Chess

Chess is SO COOL because you get to battle other people and protect your king and queen. I loved checkers, but when my enemy in checkers discovered chess, i had no one to battle. So i tried chess. And it was like the best game ever invented! So, honestly, I'd say, chess is cool.

Checkmate them, Make them resign. those are the only ones. ============================================ The object of the game of chess is to checkmate your opponent's king. Placing your opponent's king in check means that his king is threatened with being captured by one or more of your pieces on your next move. A player whose king has been placed in check has three options: move his king out of check; block the opponent's piece giving the check with one of his own pieces (note: in the case of a knight giving the check, this option is not possible); or capture the opponent's piece that is giving the check. If a player is unable to overcome the check in one of those ways, that player's king has been checkmated and the game has been lost. Often, a player will realize that his position on the chessboard is hopeless and that having his king checkmated by his opponent is inevitable. In such circumstances, that player will usually resign the game. The symbolic gesture of resignation is to lay one's king on its side.

Strictly speaking, a checkmate is possible on black's second move, with the following turns:

1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#

This mate is so unlikely that it would need cooperation between the two players. The quickest mate that actually happens in chess (usually at the beginner level) is:

1. e4 e5 2. Bc5 Nc6 3. Qh5 Nf6 4. Qxf7#

A number of different woods can be used to make a chess board, the overriding factor should be that the light wood should be a light as possible the the opposite for the dark wood. It takes something from the effect to have a board made with dark wood for whiteand darker wood for black. This is particularly true when the "real" boards used in tournaments are black and white, literally. Additionally, the squares are called black and white, too. Contrast is important. Certainly you are less limited when making a board out of wood today because of the large number of darker stains and wood lighteners available to treat wood.

You start off with 8.

Yes, you can. The knight is the only piece that can "jump" over other pieces, whether they are your own or your opponent's. It can check an opposing king that is hidden behind other pieces because the knight cannot be "blocked" when it attacks.

If you are in check, yes. If you are not, then it is a stalemate and the game is drawn.

A pawn can be captured and removed from play just like any other chess piece can. Pawns are captured more frequently than most other pieces, due to their number and their role in the game.

If a pawn is knocked over or disturbed during the course of play, that does not mean it has been captured. It is just reset in its previous position so that play can continue.

There are 64 squares on a chessboard, 32 white, and 32 black. 8x8.

Yes, and more is allowed too. When a player's pawn reaches the 8th rank, it is promoted into another piece, it can be turned into a Queen. It does not matter if the player already has a Queen.

Viswanathan Anand has won the World Chess Championship in 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012 .

Just try to keep it in safe places and use the Queen to protect it. Chess is harder than checkers(draughts) so use all the unknown tactics to win with your special weapons.... the king and queen.

Chess World Champion

He was 64 years old, which is (by coincidence?) the same number of squares a chess board has.

Technically, you opponent can give up whenever they want to, but the fastest checkmate possible is in two moves: Whites moves his (or her) kingside bishop pawn one or two spaces, Black moves his king's pawn one or two spaces, White moves his Kingside knight's pawn up two spaces, and black does queen to H4, checkmate, black wins.

A standard checkers or chess board has eight rows of eight squares in alternating colors, light and dark, for5 a total of 64 same-sized squares. However, as a trick question, four of these squares may be arranged to be a square (and these overlap). You could have 3x3 squares, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, and 7x7 squares, and of course the whole board is one big 8x8 square.

Chess World Champion Viswanathan Anand is rated 2780 on the March 2013 FIDE rating list.

Rooks are very important strategic defense pieces, and can sometimes be the only standing between safety and mate. However, they are quite simple pieces and are not easy to use on their own; teamwork with another piece or together may be necessary to get the most out of them. Their vulnerability to diagonal attack is also a major weakness.

The piece that looks like a "castle" is called a "rook".

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Sergei Karyakin of Ukraine holds the record for the youngest ever GM, gaining the title at 12 years and seven months of age in 2002.

No , if your king is in check you can not counter with placing your opponent's king in check - you must respond to the move on your next turn by dealing with your king in check by moving the king out of check , removing the attacking piece by capture or by blocking the checking piece or you will need to concede / resign from the game . Look to the related link below regarding the rules of chess .

It depends on what you're asking, but yes, in general, the queen can move to any block on a chess board, but she is limited in what she can do. The queen can move as many spaces as are open, in any direction, but only one direction at a time.