HOW TO PLAY CHESS!!!
Pieces and Board
Chess is a game, played by two players.
One player plays with the white pieces, and the other with the black pieces.
Each player has sixteen pieces in the beginning of the game: One king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns.
Setting Up
The second row is made up of pawns.
The first row, from left to right, we have a: rook, knight, bishop, queen, king, bishop, knight, and rook.
The queens start on squares of their own color.
Moving and Taking
Players move, starting with the white player.
A move consists of moving one piece to a different square. Pieces move differently.
Players take turns moving.
Choose to take a piece by moving one of your pieces to the square of that has your opponent’s piece.
The opponents piece then is removed from the board, and out of play for the rest of the game.
Check, Mate, and Check Mate
When the king of a player can be taken next turn the other says that the king is in check.
It is considered good manners to say check when one checks ones opponent.
The next move must get the king out of check.
When a player is in check, and cannot move such that the king is not in check, then he is mated.
The player that is check mated lost the game.
The Rook (Castle)
The rook moves in a straight line, horizontally or vertically.
The rook may not jump over other pieces.
If the rook ends his move in a square with the opponents piece, that piece is taken.
The Bishop
The bishop moves in a straight diagonal line.
The bishop may also not jump over other pieces.
The bishop stays on the color it starts on.
A player starts with one bishop for each color.
The Queen
The queen has the combined moves of the rook and the bishop.
The queen may move in any straight line, horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
The queen may not jump pieces.
The King
The king moves one square in any direction, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
There is an advanced move, made by a king and rook at the same time, called castling.
The Knight (Horse)
The knight moves in an “L” shape 2 up/back then 1 to the side or 1 up/back then 2 to the side.
The knight jumps: the two squares that the knight passes over can be occupied by an any piece.
The Pawn
The pawn moves forward.
The pawn takes to the side or diagonally right or left.
The first move the paw makes can be one or two squares any move after is only one square.
Promoting a Pawn
Pawns that reach the last row of the board promote.
When a player moves a pawn to the last row of the board, he replaces the pawn with a queen, rook, knight, or bishop (of the same color).
