The basics of chess

The basics of chess Chess is a fascinating, that was invented thousands of years. Throughout its long history, has won success and is considered the "king" of board games. Many celebrities are known for their failures. Napoleon, Nikola Tesla, Charlie Chaplin and Einstein were among them.Chess able to provide many hours of pleasure, not to mention intellectual exercise, since the game is known to improve analytical thinking, creativity and judgment.In failures of the past was mainly played by courtiers. Now, everyone can enjoy this privilege. Chess attracts people of all ages, from all over the world. Chess is fascinating because it allows players to develop their minds, experience and inspiration for a competitor.All you need to start playing chess is a chessboard and chess pieces - or if you want to play online, you need anything more than your computer. The board is 8 "x 8", with alteating black and white board, squares, almost everyone is sure to have seen one.The chess pieces are 32 in total, 16 white pieces and 16 black counterparts. A player who has the white pieces (we call this player-white) and the opponent (BLACK) gets the black. The 16 parts are: king, queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and eight Pawns.When the game starts these pieces are placed in their original positions. The provision is that every player has his own pieces positioned along the two lines of the board (called files) that are nearest to him. All 8 pawns are placed on the level of intimacy 2nd The remaining pieces are placed closest to the player in the following order: Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen, King, Bishop, Knight, and the tour. This order is from left to right for WHITE and from right to left in the dark, so that the same parties are opposed on each column (a) of board.To facilitate descriptions of chess positions "Algebraic chess notation was invented. It 'easy to lea and helps to identify squares and pieces on the chessboard. It works like this: the vision of a view from White, the file is designated left 'a', the next 'b' and so on until you reach the right lane, which is the file 'h'. The row closest to WHITE is' level 1 ', or the first row. Next comes' rank 2 '(second row) and so on until we get to the eighth position, the position which is closer to BLACK.Now we deemed appropriate ranks and files that we can have a square search through the identification and classification of the file to which it belongs. Thus, still viewing from White, the square at the bottom left square is the 'A1', since it belongs to file 'a' and the first row. His next places are "B1" on the right and 'a2' just above it.Your goal is to trap the enemy King - it's that simple. But it is a story for another day.Ron King is a full-time researcher, writer and web developer. Visit the know-Chess-hours to lea more about this fascinating game.Copyright 2005 Ron King. This article may be reprinted if the resource box is left intact.