Basic Rules of Badminton and Chess

Basic Chess Rules

Chess is a fascinating and exciting game with Rules that anyone can learn to play.

Earliest history records date back over 2000 years to Ancient India.

Playing Chess is like being a General of an army in a “game of war”. The primary object is to capture the King of the opposing army.

Read these instructions carefully. You will see that even a beginner can learn to play Chess very quickly. These rules are intended to give the beginner a brief explanation of the game. Once you know the fundamental rules, we suggest that you obtain one of the many excellent books on advanced Chess or, even better, join a Chess Club. There is probably one in your town.Try Chess. It’s the greatest game of strategy and skill ever devised.

The Basic Chess Rules.

The game is played on a board of 64 squares, alternately coloured light and dark. These are called white and brown. The two players, “White” and “Black”, each have 15 men besides the King: one Queen, two Rooks (or Castles), two Bishops, two Knights, and eight Pawns. To distinguish from the Pawns, the other men are called pieces.

Opening positions of the Chess Game with the Chess Board.

At the start of a game, the men are arranged. Note each player has a white square on his right corner and the Queen occupies the square of her own colour. The player with the white men moves first and thereafter moves are made alternately one at a time. The men move to unoccupied squares except when making a capture. Then they take the square previously held by the captured man. The Knight is the only man having the power to move over an occupied square. There are two exceptions, taking a Pawn “en passant” and Castling. The capture of an opponent’s man is effected by removing the man from the board and replacing it with the capturing man. All captures are optional, except when necessary to avoid “Checkmate”. A Checkmate occurs when the King, being in “Check”, (being attacked by an opponent’s piece or...