Part+III-Today

Chess is the most popular game in the world.

=Rules=
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Moves
There are six different pieces in chess: the king, the queen, the bishop, the knight, the rook, and the pawn. Each side has one king, one queen two bishops, two knights, two rooks, and eight pawns. The king is toe most important piece. If it is captured, the game is over, and that player loses. It can move 1 square in any direction as long as its path isn't blocked. The queen is the most powerful piece. It can move any number of squares in any direction as long as its path isn't blocked. The rook is the second most powerful piece. It can move vertically or horizontally any number of squares as long as its path isn't blocked. The bishop can move diagonally any number of spaces as long as its path isn't blocked. The knight moves in a strange way. It moves two squares vertically or horizontally then it turns left or right and moves one space. This is just reffered to as an L-shaped form or pattern. Because of the way it moves, the knight is the only piece that can jump over other pieces. On its first move, a pawn can move either one or two squares forward as long as its path isn't blocked. After that the pawn moves only one square foreward at a time except when its capturing.

Value
A pawn is worth 1, the knight and bishop are worth 3, the rook is worth 5, the queen is worth 9, and the king's value is infinite.

Capture
​A piece is captured when another piece from the opposite team lands on the same square. More than one piece cannot end up on the same square. The king cannot be captured that way. It must be trapped so that it cannot go anywhere without getting caught for the game to end. This is called //checkmate//. When the king is in danger of capture, that is called //check//. The pawn captures diagonally. If a piece from the other team is on one of the two adjacent squares in front of it, it can be captured. Also, if a pawn gets to the opposite side of the board without getting caught, it can become any of the other kind of pieces. =Matches = Nowadays, you can either play against a computer, your friends, or in an organized compettition. Most amateurs like to play with unlimited time, but some like to play at "lightning" speed. In other words, each move can only take 1 to 10 seconds. The organized also are timed and each mach usually takes about 4 hours. The Fédération Internationale des Echecs (FIDE) and the United States Chess Federation are two organizations. Some of the ranks are senior master, master, expert, and classes A, B, C, etc. Back to Chess Back to home