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Quiz 2
This quiz is harder than the first one. It requires some chess knowledge, more than simply the rules of the game (although the first two questions will be based on this). It is based on a variety of subjects, such as openings, tactics, and world champions.

QUIZ

1. The game is a draw after how many moves without a capture or pawn move?
a: 45 b: 50 c: 55 d: 60

2. In Algebraic Notation, what is the correct symbol for Queenside castling?
a: C-Q b: Kc1Rd1 (or Kc8Rd8) c: o-o-o d: Kc1(C) [or Kc8(c)]

3. Which tactic involves using one man to attack two enemy men simultaneously?
a: Fork b: X-ray c: Skewer d: Pin

4. Imagine a position with a White Rook on a8, a Black Bishop on e8 and a Black King on h8. Which of these four tactics is featured here?
a: Fork b: X-ray c: Skewer d: Pin

5. As above, but suppose the King was on e8 and the Bishop on h8. Which of the tactics is featured now?
a: Fork b: X-ray c: Skewer d: Pin

6. If there were two White Rooks on c6 and h6, a Black Rook on g6, a Black pawn on h7, the black King on h8 and a Black Bishop on e6, which tactic would White be using this time?
a: Fork b: X-ray c: Skewer d: Pin

7. In which of these openings is the e2-pawn NOT moved to e4 within the first two moves?
a: King's Gambit b: Slav Defense c: Scandanavian Defense d: French Defense

8. What is the Italian word for chess?
a: Échecs b: Schach c: Scacchi d: Ajedrez

9. Who defeated José Raúl Capablanca in 1927 to become the World Chess Champion?
a: Akiba Rubenstein b: Emanuel Lasker c: Alexander Alekhine d: Mikhail Botvinnik

10. Who was the World Chess Champion between 1985 and 1993?
a: Anatoly Karpov b: Bobby Fischer c: Garry Kasparov d: Boris Spassky