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Chess is a board game played between two players on a 64-square checkered board. Each player controls 16 pieces at the start: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The objective is to checkmate the opponent's king by placing it under attack and the king having no escape. Games can also end in a draw by agreement, stalemate, repetition of positions, or insufficient material to checkmate.

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Chess Is A

Chess is a board game played between two players on a 64-square checkered board. Each player controls 16 pieces at the start: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The objective is to checkmate the opponent's king by placing it under attack and the king having no escape. Games can also end in a draw by agreement, stalemate, repetition of positions, or insufficient material to checkmate.

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Chess

Chess is a board game played between two players. It is played on a chessboard, which is a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. he ob!ect o" the game is to checkmate the opponent#s king, whereby the king is under immediate attack $in %check%& and there is no way to remo'e or de"end it "rom attack on the next mo'e. he ob!ecti'e o" the game is to checkmate the opponent. his occurs when a mo'e places the opponent#s king in check, and there is no legal response "or the opponent that remo'es it "rom attack. (hess games do not ha'e to end in checkmate ) either player may resign i" the situation looks hopeless. I" it is a timed game a player may run out o" time and lose, e'en with a much superior position. *ames also may end in a draw $tie&. A draw can occur in se'eral situations, including draw by agreement, stalemate, three"old repetition o" a position, the "i"ty-mo'e rule, or a draw by impossibility o" checkmate $usually because o" insu""icient material to checkmate&. As some "orced checkmates cannot be done in less than +, mo'es, the "i"ty-mo'e rule is not applied e'erywhere,-4. particularly in correspondence chess. Initial setup

he chessmen include: -two kings $one white and one black& -two queens $one white and one black&

-two bishops $one white and one black& -two knights $one white and one black& -two rooks $one white and one black& -sixteen pawns $eight white and eight black& he ob!ecti'e o" the game is to checkmate the opponent. his occurs when a mo'e places the opponent#s king in check, and there is no legal response "or the opponent that remo'es it "rom attack. (hess games do not ha'e to end in checkmate ) either player may resign i" the situation looks hopeless. I" it is a timed game a player may run out o" time and lose, e'en with a much superior position. *ames also may end in a draw $tie&. A draw can occur in se'eral situations, including draw by agreement, stalemate, three"old repetition o" a position, the "i"ty-mo'e rule, or a draw by impossibility o" checkmate $usually because o" insu""icient material to checkmate&. he greatest chess players are *ary kasparo', Anatoly /arpo', 0ishwanathan Anand and 1obby 2ischer.

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