Come one! Come all! to my very dignified chess page. for those of you who like to play chess,
and want to know more about it, here are all the rules!!
Game Setup:
In chess, you should always have a black square on the bottom-right hand corner of the board.
At the first horizontal set of squares, called a "Rank", you should have your major pieces in
this order,rook, knight,bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, and rook. The king should always
be on a square of it's opposite color. It doesn't matter where you put your pawns, just so long
as all of them are lined up on the rank in front of your important pieces. There should be eight
important pieces for each color, and eight pawns for each color.(The vertical set of squares is
called a "File")
What the pieces look like:
The rook is the easiest piece to identify. it looks like a turret or tower in a castle. (it looks
that way because you can use it as a "fort" for your king, so that it isn't in check with any of your
enemies, but we will learn about that later on in the game.) the knight looks like a horse's head.
the bishop is the hardest to describe, but i can tell you by giving you this analogy: it looks
like the kind of hat that the pope would wear at a ceremony. The queen looks like a queen's crown,
and the king is the biggest piece on the board. it looks like a huge kings crown with a cross at
the top of it.
How the pieces move:
generally, there are a lot of rules about chess pieces and how they move, so let me endeavor to
explain simply, and efficiently.
THE PAWN: The pawn can only move forward ONE SPACE, but it can capture pieces at the diagonal.
THE ROOK:The rook can move forward, left, and right as many spaces as it wants, not diagonal. it can
castle (protect the king) by closing it in with four pawns in front, the rook towards the middle,
and the king on the corner of the board.
THE KNIGHT: the knight can move two squares along a rank, and one square along a file, or vice versa.
the knight can also jump over pieces, which is something that no other piece can do.
THE BISHOP: the bishop can go as many squares as it wants diagonally.
THE QUEEN: the queen is the most powerful piece on the board, it can go anywhere, as many squares as
it wants.
THE KING: The king can move one square at a time, but it can move anywhere. it is the most particular
piece on the board, and the whole game revolves around it, as you can see by reading what follows.
Castling:
a special move that allows the player to move two pieces at the same time. the king and the rook are
the only pieces that are allowed to castle. you can castle by moving the king two squares to the left
or to the right, and the rook moves next to the king on the opposite side. the move is only allowed if the king
has not moved yet, and if it is NOT in check!! Moreover, it is only allowed if the rook on the castling side
has not moved. the three squares between the king and the rook must be vacant when castling.
The object of the game:
To protect the king from being captured. if your king is captured, but you can escape, it is check,
it is illegal to move when you are in check, unless your move involves getting your king out of check.
if you're in check and there is no way out, it is check-mate, and your opponent wins.
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