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The Homepage for Chess Enthusiasts
Chess is a two-player game that was
invented over 1,300 years ago. Chess is played on an 8x8 board,
with each side having 16 pieces. In chess, there are six
different classes of pieces. Each class serves a different
function and has different rules onto how it can move and capture
opponent pieces. These classes are:
- Pawns - there are eight paws per
side. They can move forward one space at a time. They can
capture pieces one square in front of them and one square to the right
or left.
- Rooks - there are two rooks per side.
Rooks can move any number of unencumbered spaces horizontally or
vertically.
- Knights - there are two knights per
side. Knights may move over existing pieces. They move in
an L shape - two squares one direction, and one square an orthogonal
direction.
- Bishops - there are two bishops per
side. Bishops can move any number of unencumbered spaces
diagonally.
- Queen - there is one queen per side.
She may move any number of unencumbered spaces horizontally,
vertically, or diagonally.
- King - there is one king per side.
The king may move in any direction one square at a time.
The game of chess ends when one side checkmates the other. A checkmate occurs
when the opponent's king is threatened, and there is no move that can
be made such that the king could not be taken the next turn.
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