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How to Play Chess board: Learn 5 Basics Rules

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Chess is an ancient strategy board game, can be play by all ages. If you are new to chess then explore the five fundamental rules, understanding these five essential rules will set you on the path to success on the chessboard.   1.Board and Pieces: Chessboard has 64 squares.  Each player has 16 pieces: king, queen, rooks, knights, bishops, and pawns. 2.Movement: King moves one square in any direction. Queen moves any number of squares diagonally, horizontally or vertically. Rooks move any number of squares horizontally or vertically. Knights move in an L-shape. Bishops move any number of squares diagonally. Pawns move forward one square, capture diagonally and can move two squares on their first move. 3.Objective: Checkmate opponent's king by trapping so it can't escape. 4.Special Moves: Castling allows the king and rook to move together. En passant is a pawn capture. Promotion happens when a pawn reaches the opposite side of the board. 5.Draw Conditions: Stalemate occurs when

Which Chess Set Should You Own?

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Chess is an ancient board games, it is loved for centuries and continue to attract many people into this strategic game. As many people are thinking of owning chess set but with many option available it can be mind scratching on selecting the right one that suit your needs. So let me help you when choosing a chess set there are some factor you need to consider which follows as: Materials: The material utilized in construction of the chess board and chess pieces can make huge differentiation in the durability and quality. Most of the chess set are made from woods but you can find in plastic and metals too. Wooden chess set is favourite one in the world of chess for aesthetic and tradition look. Budget: Budget play a very important role. The higher sets will have features that are not included cheap one. Like the craftmanship of the chess pieces specially on the knight which can be complex and will not be found for casual chess set. Preferences: Finally a chess set must be what you w

The Strategic Roles of Each Piece and Their Life Lessons

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Chess is an ancient awesome game with rich history of 1500 years. In a chess board game there are different pieces with each pieces having their own moves and powers. The name of the pieces are the king, queen, rooks, bishops, knights, and pawns with each having unique way of movement: King     - Moves one square in any direction. Queen - Moves any number of squares diagonally, horizontally, or vertically. Rook    - Moves any number of squares horizontally or vertically. Bishop - Moves any number of squares diagonally. Knight   - Moves in an L-shape. Pawn    - Moves one square forward, but on its first move, it can move two squares forward. Its strategic game of mind where each side of pieces are trying to protect their king from capturing. It's like a battle on a board!. Beside being just a board game a chess can teach us valuable life lessons too.  Chess mainly teaches these lessons : - You need to create your own opportunities, - Moving forward irrespective of the situation -