Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide.
Each player begins the game with 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. Each of the six piece types moves differently. The objective is to 'checkmate' the opponent's king by placing it under an inescapable threat of capture. To this end, a player's pieces are used to attack and capture the opponent's pieces, while supporting their own. In addition to checkmate, the game can be won by voluntary resignation by the opponent, which typically occurs when too much material is lost, or if checkmate appears unavoidable. A game may also result in a draw in several ways, where neither player wins. The course of the game is divided into three phases: opening, middlegame, and endgame.
Let's try a chess challenge:
WHITE | BLACK | ||
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KING | Anatoli Karpov | KING | Gary Kasparov |
ROOK | Maia Chiburdanidze | ROOK | Boris Spassky |
BISHOP | Ion Bălănel | BISHOP | Robert Fischer |
KNIGHT | Elisabeta Polihroniade | KNIGHT | Florin Gheorghiu |
PAWN | Constantin Lupulescu | PAWN | José Raúl Capablanca |
PAWN | Corina Peptan | PAWN | Victor Ciocâltea |
PAWN | Surorile Polgar |
One side could win a checkmate in one move. But I don't remember which one, white or black...
N 44° 25.AA0
E 026° 01.BBB
You may view/enlarge/save the board HERE. You may practice on an empty board HERE.