Chess

Jonalyn Centeno
John Lloyd Vinluan
 Chess
• Is a board game of strategic skill for two players, played on a
checkered board. Each player begins the game with sixteen pieces
that are moved and used to capture opposing pieces according to
precise rules. The object is to put the opponent's king under a direct
attack from which escape is impossible ( checkmate ).
 Objective of Chess

• The objective is to ‘checkmate’ the opponent’s king by

placing it under an inescapable threat of capture. To this
end, a player’s pieces are used to attack and capture the
opponent’s pieces, while supporting each other.
 SETUP AT THE STARTS OF THE GAME
• Each player begins the game with 16 pieces.
• Chess is played on a square board of eight rows (called ranks and
denoted with number 1 to 8) and 8 columns (called files and denoted
with letters a to h). The colors of the 64 squares alternate and are
referred to as “light” and “dark” squares.
• By convention, the game pieces are divided into white and black
sets, and the players are referred to as “black” and “white”
respectively.
• Each queen is set on a square of its own color, the white queen on a
light square and the black queen on a dark.
• The player with the white pieces always moves first.
 Pieces of Chess and Movements
• KING
 The king is the most important
chess piece on the chessboard. If
he is checkmated the game is
over.
 The king moves exactly one
square horizontally, vertically, or
diagonally.
 The king has also a special move
which is called Castling.
 Castling consists of moving the king two squares
towards a rook, then placing the rook on the other
side of the king, adjacent to it.
• ROOK
There are two rook for each
player on the chessboard,
situated on the corners, next
to the knight.
A rook moves any number of
vacant squares in a
horizontal or vertical
direction. It also is moved
when castling.
• BISHOP
Bishop is situated next to
the queen and king,
respectively. The bishop is
bound to the color where
it starts on. One bishop
starts on white squares
and the other starts on a
black squares.
A bishop moves any
number of vacant squares
in any diagonal direction.
• QUEEN
The queen is considered the
most powerful chess piece
on the chessboard, she is
placed next to the king on
her own color.
The queen moves any
number of vacant squares in
a horizontal, vertical, or
diagonal direction.
• KNIGHT
The knight is situated
between the bishop and
the rook. These chess
piece have the unique
trait of being able to ‘leap’
over other chess pieces.
They move “L” shape.
A knight moves to the
nearest square not on the
same rank, file, or
diagonal
• PAWN
 Each player has eight pawns,
providing the first line of
defense for their king.
 In their first move, each pawn
has the option to move one or
two spaces. After this move
they can only move one space
forward. To capture, the pawn
moves diagonally one space.
 Pawn can never move
backwards.
• Pawn promotion
If a player advances a
pawn to its eight rank,
the pawn is then
promoted (converted) to
a queen, rook, bishop, or
knight of the same color
at the choice of the
player.
  Check
If a King is threatened with
capture, but has a means to
escape, then it is said to be in
check.
Three ways you may move out of check
• Capture the checking piece
• Block the line of attack by placing
one of your own pieces between
the checking piece and the King
• Move the King away from check.
END OF THE GAME
• Checkmate
• Stalemate/Draw
• Loss on time
• Resignation
• Forfeit