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Chess is a game with the ultimate goal of capturing or trapping your opponent’s King. With that one goal in mind players strategically move their pieces to attack their opponent’s pieces. In this post I have laid out the basics to the this great game of strategy.

Setup
Set up the board where the white square is on the right for each player. View diagram below and the individual piece information also available with each piece description.

Chess Pieces
There are 16 pieces that make up each players army that is made up of 6 different pieces.

Pawn Quantity: 8 Set up: 2a - 2h and 7a - 7h in each players second row Move: Forward only advancing toward the opponent 1 or 2 places from original square in first move then only 1 square. Capturing is only in a forward diagonal.
Rook Quantity: 2 Set up: 1a and 1h, 8a and 8h Move: Straigt forwards, straight backwards, left or right multiple squares
Knight Quantity: 2 Set up: 1b and 1g, 8b and 8g Move: 1 square any direction then diagonal 1 square from it’s original position, it’s a L shape
Bishop Quantity: 2 Set up: 1c and 1f, 8b and 8g Move: Diagonally forwards or backwards multiple squares
Queen Quantity: 1 Set up: Set up in remaining square after pawns, knights, bishops, and rooks have been placed in it’s respective color(White Queen in white square and the opposite) Move: Forwards, backwards, left, right, and diagonal multiple squares
King Quantity: 1 Set up: Set up in last remaining square after all other pieces have been set Move: Forwards, backwards, left, right, and diagonal 1 space

Starting the Game
To start the game white always moves first then black then continue to alternate and there must always be move on every turn with no passes.

End Game
Throughout the game there will many moves to capture and defend your pieces with the final goal of capturing or trapping the King. There are two ways that a game can end and it is checkmate and stalemate. If there is an attack on the King, that term is referred to as check and if the King cannot escape that attack or be defended by another piece it is checkmate. Now a stalemate is when one player’s last piece is the king that has no move to make without entering a square that it will be captured. A checkmate and stalemate will signify the end of a game.

Those are the basics with everything you need to know to set up, start, and finish a game of chess. Chess is a great game of strategy where you always have to be one step ahead your opponent to win and plan your every move. If the game fancies you, we have some nice chess sets in the games store of Tastefully Driven.