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What are the only pieces on the board that there are only one of, per color?

Knight and Queen
King and Rook
King and Queen

Great!

Nope, sorry. 😢

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Knights move 2 in one direction and 1 in another, excluding diagonal. (L shaped) Also 1 in one direction, and 2 in another. (sideways L)

True
False

Nice job!

Doh! 🤬

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Any piece's move can be imitated by the queen.

True
False

Perfect! 👊

Nope, sorry. 😢

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Rooks move any number of spaces diagonally.

False
True

Wonderful!

Doh! 🤬

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Bishops can move any number of spaces horizontally/vertically.

False
True

That's great!

Doh! 🤬

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If it is your turn and you can't make a legal move, you lose.

True
False

Sensational!

That was incorrect.

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Pawns always move two spaces at a time.

True
False

Spot on! 🥳

Doh! 🤬

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If you get a pawn to the other side of the board it automatically becomes a queen.

True
False

Excellent!

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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White always starts at rows 1 and 2 and Black is always rows 7 and 8.

False
True

Wonderful!

I'm afraid that wasn't it. 😔

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You can Checkmate with a King.

True
False

Nice!

Having difficulty with this one?

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You must start out the game by moving a Pawn out first.

True
False

Nice!

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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You can have as many Queens on the board as you can get.

True
False

You get a gold star for that! 🌟

Hmm, I don't think so. 😔

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There are eight files and eight ranks on a chess board.

True
False

Impressive! 👍

Not quite right. 😢

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You can Checkmate with just a Rook and a King.

False
True

You've got it! 🥳

Not quite.

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A draw can occur when both players move the same piece to the same place three times in a row.

True
False

Sweet!

Uh-oh. That was incorrect. 😔

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