Chess also known as western chess or international chess
 
is a competition level game played between two
 
competitors. This game was started in 15th century in
 
Southern Europe. Chess is one of the most popular game
 
of the world played by thousand of people at clubs,
 
homes, competitions, online etc. Chess is played on a
 
square shaped chess board having 64 square boxes
 
arranged in a manner of eight by eight series. Chess is
 
a recreational game with a combination of black and
 
white pieces. One player controls white pieces and
 
another holds the black. The scope of this game is to
 
find checkmate state of competitor's king. In some
 
conditions king is under attack and there is no chance
 
to win the game.
 
 
Chess originated in India from 6th century but the
 
modern game developed in 1450-1850. It is also known as
 
Shatranj which is an arabic word. It became popular in
 
Western Europe and Russia in the 9th century. After that
 
it moved to France in 18th century. The first chess
 
tournament was played in London in 1851 and it was won
 
by Steinitz who then became world's first official chess
 
champion and kept this title till 1854. The world Chess
 
Federation was developed in 1924 in Paris.
 
 
How to play : At the start of this game each player has
 
sixteen pieces in which one is king, one queen, two
 
rocks, two knights, two bishops and eight pawns. The
 
board has 8 rows called ranks and 8 columns called
 
files. The color of the square boxes on the board is
 
alternate like some of them are light and rest are of
 
dark color. White pieces move first then players move
 
one by one pieces in alternate manner. Pieces are moved
 
to unoccupied squares of opponent's side.
 
 
When two pieces are moved simultaneously then castling
 
happens. When a king is under attack of opponent's
 
pieces then this is called check situation. Try to move
 
the king in opposite direction to secure it from attack.
 
The objective of Chess is to checkmate the opponent
 
member and it occurs only when competitor's king is in
 
check state. Chess is mostly played with time control.
 
Time ranges for long chess games is near about seven
 
hours including one hour for each game and for shorter
 
is two or three hours including fifteen minutes for each
 
player. The game is automatically lost when the player's
 
time runs out before completion of the game.