Chess
A two-player strategy board game played on a checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8x8 square grid
Ashtapada
The uncheckered 64 squares 8x8 board, sometimes with special marks, on which Chaturanga was played
Northwest India
Chess is believed to have been originated in the Gupta Empire
Chaturanga
Chess early form was known as
Infantry, Cavalry, Elephants, and Chariotry
The four divisions of the military
Checkmate the opponent’s king by placing it under an inescapable threat of capture
The objective of playing chess
Chatrang
Taken up by the Muslim world after the Islamic conquest of Persia where it was named shatranj
Ajedrez
In Spanish “shatranj” was rendered as (al-shatranj’)
Shah (king)
The rest of Europe replaced which was familiar as an exclamation and become the English words “check” and “chess”
Shah Mat
The word checkmate is derived from the Persian
The king is helpless
Shat mat means
Wilhelm Steinitz
The first generally recognized World Chess Champion
1886
When did Wilhelm Steinitz claimed his title
Federation Internationale des Echecs (FIDE)
The game's international governing body
International Olympic Committee
FIDE is a member of which wan be considered recognition of chess as a sport
2006 and 2010 Asian Games
Chess was included in the
Opening, Middle Game, End Game
3 Stages of Chess
Chess Opening
Is the group of Initial Moves of a game
Development, Control of the Center, Kind Safety, Pawn Structure
The fundamental strategic aims of most openings are:
Middle Game
The part of the game which starts after the opening
End Game, Endgame, Ending
Is the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board
Light and Dark Squares
64 squares alternate in color
Light
The chess board is placed with a _______ square at the right-hand corner nearest to each player
Queen
This piece starts on a square of its own color
File
Eight rows which is denoted 1 to 8 from bottom to top according to White’s perspective and eight columns
Rank
Are denoted to h from left to right according to White’s perspective
Diagonal
Are denoted with same color
White
What piece moves first?
Castling
Once in every game, each king can make a special move.
Castling
It consists of moving the king two squares along the first rank toward a rook on the player’s first rank, and then placing the rook on the last square that the king crossed
Enpassent
It means in passing
Enpassant
When a pawn makes a two-step advance from its starting position and there is an opponent’s pawn on a square next to the destination square on an adjacent file, then the opponent’s pawn can capture it
Promotion
When a pawn advances to the eight rank, as a part of the move it is promoted and must be exchanged for the player’s choice of queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color
Check
When a king is under immediate attack by one or two of the opponent’s pieces, it is said to be in check. A move in response to this move is legal only if it results in a position where the king is no longer in check
Draw by agreement
Mutual agreement between the players.
Stalemate
The player whose turn it is to move has no legal move and is not in check
Draw on tiime
In games with a time control, the game is drawn if a player is out of time and no sequence of legal moves would allow the opponent to checkmate the player
Checkmate
The player whose turn it is to move is in check and has no legal move to escape check
Resignation
Either player may resign, conceding the game to the opponent
Win on Time and Forfeit
A player wins if the opponent runs out of time. A player who cheats, violates the rules, or violates the rule of conduct specified for the particular tournament, can be forfeited