Chess is one of the most famous strategy board games across the world. It is a 2-player game played on a checkerboard 토토사이트 with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. Derived from the ancient Indian game ‘chaturanga’ back in the 7th century, chess requires high involvement of all the 6 sections of the brain which helps in proper exercise and growth of mental health. It is never too late to start learning something and being an indoor tactical game, chess has no physical risk. One can start playing it at any age. To make your job easy, here’s a beginner’s guide on how to play chess.
Before talking about the how to play chess, you must know the pieces involved in a game of chess. There are 6 different types of pieces in both black and white colour. Each participant plays a game with 16 pieces of one colour. The 6 pieces (number in the bracket denotes the number of that piece in a colour) are:
King (1)
Queen (1)
Bishop (2)
Rook (2)
Knight (2)
Pawn (8)
Step by step guide to begin a game
How to place the chess board
Chess Board Kreedon
The modern chess board first appeared in Europe in 1090.
The chess board is always set up such that a white (light) coloured block appears on the extreme right side of the first row. Although this seems to make no difference in the game it is better to start the right way when learning how to play chess.
How to place each piece on the board
Chess pieces Kreedon
The longest game of chess lasted for 269 moves and ended in a draw.
The pieces of both colours are arranged on the last 2 lines of opposite sides (one colour on each side). First, the 2 rooks are positioned at both corners, followed by 2 knights next to each rook, followed by the 2 bishops next to each knight. The queen is then placed on the same colour block i.e black(white) queen on black(white) block. The kings are finally placed on the remaining block.
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