Name the opening
Each spin shows the first moves of a game and asks which opening it is. The moves are in figurine notation – ♘ is a knight, ♗ a bishop – so they read the same whatever language your chess books are in. Press SPIN!:
Your score and your run
Score counts the right answers, In a row the ones since your last mistake, and Best run remembers your longest. Start again clears them:
One part at a time
Openings with 1. e4, openings with 1. d4, and other first moves. Start with the group you play:
Easier or harder
Quiz settings changes how many answers you get and where the wrong ones come from. Take the ones I got right off the wheel leaves only what you still have to learn:
Who it is for
- Club evenings: a question for whoever is waiting for a board.
- Juniors learning the names their coach uses.
- Before a tournament, as a warm-up for the memory.
- Players who know the moves and never learnt what they are called.
The wrong answers come from the same first move, so a 1. e4 question offers four 1. e4 openings – which is where the names actually get confused.