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Chess
Questions about the game of Chess. Electronic versions of chess may be asked about here, as a second category, but would be more appropriately placed in a Video Games category.
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Alice's encounter with the talking flowers occurs before her involvement in the chess game begins. In the Preface, Lewis Carroll describes the first 'move' as "Alice meets R.Q." So the flowers have no role in relation to the moves in the chess game.
In early editions of Through the Looking Glass Carroll included a Dramatis Personae which cast the characters into the roles of the chess-pieces. In this two of the daisies are defined as white pawns and the rose, the tiger-lily and two more of the daisies are defined as red pawns. However, Carroll removed this from later editions and replaced it with a diagram and descriptions of the moves as it didn't actually fit with the action of the game as described in the book.
For a list of moves in the game, see Related Questions, below.
Why is it too hard to play chess?
Some people simply don't have the ability to play chess at all, and others can only manage to play it at an average level. It depends on how you think and whether you can think in the ways required.
What are the chess moves in Through The Looking Glass?
From Through the Looking Glass: White Pawn (Alice) to play, and win in eleven moves. 1. Alice meets R.Q. - R.Q. to K.R's 4th
2. Alice through Q's 3d (by railway) to Q's 4th Tweedledum and Tweedledee - W.Q. to Q.B's 4th (after shawl)
3 Alice meets W.Q. (with shawl) - W.Q. to Q.B's 5th (becomes sheep)
4 Alice to Q's 5th (shop, river, shop) - W.Q. to K.B's 8th (leaves egg on shelf)
5 Alice to Q's 6th (Humpty Dumpty) - W.Q. to Q.B's 8th (flying from R. Kt.)
6 Alice to Q's 7th (forest) - R.Kt. to K's 2nd (ch.)
7 W.Kt. takes R.Kt. - W.Kt. to K.B's 5th
8 Alice to Q's 8th (coronation) - R.Q. to K's sq. (examination)
9 Alice becomes Queen - Queens castle
10 Alice castles (feast) - W.Q. to Q.R's 6th (soup)
11 Alice takes R.Q. & wins
This is what Lewis Carroll said in his preface to the 1896 edition of Through the Looking Glass:
"As the chess-problem, given on the previous page, has puzzled some of my readers, it may be well to explain that it is correctly worked out, so far as the moves are concerned. The alternation of Red and White is perhaps not so strictly observed as it might be, and the "castling" of the three Queens is merely a way of saying that they entered the palace; but the "check" of the White King at move 6, the capture of the Red Knight at move 7, and the final "checkmate" of the Red King, will be found, by any one who will take the trouble to set the pieces and play the moves as directed, to be strictly in accordance with the laws of the game."
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How do you play the game of Chess?
See the link for a beginner's guide to chess. It explains the rules, how the pieces move, and pretty much all you'll need to know to begin playing chess. http://www.chesscentral.com/chess_rule/play_chess.htm
How long is the worlds longest chess game?
The longest recorded chess game lasted for 269 moves and was played between Ivan Nikolic and Goran Arsovic in 1989. The game ended in a draw after it stretched over several months.
The Knight moves quite differently than other pieces on the board. It moves in an "L" formation, two spaces in any direction, and then one space to the left or right.
The knight can jump over other pieces, so long as it lands either on an empty square, or on a square controlled by an opponent's piece.
What is the story of Premchand 'The Chess Players'?
"The Chess Players" ("Shatranj ke khiladi") is a short story by Munshi Premchand and details the obsession two members of the aritocracy playing the game of chess while neglecting responsibilities to society and family .
There's an eponymous 1977 film by Satyajit Ray which is well-regarded by those within the international film community .
How do I get my queen back in chess?
You would have to pin the Queen between their King and your attacking piece, and your attacking piece would have to be defended by multiple other pieces, preferably those who can put a check on the king should your attacking piece be destroyed. If you were attacking on a horizontal or a vertical, you would want a couple of rooks, or a queen and a rook in the horizontal/ vertical you used, and the same thing for diagonals, except using a bishop replacing the rook.
Different kinds of chess chess position?
There are simply an endless number of chess positions to answer this question. Besides, it would be of no help to a player to know various positions of pieces at any given time in any given game.
yes it may. A pawn can only move forward until taken or exchanged for another piece at the end row. It's defense is different than its offense, and it attacks diagonal to the square left ahead or right ahead and behind.
What is a defeat called in chess?
Depends on how you won.
If you checked your opponent's king and he cannot block the check, capture the checking piece, or move his king away, you win by checkmate.
If your opponent tips his king over and says "I resign" You win by resignation.
If your opponent runs out of time in his/her clock, you win by time.
If your opponent is 30+min. late, you win by "no-show".
Only if the piece won't be able to attack him then. Example: moving in front of a bishop is okay. Moving in front of a pawn is okay. Moving in front of a knight is okay. King, rook, or queen? No ma'am/sir.
What are Chess pawn promotion rules?
The pawn can move 2 tiles forward on its first move. Then, it can only move 1 space each turn. If one of your opponent's players is 1 space diagonal from your pawn, it can capture it but moving 1 space diagonal and taking it. When a pawn reaches the other side of the board, it can change places with any player that has been captured. The promoted pawn can become any piece it chooses to be. It is not limited to other pieces that have already been captured. Thus it is possible for a player to have more than one Queens on the board. The pawn becomes another piece; it is not exchanged for a captured piece.
A pawn is the weakest piece on the chessboard, hence the name; nevertheless, they are very important. Pawns can only move one space straight forward, unless the specific pawn hasn't moved yet in the game, where they can move two. Pawns can only capture another piece diagonally (but not backwards and to the side.) When a pawn makes it all the way to the other side of the board, you get to "promote" it into your piece of choice, but not a king. Also, pawns are the only pieces that can to "En Passant, which is very hard to explain, but it is a special type of capture.
Name the three chess playing sister who dominated Indian chess in 1980s?
The Polgar sisters; Judit, Susan, and Sofia. Judit and Susan are Grandmasters and Sofia is an International Master.
What is the answer to the Rice on a Chess Board question?
This is based on the myth of a Chinese philosopher that did a great act of service for an emperor; he subsequently asked that his reward be as follows: * "Put one grain of rice on the first square of a chessboard. Then put two on the next, and four on the one after that. For each square, put double the number of grains on the square before it." The emperor agreed without thinking this through; the reward bankrupted the kingdom/empire before getting halfway and the philosopher was executed. We can calculate the number of grains on any square by the formula R = 2(n-1), where n is the square in numerical order and R is the number of grains on the nth square. If we were to work out each individual value for R from n = 1 to n = 64, it would take a while BUT since this is a geometrical sequence, we can calculate the sum of values for R, from a given range of values for n, by use of a formula developed for the purpose. This is as follows: RT = Σ64n=1(2n-1)* RT = Σ-- (20 + 21 + 22 + ... + 264) RT = 1(1 - 264)(1 - 2) RT = 1 x 1 x (264 - 1)** RT = 264 - 1 RT = 1.84467 x 1019 grains of rice, or thereabouts. In other words, reaching the total would mean almost 20 billion billion grains of rice; such an amount does not, and cannot, exist on Earth. *These values should be directly above and below the sigma sign, but WA doesn't work that way. **Note that the minus sign on the 1 has been negated by moving it into the brackets and simplifying.
A "stalemate" does not depend on the number of moves. A stalemate occurs when the king no longer has a legal move or where one opponent has a king and a knight or bishop against a lone king. This is because a king and a single minor piece like the bishop or knight cannot checkmate the king. Since checkmate is impossible, the rules declare it a stalemate. On the other hand, a "draw" may be declared if after 50 moves there is no capture AND if no pawn has been moved during those 50 moves. Although a stalemate and a draw amount to the same thing in practicality, they do have different terminology.
While most "Gods"- Luck etc- are radom, hence the comparison to dice, Fate plans carefully and is in control- like playing chess. Furthermore, if a chess player has two queens then they will be impossible to beat- so you can't escape fate
because when sam loves to play chess he wins so he tells people he is good at playing chess
Can you play chess with your left hand?
Technically chess is a mental game played out on a board with ornamental pieces. You could play with no hands as long as someone else moves the pieces per your instructions.
How many players play at a time?
In most traditional sports, the number of players on the field or court at a time varies. For example, in soccer, there are 11 players per team, while in basketball, each team has five players on the court. In volleyball, there are six players per team. However, in sports like tennis, it's typically one or two players per side.
Can king take bishop or queen?
Both in terms of the game of chess and in terms of religion and a monarch, a bishop cannot become a queen.
What are the different theme of chess games for kids?
Different themes for chess games are chess. Chess was invented in India a long time ago, and is still used by many, any usually by kids. That is the theme game for kids.
