how to play chess? and how to know i won the game?

Question

give simple way to learn

Answer 1

The best way to learn to play is to first become familiar with the pieces and their respective allowed moves, perhaps by reading a book or doing a tutorial. Then, go to Yahoo games and play with some novice players to gradually build up your skill level.

You know you've won when your opponent can not make any moves without leaving his/her king in danger of capture while at the same time your king is safe.

Hope this help and good luck. Playing chess is a good way to keep your mind nimble.

Answer 2

There is not really a simple way because each piece has a different move they can do. Try looking up rules on-line but the best way to learn is do find someone who knows how and ask them to play with you and show you the moves. You win when the other person either gives up or when the piece called the King can not move anywhere safe (CHECK MATE). A CHECK is when your piece can get the King if the other player does not move the King. Hope this helps but it is an awesome game once you figure it out.

Answer 3

Chess is a simple game and also a very difficult game depending on who you are playing against. The whole object is to put the King in check- In other words the king is put in a position to be captured, where he can no longer move to any safe position.Since he can only move one space at time, and the other pieces can move more than one ,he can be vulnerable from a distance.The Queen is extremely powerful, so you have to guard your own King while trying to put the other King "in check" When the other King is unable to move, and is also in a position to be captured on the space he currently occupies, that is Checkmate and you win the game. After you learn the movement of the pieces, you just have to try to out think your opponent. Play the online version for practice, then get your friends to play. It can be addicting. (When I was about 10 years old, I had played so much chess against my sisters that when my Dad asked someone to pass the potatoes, I thought to myself "Why doesn't he just move two up and one over and get them himself? (I must have thought he was a Knight!)
That's when I knew I had been playing too much chess!

Answer 4

Chess is a game that's fairly easy to learn, but it takes a lifetime to master. Playing online is probably the good starting point, but there's a fair amount of "Chess Engines" (the technical term for a chess program) to learn from as well.

First of all, the set of the board. There's usually 2 rules that must be followed to properly set up a board.

1) "White to the right" -- This means that the right-hand corner of the board should be a white square.

2) "Queen on their color" -- This rule places the queens across from each other. on the board.

After this, all the other pieces will fall into place. You can look the board before you start playing online to see how everything looks.

Now, how the pieces move:

First are the Pawns (8 of them). These pieces only move forward one square & can only attack diagonally. Pawns may move 2 squares forward if their first move. There's also a special move called the "en paset" ("The pass" in french), but that's more advanced chess. Pawns aren't that powerful, but they do have potential. If you can get a pawn to the end of the board, you'll be able to promote them to any other piece you want.

Next, are the Rooks (2 of them), which are located on the corners of the board & look like castles. Rooks can move & attack in the main 4 directions (up, down, left or right) for as many squares as you like... or until it hits something (like another piece).

Next are the Knights (2 of them), which are located next to the Rooks & look like horses. Knights are a special piece that move in an L-shape pattern, going 2 squares in one direction & 1 square in another. The special thing about Knights are that they can "Jump Over" other pieces. This can make them a force to reckon with.

Next are the Bishops (2 of them), which are located next to the Knights & are practically the diagonal counterpart to the Rooks. Bishops move & attack across the board diagonally for as many spaces that's are available for it. The down weakness for Bishops are that they can only attack on the color of the board. This means the Bishop that starts on the white square can only attack pieces on that color of squares.

Next is the Queen, which is located next to the Bishop & starts on her own color (White Queen starts on the White Square, ect.) The Queen is the MOST POWERFUL PIECE on the board! The Queen can move & attack in any 8 directions that are open to her. Since the Queen can move like that, she easily becomes a threat to players.

Finally, the King which is located next to the Queen on their opposite color. The King has the same moves as the Queen, but he can only move one square in any of the 8 directions. The KING IS THE MOST VALUABLE PIECE on the board as he's the one that determines the end of the game.

Now that you know how to move the pieces. When the game starts, White ALWAYS MOVE FIRST. When you get further into the game, here's how to determine when the game is over:

When the King is ENDANGERED of being attacked, the King is in "Check". When in Check, you are FORCED to eliminate the danger by either moving the King to a safer place OR capturing the piece that's checking the King. This also means that Kings can NEVER be next to each other...

PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE KING CANNOT BE MOVED INTO CHECK! If another piece is protecting the attacking piece, you cannot use the King to attack it.

When the King is endangered by TWO pieces, it's called a "Double-Check" & normally the King must be moved.

When a player CANNOT move the King out of Check, the King is "Mated" or "Checkmated". The player that is Checkmated loses the game.

A "Stalemate" is when has stalled & considered a draw. There's at least 3 ways to get a stalemate. First way is when both players repeat the game set of moves 3 times in a row. This is call "3-turn stalemate". The second way is when one player cannot make a legal move. This normally can happen near the end of the game when a player is low on pieces. A player can prevent a King to move, but isn't endangered where it's at. Finally, if all the pieces EXCEPT the Kings are on the board, it's a stalemate as the Kings cannot check (nor checkmate) each other.

There's plenty of other things you can learn about chess, but you really need somebody more experienced in the game.

You can learn more about chess at www.uschess.org (The US Chess Federation) & play chess against on various websites, including Yahoo! Games.

Answer 5

Check out the tutorial on the link.

Get a board. Learn to move the pieces, making check(attack the King), and checkmating( when the King is attacked and has no possible defense, that's also how you win a game.)

Answer 6

There is no simple way. Read a good introductory text and then play, play, play; there is no substitute for experience!

Answer 7

i thought chess was 12th century?

Answer 8

when u take the king, u win. the rest i dont know.

Answer 9

you just win