CHESS

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History of Chess

• The origins of chess are not exactly clear, though most believe it evolved from earlier chess-like games played in India almost two thousand years ago.

• The game of chess we know today has been around since the 15th century where it became popular in Europe.

The Lineup…the soldiers King

(1) Queen (1)

Bishop (2)

Knight (2) Rook

(2) Pawn (8)

Total of 16 pieces per side

The chess board is a grid of 8 squares across and 8 squares down. Total # of squares: 64

The Board

Columns are labeled “a” through “h”

Rows are labeled 1 through 8.

- The board is aligned so that the square in the bottom right corner is always white. Remember: “White on the Right!"

Squares can be identified like the game Battleship. “a1” is the lower left square, “h8” is the upper right square

This is what the Chess board looks like before starting the game.

The Rook The Rook moves in a straight line, either - horizontally or vertically. It can move both forwards or backwards, but cannot jump over pieces.

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http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/Rook.pdf

The Bishop The Bishop moves in a diagonal line in any direction - forwards or backwards. It cannot jump pieces.

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http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/Bishop.pdf

The King How the King Moves: The King moves one square in any direction.

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http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/King.pdf

Queen How the Queen Moves: The Queen combines the moves of the

Rook and Bishop. She moves in a diagonal line or a straight line in any direction.

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http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/Queen.pdf

The Knight The Knight moves in a unique way. It moves like an “L” or a “7”. The Knight jumps over pieces that are in between it and it's destination.

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http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/Knight.pdf

The Pawn

The Pawn moves differently depending on what it is doing. - When located on it's original square, the Pawn may move one or two squares forward. - When located on a non-original square, the Pawn may move just one square forward. - The Pawn may never move backwards or sideways.

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http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/Pawn.pdf

The Object: The object of the game is to capture the opposing King, while protecting your own. Think of it as trapping the opponents King into a ‘dead-end’. Once you have trapped the King where it can not move nor protect itself, you have placed your opponent in “Checkmate”… which means GAME OVER. Although the pieces do have a point value, you do not win the game by scoring points.

How do you score a victory?

Check: When a move is made that attacks a King, that King is "in check". When your King is in check, you must make a move that gets your King out of check. You can't allow your King to be captured - this is against the rules! There are 3 ways to get out of a ‘check’: - Move the king to a safe square. - Capture the attacking piece. - Move a piece in the way to ‘block’ the ‘check’. You can't move your King next to an opposing player's King, as this would put your own King in check. Basically: You must always keep your King out of “danger’s way.”

CHECK

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http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/GettingOutOfCheck.pdf

White moves Bishop to B5…putting Black in ‘Check’.

It’s Black’s move. They can put White in “Check”… How?

Black to move that will put White in ‘Check’.

White’s move: Rook to a8

Black’s move

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Chess Board Themes!

Monopoly! Classic version…

Chess to the next level… you create it!

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