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History of chess rules

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What happened in a pawn promotion during the middle ages?

Pawns could promote to any pieces

Pawn promotion was another way to win

Pawn promotion was illegal

Pawns could only promote to a Queen

How were bishops able to move initially?

Diagonal over 4 squares

Vertical over 2 squares

Diagonal over 2 squares

Vertical over 4 squares

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Before the the 1400s, what was the weakest chess piece?

The King

The pawns

The Queen

The Knight

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What was the rule regarding stalemate before 1600s?

If white's get stalemated black wins

Stalemate was just a draw

There was no such thing as stalemate, they had to play on regardless

Whoever forced a stalemate first won the game

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Before the 1300s, how many ways could you win a game of chess?

Which year was the 3-fold-repetition rule introduced?

1860

1880

1910

1845

How many moves were considered all winnable endgames to be before 1989?

100

Infinite

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Which year was the 50-move rule finally introduced?

1999

1989

2001

1889

Which century was time finally used to govern chess games?

1700s

1800s

1900s

1600s

Which year introduced the rule of whites playing the first move always?

1889

1880

1845

1800

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