Difference between revisions of "Chess"

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The starting position for Chess

Chess-games are a family of (usually) two-player board games. Chess-games differs from draughts (or checkers) in that each side has several different types of pieces, with a king. The primary goal of the game is to capture the other player's king.

When it refers to a specific game, the name Chess usually refers to the game governed by the FIDE. This game is also known as "International Chess", "Western Chess", "Mad-Queen Chess" or "Orthodox Chess".

Rules

Objective

The objective of the game is to check-mate your opponent's king.

Movement of the pieces

King
The King moves one square in any direction. It also has a special castling move.
Knight
The Knight makes an L-shaped jump: either two squares horizontally and one square vertically, or one square horizontally and two squares vertically. The knight is allowed to jump over occupied squares.
Bishop
The Bishop moves any number of squares diagonally. It may not jump over another piece.
Rook
The Rook moves any number of squares horizontally or vertically. It may not jump over another piece.
Queen
The Queen moves as a Rook or a Bishop.
Pawn
The Pawn moves one square forward. On its first move, it may also move two squares forward, but it may not jump over other pieces. The pawn captures a piece diagonally in front of it. The pawn has two special moves: promotion, and en-passant capture.

The end of the game

History