![]() ![]() Checkmate is the ultimate objective of chess. However, if the attacked player is unable to do so, the king is in checkmate and they lose the game. Thus, the opposing player must protect the king by moving it out of the opponent’s range. Thus, the player may not change the direction of movement while playing.Ī check refers to the time when a player’s king is under attack. However, these movements must be a single straight line during a single turn. It can move any number of spaces vertically, horizontally or diagonally. QueenĪ queen is not restricted by direction. A bishop cannot move vertically or horizontally and it cannot pass through a piece of the same colour. However, it cannot move vertically or horizontally. The bishop can move any number of squares diagonally through squares of the same colour. This means, if a knight starts on a white square it will end up on a black square after completing its legal movement. Furthermore, a knight always alternates between the two colours. This means it moves two squares forward, backward, right or left, then one square horizontally or vertically, one square forward, backward, right or left and lastly, two squares horizontally or vertically to form an L shape. ![]() Unlike the previous two pieces, a knight can move through other pieces by jumping over them, although it can not land on the space occupied by a piece of the same colour. Additionally, it can capture pieces of the opposing player by moving onto its square. However, it can not pass through pieces of the same colour. The rook, also known as the castle, can move any number of squares along its row or column. The pawn will then move into the square of the opponent and replace the captured piece. However, when a pawn is capturing the opponent’s piece, it may move diagonally right or left, but ahead of the piece. They can not move horizontally, backwards or diagonally. Pawns move one square at a time, only in a vertically straight line. The queen on the square matching her colour and the king on the opposite one. The king and queen are placed on the centre squares. The pieces must be arranged as follow, the rook on the leftmost and rightmost corner square, the knights placed beside the rooks and then then the bishops. The first row contains a symmetrical arrangement on the left and right sides. The second row or second rank (from the player) consists of eight paws, each place don a square. The chess pieces are set up in two horizontal rows. When properly set up, a white square will be the rightmost one along the edge nearest to each player. The first stop of playing chess is setting up the board. The king is the most valuable piece as it determines if the player loses or wins. Pawns are worth one point, bishops and knights are three points, capturing rooks give you five points while the queen gives nine points. reminiscent of the black ebony and white ivory pieces used in the past.Įach chess piece has a distinct value. This nomenclature came about as people used to use pieces made of ivory and ebony to play in the past. Generally, the light side is called white and the dark one, black. Players can distinguish their troops by colour with light or dark pieces. There are six kinds of chess pieces namely, the pawn, the bishop, the rook, the knight, the king and the queen. A chessboard contains a total of 64 black and white squares. ![]() ChessboardĪ chessboard is a square in shape and contains rows of squares in alternating colours, usually black and white. Of the above-mentioned items, only a chessboard and pieces are essential. A sheet of paper to record the score of each player A chess clock if the players decide to play a timed gameĤ. There are only a few requirements to play the game of chess. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent’s king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (in “ check“) and there is no way for it to escape. At the start, each player (one controlling the white pieces, the other controlling the black pieces) controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. It is played on a square chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. Chess is an abstract strategy game and involves no hidden information. However, there are times when the game can end in a draw. This implies that the king piece is under check or immediate attack. The objective of the game is to checkmate the opponent’s king. ![]()
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