chess Flashcards
a boardgame for two players, each beginning with 16 pieces of six kinds that are moved according to individual rules, with the objective of checkmating the opposing king
CHESS
chess is a game that has been played for centuries and was thought to have originated in ______ in 15th century
INDIA
lon ago, it was considered a game reserved only for ______??
KINGS
the modern design of chess plays bears name of ______________?? in _________??
HOWARD STAUNTON, 1851
first international chess tournament played in 1851?
LONDON TOURNEY
won the game in london tourney tournament, and he is the best player
ADOLF ANDERSON
won the game in london tourney tournament, and he is the best player
ADOLF ANDERSON
first american born chess player who travelled to europe in the 1850’s where he beats all challenger including ADOLF ANDERSON. Howerver the english champion (staunton) refused to play with him, so morphy never became a world chess champion
PAUL MORPHY
a bohemian (crechoslovakian) jew who won the game and became the world’s first official chess champion, holding ghis title until 1894
WILHELM STEINITZ
first official championship chess tournament. They used sand clock to restrict the length of time.
LONDON 1866
side of the board containing __ squares of alternating colors.
64
how many king, queen, bishops, knights, rook, pawns
1king, 1queen, 2 bishop, 2 knights, 2rook, 8pawns
the result of a move that places opposing under an immediate threat of capture by one or sometimes two of the opponents pieces
CHECK
A move of the king or either rook of the
same color artiong the player’s first row. on a player’s tomi It may move his king two squate over the one side and then move the rook. from the one side then move to the rook from the side’s corner on the square next in the king
CASTLING
A situation in which one player’s king is threatened with capture (in check) having no move to avoid that threat. Thus ending the game.
checkmate
- A Chess game where nobody ends as a winner
DRAW
- A special ability of a powl wherein if it reaches the last row of the other side of the board. It can become any other Chess piece except the king.
Chess Pieces and their movement
PROMOTION
The king is the most important piece. However it is also considered one of the weakest.
The king only moves one square in any divection. Up, down, to the sides, and draganolly.
The king may never move himself into á Check where he could be captured.
KING
is the most powerful piece. It moves In any direction forward, backward, Sideways. or diagonal As all other pieces, except the knight, it cannot move over any intervening piece.
QUEEN
may move to any square as far as it wants, but only forward, backward, and to the other sides. The ook are particularly powerful pieces when they are protecting each other and working together.
ROOK
squares in one direction, and then one more move just like an “L” shape
knights
moves forward but capture dragamolly. It can never move backwards. On it’s first. move the pawn can advanced two squons at a time. (f move, 2 sqrs, diagonal kumain)
pawn
