CHESS

• A chess board is made of 64 squares, with 8 rows and 8 columns, called “ranks” and “files” respectively.
• Players may use either a white or black set of pieces.
• Each players starts with 16 pieces: eight pawns, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, one queen, and one king.
• Each piece has its own unique way of moving:-

Pawns: Move forward unless they are capturing an opponent’s piece. In that case they can move diagonally.

Knights: Can move in “L” shapes, either two squares vertically and on square horizontally, or two squares horizontally and one square vertically. They can also jump over other pieces during the game.

Bishops: Move diagonally forwards or backwards across the board for any amount of spaces.

Rooks: Move forwards or backwards, horizontally or vertically, across the board for any amount of spaces.

King: moves very slowly. He can only move one square in any direction: forward, backward, left, right, or diagonally.

Queen: Moves horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, in any direction, and for any amount of spaces.