Cot Pe8 Q3 Chess
Cot Pe8 Q3 Chess
KING
ISHBOP
BISHOP
OORK
ROOK
WNAP
PAWN
ENEUQ
QUEEN
IGKNTH
KNIGHT
CHESS
Chess Pieces And Their Moves
OBJECTIVES:
1) Identify the different chess pieces and equipment
2) Execute the basic skills in playing chess
3) Explain the benefits that can be derived from
playing chess
Nature and Background of Chess
• Chess is a game that has been played for centuries
and was thought to have originated in India over the
15th century.
• Long ago, it was considered a game reserved only for
Kings and member of the upper class.
• Nowadays, chess is played by common people even
at early age.
Nature and Background of Chess
• The modern design of chess pieces bears the name
Staunton, who was an English master in the mid-
1800’s.
• London Tourney – the first international chess
tournament played in 1851
• Adolf Anderssen – a German who won the game,
London Tourney.
Nature and Background of Chess
• Paul Morphy – the first great American-born chess
player
• Paul traveled to Europe in the 1850’s where he beat
all challengers, including Adolf Anderssen.
• However, the English champion of the time
(Staunton) refused to play with him, so Morphy
never became a world chess champ.
Nature and Background of Chess
• The first official championship chess tournament was
played in 1866 in London, with sand clocks to restrict
the length of a game.
• Steinitz – a Bohemian (Czechoslovakian) Jew won the
game.
• Steinitz became the world’s first official chess
champion, holding this title until 1894.
Nature and Background of Chess
• Recently, Russia dominates the game of chess. This
results from the establishment of government
schools for talented chess players after the
communist revolution of 1917.
Nature and Background of Chess
• Since 1927, many of the top players have been
citizen of the former Union of Soviet Socialist
Republic (USSR), including: Tal, Alekhine, Petrosian,
Spassky, Smyslov, Anatoli Kaprov, and Gary
Kasparov.
Setting Up A Chess Board
✔ Put the white corner to the right side.
• If the board has letters, they should read
A-H for the white player.
✔ Queen and King on the center. Queen on her
color.
✔ Bishops next to King and Queen
✔ Knights next to Bishops
✔ Rooks in the Corners
✔ Pawns in front.
Chess Pieces and Their Moves
The King
⮚ The king is the most
important chess piece;
however it is also
considered one of the
weakest.
⮚ The king only moves one
square in any direction.
⮚ The king may never
move himself into a
check where he could be
captured.
The Queen
⮚ The queen is the most
powerful piece.
⮚ It moves in any one straight
direction – forward,
backward, sideways, or
diagonal.
⮚ The queen must stop
before their own pieces, or
they can capture opponent’s
piece and occupy that
square.
The Bishop
⮚ The bishop may move as far
as it wants, but only
diagonally.
⮚ Each bishop starts on one
color (light or dark) and must
always stay on that color.
⮚ The bishop must stop before
their own pieces, or they can
capture opponent’s piece
and occupy that square.
The Knight