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Chess is a strategic game aimed at capturing the opponent's king, with the first move always made by White. Each piece has unique movement rules, and the game can end in a draw or progress through three phases: Opening, Middle game, and End game. Notable figures in chess history include Staunton, Morphy, and Steinitz, with Steinitz being the first official world champion in 1866.

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Chess

Chess is a strategic game aimed at capturing the opponent's king, with the first move always made by White. Each piece has unique movement rules, and the game can end in a draw or progress through three phases: Opening, Middle game, and End game. Notable figures in chess history include Staunton, Morphy, and Steinitz, with Steinitz being the first official world champion in 1866.

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LESSON 2: CHESS GENERAL RULES OF CHESS

 The goal of the game is to capture


CHESS- a game that has been played for or trap your opponent’s king, and
centuries this called “Checkmate”
-originated in India (15th century)  White always moves first
-Long, it was considered a game  Each piece has its own movement
reserved only for kings and members of  A piece is captured by moving
the upper classes. Nowadays, chess is piece & removing the defending
played by common people even in all piece from play.
tournaments worldwide.
REMEMBER:
STAUNTON- an English master in the mid-  A game may also result in a draw in
1800’s. several ways, where neither player
-modern design chess pieces wins.
-type of pieces that are now used  The course of the game is divided
in all tournaments worldwide. into 3 phases: Opening, Middle
game, & End game
LONDON TOURNEY- first international
chess tournament (1851) KING- only moves one square in any
-German named Adolf Anderseen direction- up, down, to the sides, and
won the game (he became the unofficial diagonally.
best chess player of the world because he QUEEN- moves in any one straight
did not receive any award title) direction- forward, backward, sideways, or
diagonal.
PAUL MORPHY- first great American-born ROOK- moves forward, backward, and to
chess player the sides.
-travelled Europe in 1850’s where BISHOP- moves diagonally
he beat all challengers including Adolf KNIGHT- moves by going two squares in
Anderseen. one direction, and then one more move
-however, the English champion of just like an “L” shape. Knights are the only
the time (Staunton) refused to play with pieces that can move over other pieces.
him, so Morphy never became a world PAWN- moves forward, but captures
chess champ. diagonally. It can never move backwards.
On its first move, the pawn can advance
STEINITZ- A Bohemian Jew who won the two squares at a time. Succeeding moves
first official championship chess will be one square at a time.
tournament played in 1866 in London,
with sand clocks to restrict the length of a
game.
-he became the world’s first official
chess champion, until 1894.

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