If you move one of your pieces to attack the King in other words, your piece could capture him next move you say check. The aim of the game is to capture the enemy King. A piece can capture an opposing piece by landing on that pieces square. Remember each piece has its own way of moving as described above. White and Black take it in turns to move a piece (in Chess, the White army always goes first). Hint: the White Queen starts on a white square, and the Black Queen starts on a black square. Then place the armies on the board as shown in the picture below. Set up the board so you have a white square on the corner of the board by your right hand. Decide who will be White and who will be Black. If the description of how a piece moves isnt clear, have a look at the diagrams at the end of these rules. If it does, it cannot capture in the same move. Each pawn may move two squares forward the first time it moves. If it is capturing an opposing piece, however, it moves one square forward diagonally. They gradually advance on the opposing army, but also need to defend the King. The Knight can jump over other pieces while doing this. L shaped two squares forward (or back) and one square across or two squares across and one square forward (or back). Knights are at their best when there are lots of pieces on the board, and they can use their ability to jump over other pieces. Because they move diagonally, they always stay on the same colour square that they started on. Sometimes the Castle is called a Rook.Īny number of squares forward, back or across (but not diagonally)īishops are good at attacking late on in the game. If he is captured, the game is lost.ġ square in any direction (forward, back, across or diagonally)Ĭastles are strong pieces which are good both at attacking the enemy and defending the King. The King is the most important piece in the army. The aim of the game is to use your army to capture the enemy king. If you have a chess set, or decide to make your own, here are the rules you need to play the game. Though no-one knows for sure, it was probably invented in India more than a thousand years ago. The winner is the player who can out-think his or her opponent, and make the best plans for attack and defence.Ĭhess is one of the oldest games in the world. Some are long-drawn out strategic affairs others can be quick, but complicated, tactical battles. "After a subtle contest of strategy, the White Army suddenly unleashed a devastating attack emerging victorious by outflanking the enemy army and destroying the defences around the opposing King."Įvery game of chess has its own story.
Here is the black army from our printable chess set lined up and ready for battle! The Game Of Chess Scroll to the bottom of the page for the printables. And if you are desperate to start playing chess straight away and don't have a chess board or chess men, we have some printable versions of those, too - one small and one large, complete with 3D chess pieces to cut out and assemble.
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Read online or download a printable version. It teaches them strategic thinking, logic and it's fun, too! We have the rules of Chess, here, written so that children can understand them.
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