My scanner and me decided to demistify chess for the uninitiated.... This might not help...
) r -') -1c CHESS INSTRUcTION SHEET ~ The game of chess is the oldest of games and is manner any unprotected opposing man. , he most fascinating and popular of all games. There is no element of chance and players find The Queen moves and captures diagonally in any new and interesting moves with each. direction and over any distance over unoccupied - squares. Chess is played with thirty-two men, each player having sixteen men of opposite colors, designed The Bishop moves and captures diagonally in any as below: direction over unoccupied squares. the Knight moves and captures in any direction by a movement combining the moves of the rook and the Bishop that is moves one square like a Rook, then like a Bishop, one square, which final square must not adjoin the square from which the Knight is moved, such movements constituting one move. Thus it will be seen that the Knight moves to the farthest corner of a rectangle composed of six squares, and always moves to a square of the opposite color to the one on which it started. Thus, " Each player has one King, one Queen, two a Knight can attack any other piece except a -~ Bishops, two Knights, two Rooks, and eight Knight without being threatened by that piece. ., Pawns. The Rook moves and captures on the rank and file The game is played on a checkered board, divided only, over unoccupied squares. into 64 squares in two colors. Place chess board between players, so that each player has a white The Pawn moves forward only, and excepting for . s;quare at right hand corner of the board. its first move, only one square at a time. Each Pawn for its first move has the privilege of moving Object of the game: two squares at the option of the player. The Pawn is the only man that does not capture as it moves. A. Check It captures on either of the two diagonal squares The King is in check when he is attacked by adjoining it in front. opponent's piece or pawn. His capture is not permissible. The player making the check move Each pawn that is moved to a square on the eight must must say 'check' when he is attacking the rank must be exchanged for a Queen, Rook, opponent's King. One of three things must be done Bishop or Knight of the same color without regard by opponent: to the number of such pieces already on the 1. The King must move out of his check. board. 2.The hostile piece that checks.must capture. 3. A piece or pawn must be placed between King Castling and attacking piece. Each player has the privilege of castling once in B. Checkmate the game. Castling is the moving of the King two This means King is dead. When the King is squares to his right or left toward the Rook and checkered and cannot move out of his check, placing the Rook on the side of the King. A player interposing one of his own pieces or pawns or may castle subject to the following restrictions: capturing the hostile piece, then he is checkmate and the game is over. 1. The King must not be in check. 2.He must not pass over or alight on a square At the start of a game, men are arrange as shown commanded by a hostile man. in the diagram. The game is started by the player 3. Neither King nor Rook must have been of the white pieces moving first. previously moved. 4. No piece must intervene between the King--- The King can be moved to any square adjoining the Rook. the square he occupies, and captures in the same @ SilverCorn Hope this clears things up... and I hope you have a hostile man to tell you how to arrange the pieces. Also a crumpled cigarette paper summed up better than any poet could acheive... Rizla by Scanjet 2100C ,\ ~~ ,~~'/" 9';,' -.. 71 /0- Adios, Pete _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
