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Chess: Be the King!
Chess: Be the King!
Chess: Be the King!
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Chess is played on every continent and by several hundred million people. It’s the most popular board game in the world, and people of all ages love to play! In Chess: Be the King!, you’ll start by learning how the pieces move and then progress to the more complicated ideas behind the best moves for the different phases of the game. This book offers something for beginners who have never picked up a chess piece as well as more advanced instruction for experienced learners who are looking to become expert players!

Inside you’ll find exclusive tips from some of the world’s best chess players. These clever suggestions will help you to become a real king of chess. Imagine how much fun it will be to win a game against a classmate orif you’re really goodmaybe even your grandpa! If you’re up for a real challenge, you can also test yourself with puzzles taken from world championship games. Put on your thinking capyour brain’s got some work to do!
LanguageEnglish
PublisherSky Pony
Release dateJan 19, 2016
ISBN9781634508957
Chess: Be the King!

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    Chess - Ellisiv Reppen

    Rules of the Game and Its Battlefield

    Chess is a board game where two opponents play against each other in what we call a chess game. One player controls the white pieces, the other controls the black pieces.

    Whoever controls the white pieces always makes the first move of the game. The players then alternate moves. Each time a player moves one of their chess pieces, we call it a move.

    Chess is a game where you act as a general and try to lead your army of chess pieces in a smarter way than your opponent.

    The chess pieces move in different ways, and you’re allowed to capture your opponent’s pieces. The goal of the game is to checkmate the opponent’s king. Whoever manages to do this first has won.

    The chessboard represents the battlefield of the game. It is divided into 64 squares, half of them black and half of them white.

    The chessboard consists of rows, lines, and diagonals.

    Each player has a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns.

    This is how the pieces are set up at the start of the game. A good way to memorize the setup is to remember that the white pieces are placed on rows number one and two, and the black pieces on rows number seven and eight. The white queen is always placed on a white square in the beginning, and the black queen on a black square.

    Did you know that chess was originally a game of war? The old Indian name for the game was Tschaturanga, which means army.

    Did you know that the painting of a chessboard is called a diagram? You will see several types of chessboard diagrams in this book.

    The chessboard is divided into the king’s file and queen’s file. At the start of the game, all of the pieces on the king’s side belong to the king’s file, and the pieces on the queen’s side belong to the queen’s file.

    Did you pay attention? Test yourself and see if you can pass the chess test on the next page.

    CHESS CHECK 1

    How many squares are there on a chessboard?

    A) 8

    B) 64

    C) 100

    CHESS CHECK 2

    Who starts the game?

    A) White

    B) Black

    C) A coin toss decides

    CHESS CHECK 3

    Which pieces should you start with?

    A) A king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns

    B) Three kings, four queens, and twelve pawns

    C) Nine queens and one king

    CHESS CHECK 4

    What colors are there on a traditional chessboard?

    A) Black and white

    B) Yellow and blue

    C) Green and red

    CHESS CHECK 5

    Which row do the white pawns start on?

    A) Row 1

    B) Row 2

    C) Row 7

    (Answer Key p. 171)

    How the Pieces Move

    The pieces move in different ways, but all of them can capture their opponent’s pieces.

    You can never capture your own pieces. When you make a capture, you move one of your own pieces to a square where your opponent has a piece. You have now captured your opponent’s piece, and the square is yours.

    The Rook

    The rook can be moved as far as you want, forward, backward, and sideways. It cannot jump over any of the other pieces, your own or those of your opponent.

    Did you know that the rook has the option of moving to fourteen different squares on an open chessboard, no matter where on the board it is located? Try it out yourself!

    The rook captures other pieces in the same way as it moves.

    The English word rook derives from the Persian word rukh, which means wagon. The rook can move fast and far, but not diagonally and not if there are any pieces blocking its way, just like a wagon.

    The Bishop

    The bishop can be moved as far as you want, but only diagonally. Both players have two bishops each, one that can move along the white squares and one that can move along the black squares. The bishop cannot jump over any of the other pieces, your own or those of your opponent.

    The bishop captures other pieces in the same way as it moves.

    Did you know that originally, bishops were called elephants? Still today, the name is alive in several languages. In Russia they call the bishop slon, which is the Russian word for elephant.

    The Queen

    The queen can move as far as she wants forward, backward, to the sides, and diagonally.

    The queen cannot jump over any of her own, or her opponent’s, pieces.

    The queen captures other pieces in the same way as she moves.

    When the queen is placed on a square in the middle of an open board, there are 27 squares that she can move to. That’s nearly half of the chessboard!

    The queen is the most powerful piece.

    The Knight

    The knight, also known as the horse, moves two squares forward and one to the side, or two squares backward and one to the side.

    The knight captures other pieces in the same way as it moves.

    The knight represents a soldier.

    The knight is the only piece that can jump over other pieces. It can jump over its own pieces and its opponent’s pieces.

    Did you know that a knight that starts on a black square always ends up on a white square? A knight that starts on a white square will always end up on a black square. Try and see for yourself!

    The knight moves like the letter L.

    The Pawn

    The pawn only moves forward, never backward. The first time a pawn moves, it can move one or two squares. But after the first move, it can only move one square at a time.

    All of the pieces can capture the opponent’s pieces in the same way as they move, except for the pawn. The pawn can only capture other pieces that are placed diagonally, one square ahead.

    Promotion

    If a pawn advances all the way to the last row of the board, it can be promoted to another piece. The player may choose whether they want their piece to be promoted to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color.

    When a pawn reaches the end of a file and a promotion takes place, the file is also known as the eighth rank.

    The promoted piece remains in the same square the promotion took place.

    And just like that, the pawn turns into a queen.

    The pawns are the foot soldiers of the two armies.

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