MATH 177 CHESS SAMPLE EXAM
You may use a chess set to aid your thoughts
WARNING: Your actual
exam will contain more and different questions,
but the test style/form will be the same as this Sample Exam.
Answers to SAMPLE TEST questions below are in RED. |
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__________________ PRINT name above |
For [1] through [6] match each opening with its name by writing a
letter in each blank to the left of the problem number. Algebraic notation
(without brackets) and descriptive notation (with brackets [ ] ) are both given;
if there seems to be a conflict or inconsistency, ask the professor immediately.
This form of the Chess Sample test has been contributed by Dave Gomboc of
Alberta, Canada. The difference between this page and
the version written by Prof McFarland is largely
in the algebraic notation used for questions [1] through [6].
C [1] |
e4
exd5
d4
Nf3 |
[P-K4]
[PxP]
[P-Q4]
[N-KB3] |
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d5
Nf6
Nxd5
g6 |
[P-Q4]
[N-KB3]
[NxP]
[P-KN3] |
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These would have been fun |
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A = Queen's Gambit Accepted
B = Bimbo's Opening
C = Center Counter Defense
D = Dutch Defense
E = English Opening
F = French Defense
G = Gruenfeld Defense
H = King's Knight Opening
J = Fianchetto's Opening
K = Kolibri Opening
L = Pirc-Robatsch Defense
M = McFarland's opening
N = Three Knight's Game
P = Petroff's Defense
Q = Caro-Kann Defense
R = Reti's Opening
S = Sicilian Defense |
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K [2]
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g4
Bg2
c4
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[P-KN4]
[B-N2]
[P-QB4]
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d5
e5
c6
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[P-Q4]
[P-K4]
[P-QB3]
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N [3]
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e4
Nf3
Nc3 |
[P-K4]
[N-KB3]
[N-B3] |
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e5
Nc6
Bc5 |
[P-K4]
[N-QB3]
[B-B4] |
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Q [4]
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e4
d4
Nc3 |
[P-K4]
[P-Q4]
[N-QB3] |
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c6
d5
dxe4 |
[P-QB3]
[P-Q4]
[PxP] |
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L [5]
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e4
d4
c3
f4 |
[P-K4]
[P-Q4]
[N-QB3]
[P-B4] |
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d6
Nf6
g6
Bg7 |
[P-Q3]
[N-KB3]
[P-KN3]
[B-N2] |
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G [6]
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d4
c4
Nc3
cxd5 |
[P-Q4]
[P-QB4]
[N-QB3]
[PxP] |
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Nf6
g6
d5
Nxd5 |
[N-KB3]
[P-KN3]
[P-Q4]
[NxP] |
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[7] |
A game position in which neither King is in check but yet neither player
has a legal move, is called |
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a Stalemate . |
[8] |
The only move in Chess in which the King moves more than one
square, is called |
Castling . |
[9] |
The move in which a pawn is transformed into a queen after
travelling to the opposite side of the board |
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is called promotion . |
Complete the following table; ½ point for each box correctly filled in:
problem number |
piece |
maximum freedom number on an otherwise empty board |
describe below the set of all locations on an otherwise empty board
where freedom number is greatest |
[10] |
king |
8 |
Anywhere in the center 36 squares |
[11] |
The first chess player whose games were written down and
saved to this day was Ruy Lopez . |
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[12] |
A nearly complete set of Icelandic chess pieces made of walrus ivory and
dated from about 1200 A.D. was probably stolen and found stashed on what
island north of Scotland? Isle of Lewis |
In questions [13], [14], [15], [16], and [17], you are shown a chess position
in which the white player sits at the bottom of the board, with piece symbols
written upright; black sits at the top of each board, with piece symbols written upside down.
In problems [13 and [14] you are shown
endgame positions
in which white moves first, and both players make their best possible
moves. Write "WIN" or "DRAW" in the blank after each problem
number, depending upon which outcome you think would result. |
In each of the diagrams below, choose an answer from among the
letters A, B, C, and D. The correct letter must describe ALL
pawns in its diagram. Write the LETTER of your answer in the
blank after each number. |
A = passed pawn
B = isolated pawn
C = connected pawns
D = doubled pawns |
[17] |
For the chess position at the right,
state the SPACE of white's position. |
13 |
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All pieces in the top 4 ranks (rows) are black |
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All pieces in the bottom 4 ranks (rows) are white |
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[18] |
Name the religion which forbade carving chess pieces to resemble animal figures
ISLAM . |