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2. Rules of chess - Wikipedia

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   Staunton style chess pieces. Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop. The rules of chess (also known as the laws of chess) govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves in a distinct way.

3. Chess piece - Wikipedia

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   Consequently, the knight alternates its square color each time it moves. It is not obstructed by other pieces. The pawn may move forward one square, and one or two squares when on its starting square, toward the opponent's side of the board. When there is an enemy piece one square diagonally ahead of a pawn, then the pawn may capture that piece.

4. List of chess variants - Wikipedia

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   Einstein chess: Pieces transform into more or less powerful pieces when they move. [52] Gravity chess: After every turn, all pieces other than pawns fall towards the higher ranks of the board, until they either reach the eighth rank, or another piece or pawn in the way. [53] [54] Grid chess: The board is overlaid with a grid of lines. For a ...

5. Knight (chess) - Wikipedia

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   The knight (♘, ♞) is a piece in the game of chess, represented by a horse's head and neck. It moves two squares vertically and one square horizontally, or two squares horizontally and one square vertically, jumping over other pieces. Each player starts the game with two knights on the b- and g-files, each located between a rook and a bishop ...

6. Chess - Wikipedia

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   Chess theory usually divides the game of chess into three phases with different sets of strategies: the opening, typically the first 10 to 20 moves, when players move their pieces to useful positions for the coming battle; the middlegame; and last the endgame, when most of the pieces are gone, kings typically take a more active part in the ...

7. King (chess) - Wikipedia

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   The Indian chess King represented here by the Maharaja seated upon a tall Elephant in a Howdah. The king's predecessor is the piece of the same name in shatranj. Like the modern king, it is the most important piece in the game and can move to any neighboring square.