chess

Also known as chess game, international chess, modern European chess, Western chess

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.

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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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Game.italic title: 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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minimum number of players: 2
maximum number of players: 4
Commons gallery: Chess
Commons category: Chess
earliest date: 1475-00-00
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Contents

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

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.