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How to play chess |
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| The rules of chess are actually quite simple once you
get used to them. They are as follows:
There are eight pieces and eight pawns. Each piece and all pawns have their own way moving. Check and checkmate: Check is when a piece (or pawn) is threatening to take the king. Contradictory to common belief, you do not have to say check; it is a courtesy. Checkmate is when the king is in check but can not get out of check. Castling: Castling is when the king moves two spaces to the rook and the rook is placed on the opposite side of the king (so they are adjacent). there can not be any pieces between the king and the rook nor have the king ar rook moved. The board: The board consists 64 black and white alternating squares placed in an 8 by 8 grid. the board must be placed so the most right square is white. Position of the pieces (left to right) from white's perspective: at the edge of the board closest to the player rook, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, rook; in front of every piece is one piece. The black pieces is a mirror of the white pieces. you may have noticed that queen will always go on her own color. capturing: when a piece lands on an enemy's piece it captures. all pieces capture by moving to it. pawns capture diagonally only and they only move one space when capturing. Knights only capture the piece they land on. That's chess in a nutshell for you. |
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2 Rooks: Rooks move in a straight line up, down, or sideways until
it reaches the edge of the board, a piece, or a pawn.
2 bishops: Bishops move diagonally until they reach the edge of
the board, a piece, or a pawn. Because they move diagonally, they
are always on the same color square they start on.
1 queen: Queens are the most powerful piece on the board. It can
move as both a bishop and a rook.
1 knight: Knights are a little tricky; they move (or jump) 2 spaces
and turn to move 1 more space. In other words, on a 3 by 2 square
box, it moves from one corner to the one diagonally from it. Because
it does not move in a straight line it jumps over the other pieces
and pawns.
8 pawns: Pawns move 1 space forward (except when the pawn is first
moved, then it can move two spaces). When a pawn reaches the very
end of its path it promotes. Promotion allows a pawn to become any
piece other then a king.
1 king: The king is the most important piece. When you lose your
king you lose the game. Therefore the king can never move into check
(see below) or move next to the other player's king. The king can
move to any of the 8 adjacent squares.