Chess
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Chess is a board game based solely on skill and tactics. It is played between two players on an eight-by-eight board with squares of alternating white and black. The object of the game is to trap the opponent's king so there is no possible escape from capture; this is called checkmate.
If a player cannot make a legal move (placing their king in check is not a legal move) but the king is not in check, the game is drawn (stalemate).
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[edit] Object
The object of chess is simple. There are two players, one traditionally uses black pieces, the other uses white pieces. Each player is given sixteen pieces, eight pawns, two rooks (also known as castles), two bishops, two knights, one king and one queen. The idea is to trap the king by taking turns to move your pieces around the board in a strategic manner.
[edit] Layout
[edit] Pieces
- Pawn This is the most basic chess piece. The pawn is allowed to move one space forward (or two from the starting position), and can only take other pieces diagonally. If they reach the opposite end of the board, they are replaced with any other piece except another king (owner's choice). Each player starts with eight of these pieces.
- Rooks Rooks start at each end of the board. They can move any amount of squares horizontally or vertically, unless they are either blocked by a friendly piece or take a piece.
- Knights Knights are the most unusual pieces on the chess board. They must move three spaces in an L Shape. So either two vertically and one horizontally, or two horizontally and one vertically. They may only take pieces at the end of this movement. They are also allowed to pass over other pieces during this movement.
- Bishops Bishops are similar to the Rooks. However, they are only allowed to move diagonally.
- Queen Possibly the most versatile and considered by beginners to be paramount to winning a game of chess. Queens are able to move and take in any direction.
- King The target for each player. The aim is to trap this piece so it is unable to avoid being captured in any way. The King may only move one space in any direction (except when castling, see below). The King is the only piece that cannot be taken.
[edit] Special Moves
Castling If the spaces between the king and one of the rooks (on the same side) are clear, this move can be performed by moving the king two spaces toward that rook and placing the corresponding rook on the other side of the king. However, castling cannot be done if the king has ever been moved during the game, and cannot involve any rooks that have ever moved during that game.
En Passant A pawn can capture an opposing pawn (en passant) if it has advanced two spaces to the square next to it in the previous turn.
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