Learn Chess

Lesson 1
by Shane Murphy

This Learn Chess lesson 1 at Learn Skill Games program includes history, rules and game play. Lessons 2, 3 and 4 will cover game moves, strategies and include a chess terms-dictionary.

Learn Chess History: 
Chess is a game whose roots cover centuries of history. Chess was played in the 18th century in central Asia, and its popularity spread from east to west.
Currently, chess games and tournaments are played online, on mobile phones and at live events worldwide incorporating small changes made over time to improve the game’s playability.
Additionally, China and Japan have their own chess versions creating a worldwide sensation.
Chess became so popular that other games took second place during the middle ages.
It’s not certain if chess was invented by one or more people, but  warfare was a likely reason for its development.
There are many collectors and collections worldwide and some chess sets are displayed in the museums of London, Paris, Florence and various US locations.
Chess sets have been created from wood, ivory, walrus, silver, gold, porcelain, bronze, and iron. The popularity of chess is definitely here to stay.

Learn Chess Rules:
To learn Chess is to respect the game, not just for its history, but also as a skill game to challenge the brain.
The game of chess originated from warfare. During history, two armies that opposed each other took up their positions in nearly straight lines, separated by the battlefield.
A General would outline his plans by positions and indicate the movements of soldiers.
Thus, military games such as chess, were created.
It’s possible that Hannibal, before the battle of Cannae, drew lines and placed stones on a board to explain his intended strategy for that battle.

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Learn Chess Game Play:
Chess is a game played between two opponents, represented as White and Black. Each player receives 16 men, all of the same colour.
Eight of each group are called pawns; the other eight are called pieces. At the start of each chess game, each player places his sixteen men on the board in a specific order.
The eight pieces are the King, Queen, two Castles (or Rooks), two Bishops-depicted by a Bishops miter and two knights (Horses).
The eight Pawns are representing 8 small men.



Position:
In the initial chess position, the Rook in White’s left hand corner is called Queens Rook=QR. The one in Whites right hand corner, Kings Rook=KR.
Additionally, Queens Knight=QKt, Kings Knight=KKt. Queens Bishop=QB, Kings Bishop=KB, Queen=Q and King=K.
The pawns are named after the pieces behind them.
The Kings Pawn KP, is the one in front of the K, etc.
The White army is classified into the Queens side or the left wing, and the Kings side or the right wing.
The Black army is classified in the same way; the Black Q is placed opposite the White Q, the Black K opposite the White K.
The Black QR opposite the White QR, etc.
But Blacks left wing is opposite Whites right wing. Therefore, Blacks left wing is his Kings side.

The square in the bottom right hand corner of the chessboard is always a white one.
The Q stands on a square of her own colour, the White Q on a white square, the Black Q on a black one, when the pieces are placed on the board for game play.
During the course of the chess game, the players change the position of their pieces according to established rules. Chess players move a man from its square to another square. No two men are ever allowed to stand on the same square.
Whenever a man is moved to a square occupied by a hostile man the hostile piece is captured and removed from the board.
The players move alternately and White makes the first move.
As discussed, each army consists of sixteen different men;
King, Queen, Castle or Rook (2 pieces), Bishop (2 pieces), Knight (2 pieces), Pawn (8 pieces).

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Lesson 2 of Learn Chess explains chess moves w/ terms-dictionary
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