Chess is an abstract strategy game played on an 8x8 square board, where each player controls sixteen pieces with the goal of checkmating the opponent's king. The game involves various pieces, each with unique movement rules including the king, queen, rooks, knights, bishops, and pawns. Additionally, there are special moves such as castling and en passant capture, along with conditions for drawing the game.

1. CHESS

2. WHAT IS CHESS ?
1. Chess is an abstract strategy game and involves no hidden information.
2. It is played on a square chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-
by-eight grid.
3. At the start, each player [one controlling the white pieces, the other
controlling the black pieces] controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two
rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns.
4. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, whereby the king
is under immediate attack [in "check"] and there is no way for it to escape.
5. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw.

3. BOARD SET-UP
1. Rooks on the corners respectively.
2. Knights on the B and G files.
3. Bishops on the C and F files.
4. Queens on the D file.
5. Kings on the E file.
6. Pawns on the 2nd and 7th rows.

4. KING
1. The king moves one square in any
direction.
2. There is also a special move called
castling that involves moving the king
and a rook.
3. The king is the most valuable piece —
attacks on the king must be
immediately countered, and if this is
impossible, immediate loss of the
game ensues

5. QUEEN
A queen combines the power
of a rook and bishop and
can move any number of
squares along a rank, file,
or diagonal, but cannot
leap over other pieces.

6. BISHOP
A bishop can move any
number of squares
diagonally, but cannot leap
over other pieces.

7. KNIGHT
1. A knight moves to any of the closest
squares that are not on the same rank,
file, or diagonal.
2. Thus the move forms an "L"-shape: two
squares vertically and one square
horizontally, or two squares
horizontally and one square vertically.
3. The knight is the only piece that can
leap over other pieces.

8. ROOK
1. A rook can move any number
of squares along a rank or
file, but cannot leap over other
pieces.
2. Along with the king, a rook is
involved during the king's
castling move.

9. PAWN
1. A pawn can move forward to the
unoccupied square immediately in
front of it on the same file, or on its
first move it can advance two squares
along the same file, provided both
squares are unoccupied .
2. A pawn can capture an opponent's
piece on a square diagonally in front
of it by moving to that square .
3. A pawn has two special moves: the
en passant capture and promotion.

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