Game of Chess
by: Carl
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History of Chess: Chess originated in India from 6th century but the modern
game developed in 1450-1850. It is also known as Shatranj which is an arabic word. It became popular in Western Europe and Russia in the 9th century. After that it moved to France in 18th century. The first chess tournament was played in London in 1851 and it was won by Steinitz who then became world's first official chess champion and kept this title till 1854. The world Chess Federation was developed in 1924 in Paris.
How to play : At the start of this game each player has sixteen pieces in which one is king, one queen, two rocks, two knights, two bishops and eight pawns. The board has 8 rows called ranks and 8 columns called files. The color of the square boxes on the board is alternate like some of them are light and rest are of dark color. White pieces move first then players move one by one pieces in alternate manner. Pieces are moved to unoccupied squares of opponent's side. When two pieces are moved simultaneously then castling happens. When a king is under attack of opponent's pieces then this is called check situation. Try to move the king in opposite direction to secure it from attack. The objective of Chess is to checkmate the opponent member and it occurs only when competitor's king is in check state. Chess is mostly played with time control. Time ranges for long chess games is near about seven hours including one hour for each game and for shorter is two or three hours including fifteen minutes for each player. The game is automatically lost when the player's time runs out before completion of the game.
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