How to play chess
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chess how to play the object of the game
is to checkmate the other King checkmate
happens when the king is in a position
to be captured it's in check and cannot
escape from the capture at the beginning
of the game the chessboard is laid out
so that each player is sitting across
from the other and has the white or
lighter colored square in the bottom
right hand side the chess pieces are
then arranged the same way each time the
second row is filled with pawns the
first row should be set up as following
going from left to right
rook Knight Bishop King Queen Bishop
Knight rook you've set it up correctly
if your queen is on the same colored
square as the color of the piece the
player with the white pieces always
moves first a turn consists of moving
one piece one time players alternate
turns until the end of the game spaces
may not be shared by pieces pieces
cannot move through or over any other
piece opponent's pieces can be captured
by correctly moving your piece to the
square of the opponent's piece when a
piece is captured it is eliminated and
removed from the board each of the six
different kinds of pieces has a unique
way of moving pawns move one square
forward towards your opponent's side of
the board at a time unless it is the
first time it is moved during the game
in which case it may be moved up to two
squares forward pawns can only capture
pieces one square diagonal in front of
them and cannot capture pieces directly
in front of them but instead are unable
to move forward if a pawn reaches the
other side of the board it can be
changed into any other type of piece
this is called a promotion
rooks can move any number of squares
side to side or back and forth
rooks cannot move diagonally rooks
cannot jump pieces but instead capture
the first enemy piece they move into
Knights move in the shape of an L moving
two squares in one direction except
diagonal and then one more square at a
90-degree angle the knight jumps over
any piece in the way capturing any
opponent piece in its final move
position bishops can move any number of
squares diagonally they capture the
first enemy piece they move into the
Queen can move any number of spaces in
any direction the Queen captures the
first enemy piece she moves into the
King can move one square at a time in
any direction the King can never move
himself into check whenever a moved
directly results in the opponent's king
being threatened
meaning if an action is not taken the
next turn the king would be captured the
attacking player must say check the
opponent must then use their turn to
protect the King by either moving the
King out of check
moving a different piece to block the
path of the attacker or by capturing the
piece that threatens the king if they
move directly result in the opponent's
King being threatened and there is no
move to protect the King the attacking
player then declares checkmate
the game is over and he wins a draw or
stalemate occurs when the king is not in
check and the player cannot legally move
any of his pieces or if there is any
other situation where there is an
impossibility of checkmate there are a
couple other types of unique moves the
first is called castling on a player's
turn he may move his King two squares
over to one side and then moved the rook
from that sites corner to right next to
the King on the opposite side however in
order to castle the following conditions
must be met it must be the King's very
first move it must be that rooks very
first move there cannot be any pieces in
between the King in the rook and the
King may not be in check nor pass
through check the second is called n
pissant if a pawn moves out two squares
on its first move and by doing so lands
on the side of an opponent's pawn
effectively jumping past the other pawns
ability to capture it that other pawn
has the option of capturing the first
pawn as it passes by but must do so by
the very next turn otherwise it loses
the opportunity to capture it the pawn
must move diagonally to the square
directly behind the other pawn the first
player to checkmate their opponent wins
