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Chess Part IV Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about the openings of chess. If you have a lot of experience with chess openings, or you want to learn more about the openings, please take this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by iggy4. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
iggy4

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
198,048

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
500

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Question 1 of 10

1. What is the opening 1. e4 f5? Hint

Fred Attack

Fred Gambit

Fred Defense

Fred Opening

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is 1. d4 d5 2. e4? Hint

True Queen's Gambit

Morphy Goldbach Gambit

Blackmar Diemer Gambit

Fleewor Danish Gambit

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Question 3 of 10

3. After 1. e4 c5 2. d4, what move would transpose to the French Defence? Hint

cxd4

Nc6

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Question 4 of 10

4. What opening is 1. g3 e6? Hint

It has no name

Benko's Opening / Myer's Defence

Bryant Defense

Benko's Opening / Modern Variation

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the opening 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4? Hint

Alekhine Defense / Allan Sung Trap

Alekhine Defense / Mokele Mbembe Variation

Alekhine Defense / Tyler's Trap

Alekhine Defense / Locust Trap

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of these is the Center Counter Game? Hint

1. e4 d5

1. c4 d5

1. c4 c5

1. d4 c5

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Question 7 of 10

7. After 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5, what White move would transpose into the Barcza System? Hint

Nf3

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Question 8 of 10

8. What opening is 1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5? Hint

Corral Defense

Bird Opening / Kwitz Attack

Van't Krujis / Center Attack (transposed)

Bird Opening / Lasker Variation

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Question 9 of 10

9. What opening is 1. c3 c5? Hint

Saragossa Opening / Anglo-Slav Defence

Saragossa Opening / Degen Defence

Saragossa Opening / Anglo-Scandinavian Defence

Saragossa Opening / Slav Variation

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the first move in the Dunst Opening? Hint

Nc3

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the opening 1. e4 f5?

Answer: Fred Defense

The Fred Defense is not a good choice of move. The pawns on f2 and f7 are vulnerable because only the kings are guarding them. Moving the f-pawn creates a diagonal to the king, which makes it harder to protect.

2. What is 1. d4 d5 2. e4?

Answer: Blackmar Diemer Gambit

The True Queen's Gambit is a nickname for the Blackmar Diemer Gambit. This opening is full of traps.

3. After 1. e4 c5 2. d4, what move would transpose to the French Defence?

Answer: e6

A transposed opening is when you do the moves in a different order, but the result of the sequence of moves is the same.
1. e4 c5 2. d4 e6 is the transposed version of the French Defence's Franco-Benoni variant. The original sequence of moves is 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c5.
The moves are switched around, but the result is the same.

4. What opening is 1. g3 e6?

Answer: It has no name

A fianchettoed bishop usually leads to a central battle. While 1. g3 is called Benko's opening, black's e6 reply is considered highly inferior (if black wants to move the e pawn, they should just play e5) and thus has no name of its own.

In chess practice, 1. g3 is almost always transposed into other opening lines.

5. What is the opening 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Ne4?

Answer: Alekhine Defense / Mokele Mbembe Variation

This is a mistake for black. The move 3. d4 makes it so the knight cannot move to a safe place, and is therefore trapped. White usually wins the black knight for two pawns.

6. Which of these is the Center Counter Game?

Answer: 1. e4 d5

The Center Counter Game is also known as the Scandinavian Defence.

7. After 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5, what White move would transpose into the Barcza System?

Answer: Nf3

The normal way to get to the Barcza System is by 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2.

8. What opening is 1. f4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5?

Answer: Bird Opening / Lasker Variation

Black dominates the white colored squares while White has control over the dark squares.

9. What opening is 1. c3 c5?

Answer: Saragossa Opening / Slav Variation

The Anglo-Slav Defence and Anglo-Scandinavian Defence come from the English opening (1. c4). I made up the Degen Defence.

10. What is the first move in the Dunst Opening?

Answer: Nc3

The Dunst Opening is also called the Baltic or the Queen's Knight Attack.

Source: Author iggy4

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