4th quarter exam

If it is discovered during the game that the starting position was incorrect.

A knight moves to the nearest square not on the same rank, file, or diagonal.

In their first move, each pawn has the option to move one or two spaces.

A player who makes an illegal move must retract that move and make a legal move.

The movement of pieces is to be done with one hand.

_________which translates as four divisions of the military

By 15, he was the youngest ever Grandmaster (GM) and the youngest ever candidate for the World Championship

A rook moves any number of vacant squares in a horizontal or vertical direction.

Tournament games are played under time constraints, called time controls, using a game clock.

He was considered one of the best players in New Orleans by age 9.

Pawn can never move backwards.

Beginning at age 14, and won 8 US Championships, who is he?

The objective in chess is to _______ your opponents king.

Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook, then placing the rook on the other side of the king.

Players may use any notes, outside sources of information (including computers), or advice from other people.

If a player advances a pawn to its eighth rank, the pawn is then promoted

A bishop moves any number of vacant squares in any diagonal direction.

The _____ moves exactly one square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Each player has sixteen pawns, providing the first line of defense for their king.

The queen is the most important piece.

He was considered one of the best players in New Orleans by age 9.

The first World Chess Championship was held in what year?

infantry,cavalry,elephantry,and chariotry These forms are represented by the pieces and would evolve into?

A lifelong Communist, ______________held the World Championship on and off for 15 years, from 1948 to 1963

The earliest predecessor of the game probably originated in ______

He learn how to play chess by watching his family play.

The King is the most powerful piece.

The 20th century saw great leaps forward in chess theory and the establishment of the_________

Chess is played on a chessboard, a square board divided into 64 squares (eight-by-eight) of the same color.

A king is in check when it is under attack by at least one enemy piece