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. It is played on a square chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. There are related games such as xiangqi.Ĭhess is an abstract strategy game and involves no hidden information. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide.
The current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older games of Indian origin. 15th century to present (predecessors circa 900 years earlier)Ĭasual games usually last 10 to 60 minutes tournament games last anywhere from about 10 minutes ( fast chess) to 6 hours or more.Ĭhess is a board game played between two players. Left to right: white king, black rook, black queen, white pawn, black knight, white bishopĬ.
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