Chess is a fun, strategic, and fast-moving board game. Each player has 16 pieces (A king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two rooks, and 8 pawns) which are placed on an 8-to-8 board.
Here are the movement rules for the pieces:
King: The king is the most important piece, can only move one square in any direction (up, down, right, left and diagonal) per move. And it can not jump over pieces.
Queen: The queen is perhaps the most powerful piece, and can move in any direction and as many squares as it wants. It can not jump over pieces.
Bishop: There are two bishops and bishops can only go diagonal as many squares as it wants. And it can not jump over pieces.
Knight: The knight is special because it is the only piece that can jump over other pieces. it moves in a L-shape; 2 up or down and one left or right, or 2 left or right and one up or down.
Rook: The rook can only go up, down, left, and right as many squares as it wants. And it can not jump over pieces.
Pawn: For the first move, the pawn can either move 1 or 2 spaces up. After that, it can only move up one. To attack, it moves one up diagonally.
Here are some simple terms:
Check: Happens when a piece is directly pointing at the opposing teams king, the opposing team has to: move, block, or capture.
Checkmate: Happens when the opposing king is in check and all other places will also mean the king will be in check, resulting as a win for the check giving team.
Stalemate: Happens when the king is the only piece which can move and it is that players turn and every other place the king can move will be check, resulting in a draw.
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