What kind of chess explorer are you?

This is for fun. It is not a test of anything and it measures nothing. Your answers are not sent anywhere and are not saved, so refreshing the page loses them.

1. 1. A new board game arrives. What do you do first?

   • Start playing and work it out as I go
   • Read every rule before touching a piece
   • Ask who is winning and how
   • Wait and watch a round first
2. 2. You can win a piece, but your own position gets messy.

   • Take it. Sort the mess out later
   • Take it, then defend carefully
   • Leave it. Tidy beats greedy
   • Look for a third option nobody expects
3. 3. Which sounds most like you?

   • I like a plan I can follow for ten moves
   • I like spotting the trick everyone missed
   • I like nothing going wrong
   • I like trying something I have never tried
4. 4. You are losing. What happens next?

   • I set a trap and hope
   • I make it as hard as possible to finish me off
   • I look for one tactic that changes everything
   • I work out where it went wrong so it does not happen again
5. 5. Your favourite kind of puzzle?

   • One with a hidden move that feels like magic
   • One with no single right answer
   • One that needs patience more than cleverness
   • One I have to build up to over several steps
6. 6. Pick a piece, for no reason at all.

   • The knight, because it jumps
   • The queen, because she does everything
   • The rook, because it is honest
   • The pawn, because it never gives up