Traditional and Board Games

While chess is extremely popular in Russia and has produced many world champions, Russia does not have an officially designated 'national game' in the same way some countries do. However, among the given options, Russia is most closely associated with chess as a culturally significant sport. India's national game is field hockey, and America doesn't have an officially designated national sport either (though baseball is widely considered the national pastime).

Stalemate is a chess term where a player whose turn it is to move has no legal moves and their king is not in check - resulting in a draw. This concept doesn't exist in bridge, billiards, or tennis with the same technical meaning. Stalemate is unique to chess and similar board games where a deadlock situation can occur.

The pieces are also known as seed, coin or Pawnpuck. The red piece is called the queen, and it can be pocketed any time you want after sinking.

Owing to common reference to historical aspect of the game of jacks, both sentences C and D need to be paired together. Also, sentence B describes jack as game played by adults and children and 6 states that in US and Canada, it is considered a girl's game, therefore, these two must be paired together. Thus, on basis of given inferences, option (3) is most valid answer choice.

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The Knight is the only chess piece that can jump over other pieces on the board. It moves in an L-shape pattern - two squares in one direction and one square perpendicular. This unique jumping ability makes the Knight particularly valuable in crowded positions.

Chess is the game which did a 'thinking machine play' for the first time.

Kabaddi (Kabaddi is a game which is played outdoor, so it is an outdoor game. The other three snakes and ladders, chess and scrabble are indoor games.)

Kit - kit - kat (It is not the name of any game.) Distracters: (a) Kabaddi is called chedduguddu in Southern India. (b) Kabaddi is called Hu - tu - tu in Western India. (c) Kabaddi is called Ha - du - du in Eastern India and Bangladesh.

Funskool is the authorized distributor of Hasbro games (including Monopoly) in India. Monopoly City was a 2010 edition of the classic board game, and Funskool, as Hasbro's Indian partner since the 1980s, would have been the company launching it in the Indian market. Lego makes its own games, Crosswords is a retail bookstore chain, Mattel is a different toy company, and Hanung Toys focuses on soft toys.

Scrabble was invented in 1948, making its 60th anniversary 2008.

Alice in Wonderland is basically a chess game.

The title of Grandmaster is the highest title awarded to chess players by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).

Except hockey, all others are indoor games.

Bishop, Castle (often called Rook), and Stalemate are all standard terms in chess. Little slam is a term used in the card game Bridge, not chess.