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Hello kiddo.


You have to get every question right to pass the Very Hard FIRING SQUAD Exam.

If you get a question wrong something extremely horrible will happen to you!

So you need to be very careful and think very hard.

I'm really smart so I think I can do it.
I can't wait to see what happens if I get them wrong!
I don't like killing kings.
Only your first answer counts.

If you get a question wrong first time you can try again but you won't score a point.

If you really want to find out what happens give the right answer, then the wrong answer!

Q1. Which of these moves is CHECKMATE?

Moving the Rook from a6 to a8
Moving the Rook from c7 to c8
Both of them

Q2. Which of these moves is best?

Moving the Rook from g1 to b1
Moving the Rook from g1 to g7
They're both equally good

Q3. Which of these moves is best?

Moving the Rook from h7 to b7
Moving the Rook from h7 to h8
They're both equally good

Q4. Which of these moves is best?

Moving the Rook from a7 to a8
Moving the Rook from a7 to b7
They're both equally good

Q5. Which of these moves is the quickest way to get CHECKMATE?

Moving the Rook from a5 to a7
Moving the Rook from a5 to g5
They're both equally quick

Q6. Which of these moves is the quickest way to get CHECKMATE?

Moving the Rook from a7 to a8
Moving the Rook from b6 to b7
They're both equally quick

Q7. Which of these moves is the quickest way to get CHECKMATE?

Moving the Rook from b6 to b8
Moving the Rook from a7 to h7
They're both equally quick

Q8. Which of these moves is the quickest way to get CHECKMATE?

Moving the Rook from c3 to c5
Moving the Rook from c3 to g3
They're both equally quick

Q9. Which of these moves is the quickest way to get CHECKMATE?

Moving the Rook from d1 to b1
Moving the Rook from d1 to d4
They're both equally quick

Q10. Which of these moves is the quickest way to get CHECKMATE?

Moving the Rook from h8 to b8
Moving the Rook from h8 to f8
They're both equally quick

Congratulations, Kiddo!!

You have now completed the FIRING SQUAD exam.

You can practise more checkmates by using our MAGIC CHECKMATE WORKSHEET GENERATOR.

Keep on solving the worksheets until you can get them all right.

Cool! I'll have a go now!
I'd like to repeat the quiz and get my certificate
I'll do it later if you don't mind - I have to go now