How to Play Chess
Chess is a strategic board game played between two players. The objective is to checkmate your opponent's king, which means putting the king in a position where it cannot escape capture.
- Chess is played on an 8x8 grid between two players: White and Black.
- The objective is to checkmate your opponent's king.
- Each type of piece moves differently. Familiarize yourself with their movements.
- Players take turns to move one piece at a time.
- The game can end in checkmate, stalemate, or draw.
King
The king is the most important piece in chess. The game is lost if your king is in checkmate.
Queen
The queen is the most powerful piece and can move any number of squares in any direction: horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
Rook
The rook moves any number of squares horizontally or vertically and is especially strong on open files and ranks.
Bishop
The bishop moves any number of squares diagonally and always stays on the same color squares for the whole game.
Knight
The knight moves in an L-shape: two squares in one direction and then one square perpendicular, and it can jump over other pieces.
Pawn
Pawns move forward one square at a time, capture diagonally, and can move two squares on their first move. They can also promote on reaching the last rank.
Themes
Choose the board color theme
Chess
Play the classic game of Chess against a friend or challenge the computer.