Guide: How to play chess

[S-H-A-R-V-A-N 84]

How to play chess

 

What is Chess?

 

People believe that it originated in India in the fourth or fifth century but no one knows who really invented it. Chess is a board game played by two players. Each player controls an army of 16 pieces - one white, one black. Starting with white, the players take turns moving one piece each turn. Each piece moves in a unique manner, and understanding how the pieces move is a must when learning how to play chess.

 

 

Rules of Chess

-The chessboard is placed so that the white square is on the right side of the player.

-The player with the White pieces always moves first.

-A pawn on reaching the last rank can be exchanged for a Queen, Rook, Bishop or Knight as part of the same move. The effect of this promoted piece is immediate. So if the pawn is promoted to a Queen, the Queen, if it is in a position to do so, may check or checkmate the enemy King.

-Each move must be made with only one hand.

-A piece that is touched must be moved unless moving this piece would place the King in check. This is called the "touch-move rule".

-If an opponent's piece is touched then it must be captured if possible. If this is not possible then play continues as if that piece had not been touched.

-A person may adjust a piece on the chessboard on her move by saying adjust.

-When castling, the King must be moved first and then the Rook brought to stand on the opposite side to the King.

-When using a clock, the button must be pressed with the hand which moved the piece on the chessboard.

-All play should be conducted with respect for the opponent. A player should not distract or annoy her opponent in any way.

 

Starting a Chess Game

The first step in starting a chess game is learning how to properly setting up the board. The two armies oppose each other across the board, with the smallest pieces -- pawns -- manning each army's second row, and the larger pieces on the first row. The royal couple of king and queen sit in the center of the army, surrounded by the bishops, knights and rooks.

 

The Objective of Chess

After learning how to play chess, you'll want to know how to win. The ultimate goal in chess is to trap the leader of the opposing army - the king. This is called checkmate, and results in a win for the checkmating side.

 

Strategy and Tactics

Learning how to play chess goes beyond understanding the rules. Strategy and tactics are both crucial to playing better chess.

 

Long term strategical and tactical plans revolve around ideas such as material, space, development and king safety.

 

Tactics are short-term, forced sequences that can quickly change the track of the game. Forks, pins and skewers are among the most common tactical motifs.

 

Phases of the Game

Most chess games go through three phases: the opening, the middle game and the endgame. In the opening, both sides develop their pieces and formulate their plans. The middle game is where the largest battles are waged between the two armies. The final phase, the endgame, is a tense battle between the few remaining forces on the board.

Conclusion:
I personally don't play chess so much but how did I get this idea of writing about Chess? Well one of my classmates bought a Chessboard and I got the idea of writing an article. Well that's the end. I hope that this Guide is helpful to those reading also to those who love playing chess. Thanks for reading!

Edited August 24, 2017 by S-H-A-R-V-A-N

[HAPPSHOT 2,029]

Not very informative, you told what chess is not how it is played

[marc.jp_44 20,837]

The actual writing is decent, whilst the content is extremely basic and practically everybody knows all this. I found this exact same article in the TX Forum (hope it wasn't plagiarised and you're the owner of the TX account too). Overall, there was very little information and none of the points were given enough detail.

[S-H-A-R-V-A-N 84]

The actual writing is decent, whilst the content is extremely basic and practically everybody knows all this. I found this exact same article in the TX Forum (hope it wasn't plagiarised and you're the owner of the TX account too). Overall, there was very little information and none of the points were given enough detail.

Yah it's not plagiarised. I'm the owner of the TX account too. I gave proofs to the reporters.

[I3.R.0 1,700]

Eh, I am sorry to say but I can't call this as a guide to play chess. If you want to guide people about chess then you must tell them about all the various aspects in it. You must give detailed information on Pawns, Bishops, Horses, Queen, etc. and their speciality in their moves, such as King can move one square in all 4 directions, Bishop can move diagonally, Queen is free to move straight in all directions, Horse moves in L shape, etc. I think you must make your article more detailed next time. Do not try to nerf it now or else you'll lose the current touch on the article. Basically make your article more detailed next time. Will be looking forward towards it ;)

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Wonder why I still didn't finish? It's because I had one more suggestion. Look bud, games such as Chess have established over an international scale. So basically many sites on the internet provide information regarding chess. I have seen online games which give you information on chess including tutorials and tactics and also they let you compete across many players in the world. At this stage, if you write an article on Chess with minimal information, there are chances that you might be judged as a plagiarist and it might happen that the writing style similar to you is found on a chess guiding website. You might get banned from AWC because of this. It might happen that you wouldn't have copied the stuff, but you'll be tagged for plagiarism. Nothing against you or the AWC mods, it's just a suggestion from me that do not write such articles so as to avoid confusion between you and the proofreaders. Write something which has everything original in it. Good Luck :) 

[Possibility 282]

Eh, I am sorry to say but I can't call this as a guide to play chess. If you want to guide people about chess then you must tell them about all the various aspects in it. You must give detailed information on Pawns, Bishops, Horses, Queen, etc. and their speciality in their moves, such as King can move one square in all 4 directions, Bishop can move diagonally, Queen is free to move straight in all directions, Horse moves in L shape, etc. I think you must make your article more detailed next time. Do not try to nerf it now or else you'll lose the current touch on the article. Basically make your article more detailed next time. Will be looking forward towards it ;)

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Wonder why I still didn't finish? It's because I had one more suggestion. Look bud, games such as Chess have established over an international scale. So basically many sites on the internet provide information regarding chess. I have seen online games which give you information on chess including tutorials and tactics and also they let you compete across many players in the world. At this stage, if you write an article on Chess with minimal information, there are chances that you might be judged as a plagiarist and it might happen that the writing style similar to you is found on a chess guiding website. You might get banned from AWC because of this. It might happen that you wouldn't have copied the stuff, but you'll be tagged for plagiarism. Nothing against you or the AWC mods, it's just a suggestion from me that do not write such articles so as to avoid confusion between you and the proofreaders. Write something which has everything original in it. Good Luck :)

Congratulations on 3k posts

 

 

 

ya big spammer

 

 

[saurabhmann 509]

Anyone here plays chess and ,or has FIDE rating above 1400?

[S-H-A-R-V-A-N 84]

^ Definitely agreed, if I were you, I would also put in some more tactical details i.e. : What a fork is and how it can be useful etc.

I could have talked about tactics but definitely i won't reveal my own tactics :ph34r:  :D

[S-H-A-R-V-A-N 84]

Eh, I am sorry to say but I can't call this as a guide to play chess. If you want to guide people about chess then you must tell them about all the various aspects in it. You must give detailed information on Pawns, Bishops, Horses, Queen, etc. and their speciality in their moves, such as King can move one square in all 4 directions, Bishop can move diagonally, Queen is free to move straight in all directions, Horse moves in L shape, etc. I think you must make your article more detailed next time. Do not try to nerf it now or else you'll lose the current touch on the article. Basically make your article more detailed next time. Will be looking forward towards it ;)

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Wonder why I still didn't finish? It's because I had one more suggestion. Look bud, games such as Chess have established over an international scale. So basically many sites on the internet provide information regarding chess. I have seen online games which give you information on chess including tutorials and tactics and also they let you compete across many players in the world. At this stage, if you write an article on Chess with minimal information, there are chances that you might be judged as a plagiarist and it might happen that the writing style similar to you is found on a chess guiding website. You might get banned from AWC because of this. It might happen that you wouldn't have copied the stuff, but you'll be tagged for plagiarism. Nothing against you or the AWC mods, it's just a suggestion from me that do not write such articles so as to avoid confusion between you and the proofreaders. Write something which has everything original in it. Good Luck :)

Yeah i got it. Thanks for the information :)  ;)

[zaintahir 458]

*One pawn dies*

 

*Bishop* "OMG NOOB MULT OUT111!!!"

 

*Pawn "1v1 I inv?"

 

*Bishop* "I DONT 1v1 NOOB PAWNS OKAY RUN KID"

[S-H-A-R-V-A-N 84]

*One pawn dies*

 

*Bishop* "OMG NOOB MULT OUT111!!!"

 

*Pawn "1v1 I inv?"

 

*Bishop* "I DONT 1v1 NOOB PAWNS OKAY RUN KID"

I know its funny but you may get warned if you use this type of words.

So better be careful dude.

[Coat 2,280]

How to play Ludo? I'll write this article.