How do you play chess?

Answer 1

www.howtoplaychess.com

Answer 2

get yourself a chess computer,
not only do the instructions tell you how to play and move the pieces on the board, but it also acts as a referee so you can't make illegal moves..

Answer 3

Have a look at this site....

It may help you....

Chess is played on a square board of eight rows (called ranks and numbered 1 to 8) and eight columns (called files and labeled a to h) of squares. The colors of the sixty-four squares alternate and are referred to as "light squares" and "dark squares". The pieces are divided into two matching sets, by convention called White and Black. Each player, referred to by the color of his pieces, begins the game with sixteen pieces: these comprise one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and eight pawns.

The colors are chosen either by a friendly agreement, by a game of chance or by a tournament director. The chessboard is placed with a light square at each player's right on the nearest rank, and the pieces are set out on the first and last two ranks as shown in the diagram. Each queen stands on a square of its own color.

White makes the first move. The players then alternate moving one piece of their own at a time (with the exception of castling, when a rook and the king are moved simultaneously). Pieces are moved to either an unoccupied square, or one occupied by an opponent's piece, capturing it and removing it from play. With one exception (en passant), all pieces capture opponent's pieces by moving to the square that the opponent's piece occupies. When a piece can be captured on the opposing player's next move, it is said to be "threatened" or "under attack".

When a player's king is under direct attack, it is said to be in check. A player is not permitted to make any move that would place her king in check, and if her king is put in check she is then required to immediately make a move that takes the king out of check. If no such move is available, the player is checkmated. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent.

Each chess piece has its own style of moving.

* The king can move only one square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Once in every game, each king is allowed to make a special move, known as castling. Castling consists of moving the king two squares towards a rook, then placing the rook immediately on the far side of the king. Castling is only permissible if all of the following conditions hold:

1. The player must never have moved either the king or the rook involved in castling;
2. There must be no pieces between the king and the rook;
3. The king may not currently be in check, nor may the king pass through squares that are under attack by enemy pieces. As with any move, castling is illegal if it would place the king in check.
4. The king and the rook must be on the same rank (to exclude castling with a promoted pawn)


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Answer 4

the main objective is to capture your opponites king before he/she captures your king Pawns move one or two spaces at the start and for the rest of the game they can only move one space but they can only move forward unless they become a queen, Rooks move forward and backward and left and right however many spaces you want, Knights move in the L form two spaces left or right and one space up or down or they can move two spaces up or down and one space left or right, Biships move diagonally however many spaces you want, the Queen is the most powerful piece you have it can move up down left right or upleft upright or downleft or downright, the King can only move one space at a time there is a move called Castleing if you haven't moved the King or a Rook through the entire game and if there isn't a piece in the way the King can move two spaces left and the Rook move to the other side of the King or the King moves two spaces right and the Rook moves to the other side of the King. and that's the layout of the pieces. the Queen starts one her color and the Biship has to stay on the White or the Black depending on the color they start on.

Answer 5

I learnt about a year ago basically by reading the rules on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess and then playing online on http://www.chesspark.com/l/?ad=1&t=g&gclid=CNHk5_CVu4sCFSSDEAodCW2FzA Its quite complex but once you get used to it, you'll find it easier!

Answer 6

It's impossible to tell you on this answers page. It would take far too long and I doubt that you would understand half of it.Get a book for beginners and take it from there.

Answer 7

Get Chessmaster 10th edition. It is the best computer program to learn and play. I love it.

Answer 8

Instructions

* STEP 1: Place your Queen (usually a crowned piece shorter than the King) on one of the two center squares on the row closest to you. Place it on the square that matches the color you're playing (white square if you're playing white, black square if you're playing black).
* STEP 2: Place your King (usually the tallest piece on the board, with a cross on top) on the center square next to the Queen's square.
* STEP 3: Place one Rook (usually a piece in the shape of a castle tower) on each of the outermost squares on the row closest to you.
* STEP 4: Place one Knight (usually a piece with a horse's head) next to each Rook.
* STEP 5: Place one Bishop (usually a piece with a pointed tip) next to each Knight.
* STEP 6: Check to see that the row closest to you is filled.
* STEP 7: Fill the second row with your eight Pawns (the smallest man with the most numerous pieces).
* STEP 8: Move a Pawn one or two squares directly forward if it has not yet moved. Move it just one space directly forward if it has moved previously. Move it forward to a diagonal, adjacent square to capture.
* STEP 9: Move a Rook any number of spaces forward, backwards or to either side. Move in only one direction each turn.
* STEP 10: Move a Bishop any number of spaces in any diagonal direction. Move in only one direction each turn.
* STEP 11: Move a Knight in an "L"-shaped direction, The Knight moves two spaces in either a horizontal or vertical direction and then one space perpendicular to the previous two spaces, or one space horizontally or vertically and then two spaces perpendicular to the previous space.
* STEP 12: Move a Queen any number of spaces in any horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction.
* STEP 13: Move a King one space in any horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction. The King cannot move into "check" and must move out of check, if possible.

Special Moves
Instructions

* STEP 1: Castle by moving your King two spaces in either horizontal direction and by moving the Rook nearest the King's new position to the opposite side of the King. You may only castle if your King and Rook have not yet moved, your King is not in check and your King will not pass through or land in a check position as a result of castling.
* STEP 2: Capture a Pawn "en passant" when your opponent's Pawn makes an initial two-space move and lands next to one of your Pawns.
* STEP 3: Move your Pawn diagonally forward to the space that your opponent's Pawn would have occupied if it had only moved one space. This captures your opponent's Pawn.
* STEP 4: Make this capture immediately after the opposing pawn moves the initial two spaces. The en passant capture cannot be deferred to a later move.

Playing the Game
Instructions

* STEP 1: Decide who will play white and who will play black. The white player moves first.
* STEP 2: Take turns making legal moves with one piece at a time.
* STEP 3: Capture your opponent's pieces by legally moving one of your pieces onto a square occupied by one of your opponent's pieces.
* STEP 4: Protect your King from capture by moving it out of danger, blocking it with other pieces or capturing would-be capturers with your pieces.
* STEP 5: Place your opponent's King in check by positioning your pieces such that your opponent's King is in immediate danger of being captured.
* STEP 6: Place your opponent's King in checkmate by positioning your pieces such that your opponent's King cannot avoid being captured. If you accomplish this, you win the game.

Answer 9

u check the instructions packet 8P

Answer 10

Try this site:

http://chess.about.com/od/improveyouropenings/ss/ble50ndx.htm