218025 449 Games Chess true Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:32:42 -0700 /system/videos/2/79/81/26/268179.flv DIY, Instructional, tutorial, checkers, dominoes, poker, blackjack, bobby fisher, strategy, Battleship How To Play Chess http://www.howcast.com/videos/218025-How-To-Play-Chess http://www.howcast.com/videos/218025-How-To-Play-Chess/edit approved 218 1280 720 <object width="425" height="273" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=218025"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=218025" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 4 kevinveselka http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/play_chess_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.png 925 false false false 87694 0 22 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/22.jpg Set up the queens and kings Place the board so the right corner square, nearer to you, is white. Put the queens on their corresponding colors in the back row: white, four squares from the left, and black, four squares from the right.

]]> 87695 1 36 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/36.jpg Set up the rest of the board Add the bishops to either side of the royal couple, and the knights next to the bishops. Place the castles, or rooks, at either end. The pawns fill the second row.

]]> 87696 2 48 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/48.jpg Learn the object of the game The object of the game is to corner your opponent’s king so that it can’t move anywhere without you capturing it.

]]> 87697 3 56 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/56.jpg Learn the moves The queen can move in any direction, over any number of empty spaces. The king can move only one space at a time, in any direction. You cannot move the king to a space where it could be captured during your opponent’s next move. Pawns move forward one space at a time. On their first move, they may move forward either one or two squares.

]]> 87698 4 74 Tip If one of your pawns makes it to the other side of the board, you can exchange it for any other piece.

]]> 87699 5 82 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/82.jpg Learn the moves, part 2 Rooks move in straight lines, forward, back, or sideways on the board, over any number of empty squares. Bishops move diagonally in any direction, also over empty squares. Knights move in an L shape, two squares in any direction, and then one square to either side. Knights can jump over other pieces.

]]> 87700 6 103 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/103.jpg Play a game Now you’re ready to play! White always moves first, which gives that player the advantage of always being one step ahead. On the first move, white can only move a pawn or a knight (since only knights can jump other pieces).

]]> 87701 7 119 Tip The player who controls the center of the board has a strong advantage.

]]> 87702 8 123 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/123.jpg Capture pieces Capture pieces by landing on a square occupied by an opponent’s piece and removing the piece from play. Pawns can only capture by moving one square, forward and diagonally.

]]> 87703 9 133 Tip Try to capture your opponent’s most valuable pieces: the queen, castles, knights, and bishops.

]]> 87704 10 143 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/143.jpg Capture en passant Use your pawns to capture your opponent’s pawns en passant. If your opponent moves a pawn two spaces on its first move and you have a pawn in a position where you could have captured it if it had moved only one space, you can capture their pawn as if it had moved only one space.

]]> 87705 11 160 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/160.jpg Learn to castle Either rook can make a special move to protect its king. If you haven’t moved the king or the rook yet, and there are no pieces between them, you can move the king two squares toward the rook, and transfer that rook toward the middle of the board, in the space right next to the king. You cannot castle if your king is in check, or would pass through check in making the move.

]]> 87706 12 181 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/218025/181.jpg Win When you move a piece so that it is in position to capture your opponent’s king on your next turn, the move is called “check.” If they move their king out of check, or move another piece to block your attack, the game continues. If they can’t move out of check, you have put them in “checkmate” and won the game.

]]> 87707 13 206 Fact The number of possible variations in a chess game has been calculated at 10 to the power of 120 – more than the number of electrons in the universe.

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