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CHESS

Basic concepts of this game


Chess is a strategic game devoid
of hidden information and random
elements. It takes place on a
chessboard featuring 64 squares
in an 8×8 grid.
The two players, known as "White" and
"Black," each command sixteen pieces:
one king, one queen, two rooks, two
bishops, two knights, and eight pawns.
White makes the first move, followed by
Black.
The game is won by “checkmating” the
opponent's king, meaning to place it
under an unavoidable threat of capture.
There are also multiple scenarios where
the game can result in a draw.
The king moves one square in any
direction.

There is also a special move


called castling that involves
moving the king and a rook.
The king is the most
valuable piece, and attacks
on the king must be
immediately countered, and
if this is impossible, the
game is immediately lost.
The rook can move forward, backward or sideways, but cannot move
diagonally

Along with the king, a rook is


involved during the king's castling
move (previous slide).
Knight movement

A knight moves to any of the


closest squares that are not on the
same rank, file, or diagonal. (Thus
the move forms an "L"-shape: two
squares vertically and one square
horizontally, or two squares
horizontally and one square
vertically.)
The bishop chess piece moves in any
direction diagonally

A queen combines the power of a


rook and bishop and can move
any number of squares along a
rank, file, or diagonal, but cannot
leap over other pieces.
Pawn
A pawn can move forward to the
unoccupied square immediately in
front of it on the same file, or on
its first move it can advance two
squares along the same file,
provided both squares are
unoccupied. A pawn can capture
an opponent's piece on a square
diagonally in front of it by moving
to that square (black crosses)
En passant

When a pawn makes a two-step advance


from its starting position and there is an
opponent's pawn on a square next to the
destination square on an adjacent file, then
the opponent's pawn can capture it en
passant ("in passing"), moving to the square
the pawn passed over.

This can be done only on the turn immediately following the enemy pawn's
two-square advance
Promotion

When a pawn advances to its


eighth rank, as part of the
move, it is promoted and must
be exchanged for the player's
choice of queen, rook, bishop,
or knight of the same color.
Win
A game can be won in the following ways:

Checkmate: The opposing king is in check and the opponent has no legal
move.
Resignation: A player may resign, conceding the game to the opponent. If,
however, the opponent has no way of checkmating the resigned player, this is a
draw under FIDE Laws. Most tournament players consider it good etiquette to
resign in a hopeless position.
Win on time: In games with a time control, a player wins
if the opponent runs out of time, even if the opponent has a superior position, as
long as the player has a theoretical possibility to checkmate the opponent were
the game to continue.
Draw
Stalemate: If the player to move
has no legal move, but is not in
check, the position is a
stalemate, and the game is
drawn.

Dead position: If neither player


is able to checkmate the other
by any legal sequence of
moves, the game is drawn.
Draw by agreement: In tournament chess, draws are most
commonly reached by mutual agreement between the
players. The correct procedure is to verbally offer the
draw, make a move, then start the opponent's clock.
The best chess players
When there is an argument about who is the best chess player,
usually 3 people are often mentioned, they are Bobby Fischer,
Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlssen. All three became world
champions.
I watch and play chess because it makes me think hard
and solve problems. It's fun to learn new strategies, and I
feel proud when I get better. Also, it's a good way to meet
and connect with people around the world who love chess

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