Chess

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

Chess is played on a 8x8 board White moves first. White and black begin the game with 2 Knights (N)
White and black begin the game with 2 Bishops (B)
White and black begin the game with 2 Rooks (R)
White and black begin the game with 1 Queen (Q)
White and black begin the game with 1 King (K)
The King is a royal piece (king).
White and black begin the game with 8 Pawns (P)

Objectives

The game is won:

• If the enemy king is check-mated.

The game is a draw:

• If the enemy king is stale-mated.
• If the enemy only has a king left and cannot take your last piece
• If the same position occurs for the third time.
• If no progress has been made for 50 consecutive moves.
• If there is insufficient material to mate the enemy king.

Movement of the pieces

Knight (N)
The Knight moves and captures as a leaper (marked •). Betza description: N
Bishop (B)
The Bishop moves and captures as a slider (marked •). Betza description: B
Rook (R)
The Rook moves and captures as a slider (marked •). Betza description: R
Queen (Q)
The Queen moves and captures as a slider (marked •). Betza description: Q
King (K)
The King moves and captures as a leaper (marked •). Betza description: KisO2 The King can castle.
Pawn (P)
The Pawn moves as a stepper (marked •). The Pawn captures as a stepper (marked ×). Betza description: fmWfceFifmW2 The Pawn cannot move back to the square it came from. The Pawn can capture en-passant. The Pawn can promote to a Knight, Bishop, Rook or Queen.

Promotion

Pawn (P)
The Pawn must promote when it reaches one of the squares marked with •. The Pawn can promote to a Knight, Bishop, Rook or Queen.