Question 1

Is it true ... that a pawn can never make more than 6 moves in a game of chess?

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Question 2

Is it true ... that Black can give checkmate with just 2 moves, but White needs at least 3 moves?

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Question 3

Is it true ... that in tournament play, if a player wants to touch a piece to adjust it, she should first say fianchetto?

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Question 4

Is it true ... that bishops, knights, and rooks are known as the minor pieces?

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Question 5

Is it true ... that the white king moves to either b1 or to g1 when castling?

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Question 6

Is it true ... that the 3 ways to get out of check are capturing the attacker, blocking the check, or castling?

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Question 7

Is it true ... that Anatoly Karpov is a Russian chess champion and Yasser Seirawan is an American chess champion?

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Question 8

Is it true ... that a player with only a king left can still win the game if his opponent runs out of time when using a chess clock?

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Question 9

Is it true ... that Black's first move with his knight on b8 should always be to a light-colored square?

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Question 10

Is it true ... that a knight will take an odd-number of moves to go from a1 to h8?

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Question 11

Is it true ... that grandmasters would never begin a serious game with the moves   1.  d2-d4   Ng8-Nf6 ?

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Question 12

Is it true ... that a bishop, but not a knight, can pin enemy chessmen?

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Question 13

Is it true ... that when every possible move will weaken a player's position, he is in zugzwang?

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Question 14

Is it true ... that if there's checkmate with only 3 chessmen left on the board, one of them must be a queen or a rook?

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Question 15

Is it true ... that if there's checkmate with only 3 chessmen left, the losing king must be along an edge of the board?

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Question 16

Is it true ... that a player who's in check from 2 chessmen can escape only by moving his king?

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Question 17

Is it true ... that a rook pawn (a pawn on the a-file or the h-file) cannot fork enemy men?

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Question 18

Is it true ... that a knight on d4 can reach 4 times as many squares in 1 move as a knight that's on h8?

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Question 19

Is it true ... that a file is considered closed if it's controlled by 2 enemy rooks?

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Question 20

Is it true ... that a win at a chess tournament is worth 3 times as many points as a draw?

End of Sherlock's Truth Test!.