Questions: Check, mate and draws
New numbers every time.
Checkmate
- Mate with the queenMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Mate with a rookMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Find the mateMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Mate with a knightMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Mate with a bishopMove, 1 mark, Plus
- The rook ladderMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Queen and kingMove, 1 mark, Plus
- The back rankMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Black matesMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Is it checkmate?Identify, 1 mark, Plus
- Where can the king go?Show, 2 marks, Plus
- Count the escape squaresCount, 1 mark, Plus
- The only way outIdentify, 1 mark, Plus
- Check or checkmate?Identify, 1 mark, Plus
- Mate, not stalemateMove, 1 mark, Plus
Stalemate and other draws
- Is it stalemate?Identify, 1 mark, Plus
- Mate, stalemate or neitherIdentify, 1 mark, Plus
- Which move is stalemate?Identify, 1 mark, Plus
- Enough to mate?Identify, 1 mark, Plus
- Ways to drawRecall, 1 mark, Plus
- Threefold repetitionRecall, 1 mark, Plus
- The fifty-move ruleRecall, 1 mark, Plus
Castling
- Castle kingsideMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Castle queensideMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Black castlesMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Can White castle?Explain, 1 mark, Plus
- Which side can White castle?Identify, 1 mark, Plus
- Where the pieces landRecall, 1 mark, Plus
- Castling rightsRecall, 1 mark, Plus
En passant
- En passantMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Black takes en passantMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Is en passant possible?Identify, 1 mark, Plus
- Where the pawn landsFind, 1 mark, Plus
- Which pawn comes offFind, 1 mark, Plus
- When en passant is allowedRecall, 1 mark, Plus
Promotion
- Promote with mateMove, 1 mark, Plus
- A knight with checkMove, 1 mark, Plus
- Promote by capturingMove, 1 mark, Plus
- What a pawn can becomeRecall, 1 mark, Plus
- Promote without stalemateMove, 1 mark, Plus
Unit 2 practice
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