Rules of chess
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The rules of chess govern the play of the game of chess. Chess is a two-player abstract strategy board game. Each player controls sixteen pieces of six types on a chessboard. Each type of piece moves
Staunton style chess pieces. Left to right: king, rook, queen, pawn, knight, bishop
A game in a public park in Kyiv, using a chess clock
Digital chess clock
A score sheet from a game by José Raúl Capablanca, in descriptive notation
Promotion (chess)
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In chess, promotion is the replacement of a pawn with a new piece when the pawn is moved to its last rank. The player replaces the pawn immediately with a queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same co
Rules of chess
…bishop was a pīl (Persian) or fīl (Arabic) (meaning "elephant") which moved two squares diagonally with jump. In the Middle Ages the pawn could only be promoted to the equivalent of a queen (which at that time was a weak piece) if it reached its eighth rank. During the 12th century, the squares on the board…
Chess set with extra black and white queens for promotion, 35th Chess Olympiad