Chess Beginners Review

How many pawns, or points, is a QUEEN worth?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 9

How many points, or pawns, is a ROOK worth?

• 9

• 5

• 3

• 1

What are the different ways you get out of a check?

• capture

• protect

• run away

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

What happens if you can't do CPR (capture, protect, run away)??

• it's checkmate

• it's stalemate

• it's a draw

• you stop playing chess and go and play baseball

This kind of attack Coach David calls a "peek-a-boo" attack because you discover an attack on one of your opponent's pieces:

• A SUPER JEDI MOVE

• skewer

• discovered attack

• pin

When you attack 2 of more of your opponent's pieces at the same time, that's a....

• fork

• napkin

• plate

• bowl

How do you checkmate with a rook and king versus (or against) a lone king?

• you ask your opponent nicely

• you give away your rook

• make a box and bring the king in closer

• SPONGEBOB

What 3 things should you do in the opening of a chess game?

• castle

• control the center

• develop your pieces

• ALL OF THE ABOVE

When you freeze one of your opponent's pieces so they can't move, that's called....

• discovered attack

• fork

• pin

• Elsa from the movie "Frozen"

If I can't move any of my pieces, but I'm not in check, that's called...

• Taylor Swift

• SpongeBob SquarePants

• checkmate

• stalemate