Chess
About Chess
Chess is a two-player strategy game played on an 8×8 board. Each side commands sixteen pieces with different movement rules, and the goal is to checkmate the opponent's king.
- Players
- 2
- Board
- 8×8
- Pieces
- 16 per side
- Goal
- Checkmate
How to play
- 01 White moves first, then players alternate turns.
- 02 Move one piece according to its legal movement pattern.
- 03 Capture enemy pieces by moving onto their square.
- 04 Win by checkmating the opposing king so it has no legal escape.
Controls
Click or tap a piece to select it, then choose a highlighted destination square to move.
Rules included
The game supports standard chess rules including castling, en passant, promotion, checkmate, stalemate, threefold repetition, insufficient material, and the fifty-move rule.
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