How+To+Play+Chess

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__//**How To Play Chess!**//__  Chess can be a very complicated game and, it's easier to win if you put a lot of strategy and thought into your moves.  The idea of the game is to try to capture your opponents' king. The king is the most important piece in the game. During the game, you should do whatever you can to eliminate you opponents' pieces, while keeping your king safe. Once a king has been  captured, or has no place to go (checkmate), the game is over. By following these instructions, you can have a fun game of chess! **__Materials __** 8x8 chess board 16 pawns  2 rook  1 king  1 queen  2 knights  2 bishops  (make sure to have 2   sets of each pieces) Each piece is moved differently across the board. Look below for information on how each piece moves. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Pawn: The first time you move this piece, you can move it 1 or 2 spaces. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Then, it can only move 1 space per turn. The pawn cannot jump over other pieces. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">King: Moves 1 space in any direction and can't jump over pieces. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Queen: Moves as many spaces as possible in any direction and can't jump over pieces <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Bishop: Moves multiple spaces diagonally and can't jump over pieces <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Rook: Moves 1 space in any direction besides diagonally and can't jump over pieces <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Knight: Moves in an "L" shape and is the only piece that can jump over pieces Step 2. Set Up The Board <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> There is a certain way the board needs to be set up in order to be able to play a proper game <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> of chess. Before you start to set up the board make sure you have all of your pieces. Each player should have <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> 16 pieces. Now, look at the picture below to see what the board should look like when it's finished being set up. Step 3. Making the first move <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> Making the first move can be pressuring, but is also an important step. Usually in the game of <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">chess, the person playing as white would go first, but if you do not have white pieces then you must  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> decide yourself who will go first. On your first move you have no choice but to move a pawn or a knight. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> After your turn it is then time for your opponents turn, the you just keep rotating turns until someone wins. Step 4. Capturing <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Each piece captures pieces in a different way. Look below for information on <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">how each piece captures another. Just remember you can't capture your own pieces! The rules to all captures are: (e.g.)Say the black side's queen wanted to capture the white side's bishop. First, black side would have to go on the space of the piece they wanted to capture. Then, they will have to take the white side's piece (bishop) and put it in jail (on the floor or the table on their half).Just remember all captures have to follow the rules of how each piece moves. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Pawn: The pawn can only capture pieces that are diagonally from it. The pawn can't capture pieces in front of it. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;"> King: The king can capture in any way he wants left,right,diagonally etc. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Queen: Like the queen the king can capture in any way she wants to. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Bishop: The bishop can only capture diagonally. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Rook: The rook captures forward, backward, left and right. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Knight: The knight captures by moving two squares forwards, backwards,left, or right the moving one square left or right making a "L" shape. Step 5. What pawns can do  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Whenever a pawn from either player reaches the end of their opponents board,  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">they can exchange their pawn for a queen, bishop, rook, or knight. Step 6. En Passant <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%; text-align: left;">Say a white pawn is at it's starting position from when the game starts, if the pawn decides to move two squares ahead and the opponent moves his black pawn two squares ahead too and the two pawns just so happen to be beside each other, then on white or blacks turn they can capture their opponents pawn this is called "en passant" en passant is the only time a pawn can capture left/right. Step 7. Enjoy playing chess <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Now that you know how to play chess you can play against your friends and family!