at least one has no correct answer provided.
@mkubecek said [^](/forum/redirect/post/bl5m87fl)
> Some questions are ambiguous and at least one has no correct answer provided.
Maybe you don't understand. They are not ambiguous and they have a correct answer.
None of the provided answers for question 9 is correct. 4 and 5 would heavily depend on the set of games you take "most common" move from - and also on your definition where the openings end and what is the "first move after". 3 and 8 would definitely benefit from less confusing formulation.
@an7cplayingchess said [^](/forum/redirect/post/d7yxV7NM)
> Today I am here to ask you for taking a quiz.
>
>
> 1. How many squares are there in a chessboard?
> A. 64
> B.204
> C. 81
> D.72
>
>
> 2 What is the name of the rule allowing a pawn to capture another pawn that has just advanced two squares?
> A. Stalemate
> B. En passant
> C. Zugzwang
> D. Opposition
>
> 3.How many times does it take to draw by repetition?
> A.2
> B.3
> C.5
> D. Both B and C
>
> 4.What is the most common move after the Scotch Gambit?
> A.Bc5
> B.h6
> C Nf6
> D. None of them.
>
> 5..What is the most common move after the King's Gambit?
> A.d5
> B.exf4
> C.d6
> D. Both A and B
>
> 6.( Hard) Which opening variation is considered one of the sharpest and most theoretically demanding, often requiring memorization of 20+ moves, and is nicknamed “the Gibraltar of Chess Openings”?
> A. King’s Indian Defense
> B. Sicilian Najdorf
> C. Grünfeld Defense
> D. Ruy López Marshall Attack
>
> 7.In correspondence chess, engines have revealed that some positions thought drawn are actually winning. Which famous endgame was overturned by tablebase analysis?
> A. Queen vs rook
> B. Bishop + knight vs king
> C. Rook + bishop vs rook
> D. King + rook + pawn vs king + rook
>
> 8.How many moves are forced to draw?
> A. None of them
> B.50
> C.75
> D.100
>
> 9.The “Troitsky Line” is a theoretical concept in endgame studies. What does it define?
> A. The winning zone for knight + pawn vs bishop
> B. The boundary for knight + two pawns vs rook
> C. The critical squares for knight + two pawns vs king
> D. The winning zone for knight + two pawns vs king + pawn
>
> 10. The most famous Grandmaster ever held to a draw in the Rook Fight endgame ( When having a Queen, no pawn) is:
>
> A.Walter Browne
> B.Peter Svidler
> C. Ian Nepomniachtchi
> D.Boris Gelfand
>
> Here are 10 questions I gave you. Give me answers in the comment!
1A
2B
3B
4A
5B
6B
7
8A, 50 move rule only applies if pawn didn't move or piece/pawn didn't get taken
9.B
10
@mkubecek said [^](/forum/redirect/post/XdtTYabu)
> None of the provided answers for question 9 is correct. 4 and 5 would heavily depend on the set of games you take "most common" move from - and also on your definition where the openings end and what is the "first move after". 3 and 8 would definitely benefit from less confusing formulation.
Agreed... 9 OBVIOUSLY has no no correct answer. Indeed, all 4 answers are wrong in AT LEAST TWO! ways. Calling 4 and 5 ambiguous is ambiguous is actually generous, because there is no such thing as "first move after an opening" (in addition to 'most common' requiring context).
3 is also extremely ambiguous at best... The fewest it takes is 3, but that requires a ton of other conditions being satisfied. 8, once you get passed the loose grammar is somewhat clearer, but even then the word 'force" leaves some ambiguity about conditions.
6. is also ambiguous... I have heard that expression used for several openings (and the rest of the description could apply to almost any opening at the top level.)
7. presumably intends C as an answer, but is also generally not correct according to the laws of chess.
10. is also ambiguous at best... "Most famous" is not a reasonable metric in any sense.
So, other than the first two Kindergarten questions, there is nothing resembling a proper quiz question in the bunch... Sigh....
@LiDasher2012 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/rgNTs57a)
> 50 move rule only applies if pawn didn't move or piece/pawn didn't get taken
...and one of the players made a valid claim.
@mkubecek said [^](/forum/redirect/post/WArCDqHh)
> > 50 move rule only applies if pawn didn't move or piece/pawn didn't get taken
>
> ...and one of the players made a valid claim.
...Indeed, more relevant is when the 75 move rule applies, since 50 is obviously not the correct answer... That is also however a mess, because the notion that its "forced" depends on things like time control and ratios or arbiters to boards in play.
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