How to Play Chess

How to play chess .

Impress your friends , learn the game of kings and queens .

You will need a chess board , chess pieces and an opponent step one place the board .

So the right corner square nearer to you is white with the queens on their corresponding colors .

In the back row , white , four squares from the left and black , four squares from the right .

Step two , add the bishops to either side of the royal couple and the knights next to the bishops place the castles or rooks at either end , the ponds fill the second row .

Step three .

The object of the game is to corner your opponent's king so that it can't move anywhere without you capturing it .

Step four , the queen can move in any direction over any number of empty spaces .

The king can move only one space at a time in any direction .

You cannot move the king to a space where it could be captured .

During your opponent's next move , pawns move forward one space at a time on their first move , they may move forward either one or two squares .

If one of your pawns makes it to the other side of the board , you can exchange it for any other piece .

Step five rooks move in straight lines forward , back or sideways on the board over any number of empty squares , bishops move diagonally in any direction .

Also over empty squares , knights move in an L shape two squares in any direction and then one square to either side , knights can jump over other pieces .

Step six .

Now you're ready to play white always moves first , which gives that player the advantage of always being one step ahead on the first move , white can only move a pawn or a night .

Since only knights can jump other pieces , the player who controls the center of the board has a strong advantage .

Step seven .

Capture pieces by landing on a square occupied by an opponent's piece and removing the piece from play .

Pawns can only capture by moving one square forward and diagonally try to capture your opponent's most valuable pieces .

The queen castles , knights and bishops step eight , use your pawns to capture your opponent's pawns on Passan .

If your opponent moves upon two spaces on its first move and you have a pawn in a position where you could have captured it .

If it had moved only one space , you can capture their pawn as if it had moved only one space .

Step nine , either rook can make a special move to protect its king if you haven't moved the king or the rook yet .

And there are no pieces between them .

You can move the king two squares toward the roof and transfer that book toward the middle of the board in the space right next to the king .

You cannot castle .

If your king is in check or would pass through check in making a move .

Step 10 when you move a piece so that it's in position to capture your opponent's king .

On your next term , the move is called check .

If they move their king out of check or move another piece to block your attack , the game continues .

If they can't move out of check , you put them in checkmate and won the game .

Did you know the number of possible variations in a chess game has been calculated at 10 to the power of 120 more than the number of electrons in the universe .