4. The game
Each player begins the
game with 16 pieces: one
king, one queen, two
rooks, two knights, two
bishops, and eight pawns.
Each of the six piece
types moves differently.
5. The game.
Pieces are used to attack and
capture the opponent's
pieces, with the objective to
'checkmate' the opponent's
king by placing it under an
inescapable threat of capture.
In addition to checkmate, the
game can be won by the
voluntary resignation of the
opponent.
6. The game
A game may also result in a draw in
several ways, where neither player wins.
The course of the game is divided into
three phases: opening, middlegame,
and endgame.
7. Pawn
The pawn may move forward to the
unoccupied square immediately in
front of it on the same file, or on its
first move it may advance two squares
along the same file provided both
squares are unoccupied ; or the pawn
may capture an opponent's piece on a
square diagonally in front of it on an
adjacent file, by moving to that square
. The pawn has two special moves.
8. Knight
The knight moves to any of the
closest squares that are not on
the same rank, file, or diagonal,
thus the move forms an "L"shape: two squares vertically and
one square horizontally, or two
squares horizontally and one
square vertically. The knight is the
only piece that can leap over
other pieces.
9. Bishop
The bishop can move any
number of squares
diagonally, but may not
leap over other pieces.
10. Rook
The rook can move any
number of squares along
any rank or file, but may
not leap over other
pieces. Along with the
king, the rook is involved
during the king's castling
move.
11. Queen
The queen combines the
power of the rook and
bishop and can move any
number of squares along
rank, file, or diagonal, but it
may not leap over other
pieces.
12. King
The king moves one
square in any direction.
The king has also a special
move which is called
castling and involves also
moving a rook.
13. Chess games may also be played with a time
control, mostly by club and professional players.
14. MY OPINION
I think it is an interesting
sport to be played in family,
to compete in tournaments
or to play when you are
bored. It is a mental sport
too. This type of sports help
you to train your brain and
that is so good. During 3
years I took part in the chess
club and I don´t like it but I´m
truly bad at it.
