| Chess is a logical game with lots of strategies and | | | | spaces vertically or horizontally; bishops can move any |
| tactics. It is a game that involves a lot of brain skill as | | | | number of spaces in any direction diagonally; the queen |
| well as practice. There are many international chess | | | | can move any number of spaces diagonally, |
| tournaments held across the world. Chess is very | | | | horizontally, or vertically; the king can move only one |
| popular in every country. | | | | square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally; Knight can |
| Chess game is played on a chess board with chess | | | | move in L shape, i.e. two spaces horizontally and one |
| pieces. These pieces are totally 32 in number- 16 for | | | | space vertically - they can jump over occupied |
| each player, comprising of eight pawns, two knights, | | | | squares and moves. The moves are dependent |
| two bishops, two rooks, one queen and one king. Each | | | | mostly on the opponent's moves hence the first player |
| player has one set of these sixteen pieces, which are | | | | has an initial advantage. The game can also end as a |
| all of the same color - either black or white. They are | | | | draw, when neither opponent has a move to make. |
| placed in two sets of 8 pieces each, facing the | | | | There are free versions of chess games that are |
| opponent's pieces. The board is square in shape with | | | | downloadable. These are usually trial versions. They |
| 64 small squares drawn across. The squares are of | | | | have attractive screens, graphics, animations and even |
| alternate colors- generally black and white or any other | | | | help and tutorial pages for learning the best moves. |
| contrasting colors. | | | | These require a Win 95/98/NT/ME/XP/2000 operating |
| The main aim in a chess game is to eliminate the | | | | system and some basic PC requirements like a 32MB |
| opponent's pieces while moving across the board | | | | RAM. These games also have multiple levels of |
| towards them. A piece is eliminated if it comes in the | | | | difficulty. Some popular online chess games are: |
| way of the opponent's piece. The game ends when | | | | Grandmaster Chess, Kasparov Chessmate, Net |
| the king is gone. Each kind of piece can move only in a | | | | Chess and Chessmaster Challenge. |
| certain way: the rooks can move any number of | | | | |