How To Play Chess

Chess History

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The starting of the ancient history of chess has been linked to the Indians, both by the Arabs and by the Persians. However, the starting of the chess game appears to remain lost. The ancient scripts for chess in both Arabic and Old Persian are " shatranj " and " chatrang " respectively words derived from the Sanskrit word " chaturanga ", which literally translated means, an army of four parts.

Chess in ancient timings was spread throughout the world and many same games soon began taking shape. A version of the ancient chess game was taken from India and also introduced to the Near East.

Silk Road people, Buddhist, and many others carried away ancient chess boards to the Far East where it was reshaped and transformed into a game that was often played on the chess board intersections, rather than within the squares. Chaturanga came to Europe through Persia, and the Arabian. Muslims spread chess to North Africa, and Spain by the tenth century.

The historic ancient chess game was developed in Europe, and by the late fifteenth century, it had survived various Christian Church sanctions and prohibitions, and almost took the same shape as the modern game we know today. Modern times saw that new reliable references work, exciting new variants, and competitive chess tournaments add to the already famous popularity of the game. Reliable time mechanisms, effective rules, and charismatic players also further bolstered the popularity of chess.

In the next phase of the history of chess  is known as the earliest ancient precursor of modern chess, and it flourished in India by the sixth century. It is the earliest known game to have 2 critical features found in all modern chess variations. Firstly, it has different pieces with different powers (which is not a feature in GO and Checkers), and victory depends on the fate or capture of one piece, now called the king in modern chess. Other game pieces that are uncovered in archaeological findings are considered to have come from other, distantly related chess-like board games. Some of these types of ‘chess board games’ had as many as hundred squares or more.

In the late 19th century, Captain Hiram Cox and Duncan Forbes discovered that the original form of was played with four hands. Other scholars who studied ancient chess history have concluded that a 2 handed version probably existed before the 4 handed one and that it probably then evolved into many other versions, including the 4 handed version.

One literal translation of the Sanskrit word "Shatranj" can mean "Having 4 limbs or parts" and this often means an army in epic poetry. The ancient name itself comes from a battle formation named in the Indian Mahabharata epic. Ancient Shatranj was a game that simulated battle and which was truthfully based on Indian military strategy of the time. The initial dice and gambling aspects of the game were later removed as the game progressed and branched into newer variations

How Chess Pieces Move

Before you can play a game of chess, you need to know how to move the pieces (legally). A chess piece’s power is tied to its mobility. The more mobile a piece is, the more powerful it is:

•         Pawns: Pawns can only move forward. On their first move, they can move one or two squares. Afterwards, they can move only one square at a time. They can capture an enemy piece by moving one square forward diagonally.
•         Bishops: Bishops can move any number of squares diagonally.
•         Knights: Knights can move only in an L-shape, one square up and two over, or two      squares over and one down, or any such combination of one-two or two-one movements      in any direction.
•         Rooks: Rooks can move any number of squares, up and down and side to side.
•         Queens: Queens can move any number of squares along ranks, files and diagonals.
•         Kings: Kings can move one square at a time in any direction. 

Goal Of Chess
                  
                Remember your goal is not to kill all the pieces of opponent neither you can do it but instead you have 
to check mate your opponent king


Check Mate

                 Check Mate is the stage when either of the two players there is one who cannot move its King to any possible box and there is no other piece that can save the king.

Getting Better at Chess

Knowing the rules and basic strategies is only the beginning - there is so much to learn in chess that you can never learn it all in a lifetime! To improve you need to do three things:

• Play

Just keep playing! Play as much as possible. You should learn from each game – those you win and those you lose.

• Study

If you really want to improve quickly then pick up a [recommended chess book]. There are also many resources on Chess.com to help you study and improve.

•  Have fun

Don’t get discouraged if you don’t win all of your games right away. Everyone loses – even world champions. As long as you continue to have fun and learn from the games you lose then you can enjoy chess forever! 

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