The rules of chess have evolved much over the centuries, from the early chess-like games played in India in the 6th century. This lesson teaches you the basic rules of chess which you should know before start learning chess. Learn more at: http://chess-teacher.com/chess-rules

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2. CHESS IS THE MOST INTELLIGENT GAME EVER
INVENTED
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It trains you to use all your resources to the
maximum extent
It teaches you that administration is to extract work
from all your subordinates
Chess is a battle between two monarchs

3. EVOLUTION OF CHESS RULES
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The modern rules first took form in Italy during the
13th century, giving more mobility to pieces that
previously had more restricted movement (such as
the queen and bishop)
Pawns originally did not have the option of moving
two squares on their first move

4. THE CHESS BOARD
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5. CHESS IS PLAYED ON A SQUARE BOARD DIVIDED INTO 64 SQUARES
(EIGHT-BY-EIGHT) OF ALTERNATING COLOR
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6. The lighter-colored squares are
called "light" or "white", and the
darker-colored squares are called
"dark" or "black"
Sixteen "white" and sixteen "black"
pieces are placed on the board at the
beginning of the game
According to FIDE equipment
standards, the length of side of a square
should be twice the length of the
diameter of the base of a Pawn.
Horizontal rows are called ranks
and vertical rows are called files
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7. SYMBOLS OF CHESSMEN
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8. A CHESS PIECE, OR CHESSMAN, IS ANY OF THE 32 MOVABLE OBJECTS
DEPLOYED ON A CHESSBOARD USED TO PLAY THE GAME OF CHESS
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King
Queen
Knight
Rook
Pawn
Bishop

9. IN A STANDARD GAME OF CHESS, EACH OF THE TWO PLAYERS
BEGINS A GAME WITH THE FOLLOWING 16 PIECES
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One
One
Two
Two
Eight
Two

10. ARRANGEMENTS OF PIECES
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11. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, THE PIECES ARE ARRANGED AS
SHOWN IN THE DIAGRAM
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Each side one king, one queen,
two rooks, two bishops, two
Knights, and eight pawns are
placed

12. THE PIECES ARE PLACED, ONE ON A SQUARE, AS FOLLOWS:
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The rooks are placed on the outside corners, right and left edge.
The knights are placed immediately inside of the rooks.
The bishops are placed immediately inside of the knights.
The queen is placed on the central square of the same color of that of
the player: white queen on the white square and black queen on the
black square.
The king takes the vacant spot next to the queen.
The pawns are placed one square in front of all of the other pieces.

13. YOU CANNOT PLACE MORE THAN ONE PIECE ON A SQUARE AT ANY
TIME
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