Learn How To Play Chess:

Chess is a wonderful board game, invented thousands of years ago. Throughout its long history, it has earned noticeable acknowledgement and is considered to be the “king” of board games.

Nowadays, it stills attracts people from all over the world, regardless of their age. Chess is fascinating for it allows players to put their technique, experience and inspiration into rivalry.

One can have many hours of pleasure to go along with fair intellectual progress, since chess is known to improve analytical thinking, creativeness and judgement.

In the past chess was mainly played by courtiers; nowadays everybody may enjoy this privilege. Several well-known personalities were also famous for their chess skills. Napoleon, Nikola Tesla, Charlie Chaplin and Einstein were amongst them.

All you need to start playing chess is the chessboard and the chess pieces (you need absolutely nothing if you wish to play online). Your goal is to trap the enemy King; that simple.

The chessboard is a 8x8 board with alternating black and white squares; everybody is sure to have seen one. The chess pieces are 32 in total; 16 white pieces and their 16 black counterparts.

One player owns the white pieces (we call this player WHITE) and his opponent (the BLACK) gets the black ones.

The 16 pieces are : the King, the Queen, two Rooks, two Bishops, two Knights and eight Pawns.

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