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Post by Fenris on May 22, 2015 12:55:45 GMT -5
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Post by Zhong on May 22, 2015 13:00:31 GMT -5
Oh gods... How do I played chess!?!?
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Post by Fenris on May 22, 2015 13:23:31 GMT -5
You don't know how to play chess?
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Post by Zhong on May 22, 2015 13:25:28 GMT -5
Uh... guess this is as good a time as any to learn!
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Post by Fenris on May 22, 2015 13:36:30 GMT -5
Goal of chess; Chess is a game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board containing 64 squares of alternating colors. Each player has 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns. The goal of the game is to checkmate the other king. Checkmate happens when the king is in a position to be captured (in check) and cannot escape from capture.
Starting; Starting a Game
At the beginning of the game the chessboard is laid out so that each player has the white (or light) color square in the bottom right-hand side. The chess pieces are then arranged the same way each time. The second row (or rank) is filled with pawns. The rooks go in the corners, then the knights next to them, followed by the bishops, and finally the queen, who always goes on her own matching color (white queen on white, black queen on black), and the king on the remaining square.
The player with the white pieces always moves first. Therefore, players generally decide who will get to be white by chance or luck such as flipping a coin or having one player guess the color of the hidden pawn in the other player's hand. White then makes a move, followed by black, then white again, then black and so on until the end of the game.
How the Pieces Move
Each of the 6 different kinds of pieces moves differently. Pieces cannot move through other pieces (though the knight can jump over other pieces), and can never move onto a square with one of their own pieces. However, they can be moved to take the place of an opponent's piece which is then captured. Pieces are generally moved into positions where they can capture other pieces (by landing on their square and then replacing them), defend their own pieces in case of capture, or control important squares in the game.
The King (pointed crown)
The king is the most important piece, but is one of the weakest. If he is captured, you lose. The king can only move one square in any direction - up, down, to the sides, and diagonally. The king may never move himself into check (where he could be captured).
The queen (floppy looking crown)
The queen is the most powerful piece. She can move in any one straight direction - forward, backward, sideways, or diagonally - as far as possible as long as she does not move through any of her own pieces. And, like with all pieces, if the queen captures an opponent's piece her move is over.
The Rook (castle looking thing)
The rook may move as far as it wants, but only forward, backward, and to the sides. The rooks are particularly powerful pieces when they are protecting each other and working together!
The bishop (the pointy thing by the king and queen)
The bishop may move as far as it wants, but only diagonally. Each bishop starts on one color (light or dark) and must always stay on that color. Bishops work well together because they cover up each other’s weaknesses.
The Knight (the horse thing)
Knights move in a very different way from the other pieces – going two squares in one direction, and then one more move at a 90 degree angle, just like the shape of an “L”. Knights are also the only pieces that can move over other pieces.
The Pawn
Pawns are unusual because they move and capture in different ways: they move forward, but capture diagonally. Pawns can only move forward one square at a time, except for their very first move where they can move forward two squares. Pawns can only capture one square diagonally in front of them. They can never move or capture backwards. If there is another piece directly in front of a pawn he cannot move past or capture that piece.
Pawns have another special ability and that is that if a pawn reaches the other side of the board it can become any other chess piece (called promotion). A pawn may be promoted to any piece. [NOTE: A common misconception is that pawns may only be exchanged for a piece that has been captured. That is NOT true.] A pawn is usually promoted to a queen. Only pawns may be promoted.
As stated before, the purpose of the game is to checkmate the opponent’s king. This happens when the king is put into check and cannot get out of check. There are only three ways a king can get out of check: move out of the way, block the check with another piece, or capture the piece threatening the king. If a king cannot escape checkmate then the game is over. Customarily the king is not captured or removed from the board, the game is simply declared over.
Draws;
Occasionally chess games do not end with a winner, but with a draw. There are 5 reasons why a chess game may end in a draw:
• The position reaches a stalemate where it is one player’s turn to move, but his king is NOT in check and yet he does not have another legal move
• The players may simply agree to a draw and stop playing
• There are not enough pieces on the board to force a checkmate (example: a king and a bishop vs.a king)
• A player declares a draw if the same exact position is repeated three times (though not necessarily three times in a row)
• Fifty consecutive moves have been played where neither player has moved a pawn or captured a piece.
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Post by Zhong on May 22, 2015 13:51:31 GMT -5
Alright then, let's see how this goes...
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Post by Fenris on May 22, 2015 14:15:04 GMT -5
Ack. It seems I mixed up the king and queen again. The king is the floppy crown, and the queen is the pointy crown. *facepalm*
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Post by Zhong on May 22, 2015 14:21:29 GMT -5
Ooh. I take it that's why you moved the king forward? I just figured the one with the X above it must be the king.
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Post by Fenris on May 22, 2015 16:48:58 GMT -5
Dang it. I was moving around a piece, but didn't mean to actually place it. It wouldn't let me move it back. -_-
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Post by Zhong on May 22, 2015 16:54:02 GMT -5
Try not accepting the change and reloading the page.
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Post by Fenris on May 22, 2015 16:56:48 GMT -5
Thank you.
I don't think I'm doing to well on this. XD
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Post by Zhong on May 22, 2015 17:16:00 GMT -5
Well, you did make a few unintended mistakes.
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Post by Fenris on May 22, 2015 17:32:13 GMT -5
A few? I'm pretty sure it was much more than that.
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Post by Zhong on May 22, 2015 17:53:38 GMT -5
But you didn't know how to cancel actions.
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Post by Fenris on May 22, 2015 18:01:30 GMT -5
I still made a mistake after I knew how to cancel actions. XD
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