How to play Chess.

Chess is one of most famous board game which is played between 2 Players. It is played on the Checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8x8 grid. There is not hidden information when playing this game.It is based on logic and will test your calmness. We just have to understand how to use movements. The objective of the game is to checkmate the opponent, this occurs when the opponent's king is in check, and there is no legal way to remove it from attack.

In the Chess game each player begins with 16 pieces one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. Each piece type moves differently, in which the most powerful being is the queen and the least powerful is the pawn

Setup of Chess Board

Chess game pieces are divided into white and black sets. Each set consists of 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns.

Understanding Chess Movements

1. The King 

The king moves one square in any direction. The king also has a special move called castling that involves also moving a rook.

2. The Rook

A rook can move any number of squares along a rank or file, but cannot leap over other pieces. Along with the king, a rook is involved during the king's castling move.

3. The Bishop

A bishop can move any number of squares diagonally, If the bishop is on white color square it can only move on white square diagonally.

4. The Queen

The 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.That's why queen is the most powerful in this game.

5. The Knight

A knight moves to any of the closest squares that are not on the same rank, file, or diagonal.That means it moves in L Shape.

6. The 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 (black dots in the diagram); or the pawn can capture an opponent's piece on a square diagonally in front of it on an adjacent file, by moving to that square (black "x"s).

Understanding Check and Checkmate

When a king is under immediate attack by one or two of the opponent's pieces, it is said to be in check. A move in response to a check is legal only if it results in a position where the king is no longer in check.
And If the king is checked and if it can't move in any direction that is Checkmate and there the game ends.