Chess is a two player board game, all thinking, strategy, and patience. Corner your opponent king and deliver checkmate. From beginner to expert, there is always someone at your level.
Pawns and pieces in the middle early give you room to move.
Bring out your knights and bishops first, and the queen after.
Castling keeps your king safe and brings a rook into play.
What is my opponent threatening? That one question saves half your mistakes.
Blitz and rapid give each player a set time, from 3 to 15 minutes.
The back-row pieces start in a random order, so there are no memorized openings.
In Arabic the king is the shah and the rook the rukh, both words of Persian origin.
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Check threatens the king and you can escape it. Checkmate has no escape, and the game ends.
When you have no legal move and your king is not in check. The game is a draw.
White always moves first.
From a few minutes in fast chess to an hour or more at a normal pace.
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