CHESS

Chess

Chess

A two-player strategy board game played on a checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8x8 square grid

Ashtapada

The uncheckered 64 squares 8x8 board, sometimes with special marks, on which Chaturanga was played

Northwest India

Chess is believed to have been originated in the Gupta Empire

Chaturanga

Chess early form was known as

Infantry, Cavalry, Elephants, and Chariotry

The four divisions of the military

Checkmate the opponent’s king by placing it under an inescapable threat of capture

The objective of playing chess

Chatrang

Taken up by the Muslim world after the Islamic conquest of Persia where it was named shatranj

Ajedrez

In Spanish “shatranj” was rendered as (al-shatranj’)

Shah (king)

The rest of Europe replaced which was familiar as an exclamation and become the English words “check” and “chess”

Shah Mat

The word checkmate is derived from the Persian

The king is helpless

Shat mat means

Wilhelm Steinitz

The first generally recognized World Chess Champion

1886

When did Wilhelm Steinitz claimed his title

Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE)

The game's international governing body

International Olympic Committee

FIDE is a member of which wan be considered recognition of chess as a sport

2006 and 2010 Asian Games

Chess was included in the

Opening, Middle Game, End Game

3 Stages of Chess

Chess Opening

Is the group of Initial Moves of a game

Development, Control of the Center, Kind Safety, Pawn Structure

The fundamental strategic aims of most openings are:

Middle Game

The part of the game which starts after the opening

End Game, Endgame, Ending

Is the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board

Light and Dark Squares

64 squares alternate in color

Light

The chess board is placed with a _______ square at the right-hand corner nearest to each player

Queen

This piece starts on a square of its own color

File

Eight rows which is denoted 1 to 8 from bottom to top according to White’s perspective and eight columns

Rank

Are denoted to h from left to right according to White’s perspective

Diagonal

Are denoted with same color

White

What piece moves first?

Castling

Once in every game, each king can make a special move.

Castling

It consists of moving the king two squares along the first rank toward a rook on the player’s first rank, and then placing the rook on the last square that the king crossed

Enpassent

It means in passing

Enpassant

When a pawn makes a two-step advance from its starting position and there is an opponent’s pawn on a square next to the destination square on an adjacent file, then the opponent’s pawn can capture it

Promotion

When a pawn advances to the eight rank, as a part of the move it is promoted and must be exchanged for the player’s choice of queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color

Check

When a king is under immediate attack by one or two of the opponent’s pieces, it is said to be in check. A move in response to this move is legal only if it results in a position where the king is no longer in check

Draw by agreement

Mutual agreement between the players.

Stalemate

The player whose turn it is to move has no legal move and is not in check

Draw on tiime

In games with a time control, the game is drawn if a player is out of time and no sequence of legal moves would allow the opponent to checkmate the player

Checkmate

The player whose turn it is to move is in check and has no legal move to escape check

Resignation

Either player may resign, conceding the game to the opponent

Win on Time and Forfeit

A player wins if the opponent runs out of time. A player who cheats, violates the rules, or violates the rule of conduct specified for the particular tournament, can be forfeited