chess
Sign in to saveChess is a board game for two players, played on a square board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as "White" and "Black", each control sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, with each piece type having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw.
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Chess is a two-player board game where each player controls sixteen pieces of different types on a 64-square board, with each piece type moving in a distinct pattern. The goal is to checkmate your opponent's king—putting it in a position where it faces unavoidable capture—though games can also end in draws.
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Key facts
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- no
- Game.title
- Chess
- Game.image
- ChessSet.jpg
- Game.image_size
- 250px
- Game.image_caption
- Part of a Staunton chess set white king, black rook, black queen, white pawn, black knight, white bishop
- Game.image_alt
- A selection of white and black chess pieces on a checkered surface.
- Game.years
- 1475 to present (predecessors 900 years earlier)
- Game.players
- 2
- Game.random_chance
- None
- Game.skills
- Strategy, tactics
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Key dates
- Inception
- 601
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51 sectionsContents
- Rules
- Setup
- Movement
- Check and checkmate
- Castling
- Special pawn moves
- End of the game
- Win
- Draw
- Time control
- Notation
- Gameplay
- Theory
- Strategy
- Tactics
- Phases
- Opening
- Middlegame
- Endgame
- Problems and studies
- Chess in public spaces
- Organized competition
- Tournaments and matches
- Governance
- Titles and rankings
- History
- Origins
- 1200–1700: Origins of the modern game
- 1700–1873: Romantic era
- 1873–1945: Birth of a sport
- 1945–1990: Post-World War II era
- Beginnings of chess technology
- 1990–present: Rise of computers and online chess
- Technology
- Growth
- Professional chess
- Connections to other fields
- Arts and humanities
- Mathematics
- Applied mathematics
- Psychology
- Online chess
- Computer chess
- Related games
- Chess variants
- See also
- Footnotes
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Chess is a board game for two players, played on a square board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as "White" and "Black", each control sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, with each piece type having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw.
The recorded history of chess dates back to the emergence of chaturanga in 7th-century India. Chaturanga is also thought to be an ancestor of similar games like , , and . After its introduction to Persia, it spread to the Arab world and then to Europe. The modern rules of chess emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, becoming standardized and gaining universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, with millions of players worldwide.