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Chess

Basics

Chess is played on square board of eight rows and eight columns.

The colors of the sixty-four squares alternate between black and white.

The players are referred to as “White” and “Black” and each player begin with 16 pieces of specified color.

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Pieces consist of one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and eight pawns.

Pieces are moved to either an unoccupied square, or one occupied by an opponent's piece, capturing it and removing it from play.

Each chess piece has its own style of moving.

Movement

Rules

Castling

En Passant

Promotion

Check

End of Game

Objective

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 to remove or defend it from attack on the next move.

The game usually divided into three phases: Opening, middle-game and endgame.

Miscellaneous Facts

The game's present form emerged in Europe during the second half of the 15th century, an evolution of an older Indian game, Shatranj.

Chess is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee and international chess competition is sanctioned by the FIDE.

Chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. It is covered extensively in books and journals.

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