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You play White and move first. Tap a piece to select it, then tap a highlighted square to move.
Pieces: Pawns move forward one square (two from their starting rank) and capture diagonally. Knights jump in an L. Bishops slide diagonally. Rooks slide along ranks and files. The Queen moves like a rook and bishop combined. The King moves one square in any direction.
Check and checkmate: You must respond to check by moving the king, blocking, or capturing the attacker. If there is no legal response, it's checkmate and the game is over.
Castling: When the king and a rook haven't moved and the path is clear and safe, tap the king and tap two squares toward the rook to castle.
Promotion: Pawns that reach the far rank automatically become queens.
Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on an 8x8 grid with 16 pieces per side. Each piece type moves differently, and the objective is to checkmate your opponent"s king — trapping it so it cannot escape capture. Chess has been played for over 1,500 years and is one of the world"s most popular games.
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Each player starts with 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. Players alternate turns moving one piece at a time according to its movement rules. The game ends in checkmate, stalemate, or draw.