Rules of Chess

Those who consider that chess is not a sport that fails to appreciate the beauty of this game, art, science and, of course, sport. As in racing does not run but you exercise, the chess is a sport.

The rules of chess have changed over the years, but are clearly defined at present. It's a game, a fight between two people, simulating a war with his armies. One moves the white pieces and one black.

The board consists of 64 squares, 32 of each color, arranged so that no two adjacent same color. The object is to checkmate the opponent's king. To do this we will be embarking on a challenge that will end with many parts "captured", put a piece being captured on our site that was inhabited by the opponent. The pieces of each player are as follows:

• Pawns: They are 8 for each player and are willing to start the game in the second row, ahead of all other pieces of our "army". They move only forward, one by one, as a rule. However, to "Trap" have to do against a figure that is on the box front-right or front-left. They can not catch the front piece. In its first move, a pawn can move two squares instead of one. This is important to name the play capture the step, which involves capturing a pawn as if in the third box if you come straight to the fourth. They can only do the peons. When a pawn gets to reach the end of the board, the player will choose that piece makes, except the king or another pawn.
• Torres: There are two, at the ends of the first line. His movements are forward-backward-left-right, all the boxes we want / we (as the horse is the only one who can "jump" pieces). To capture what makes any piece except the pawn moves to a box (which can, of course) and exchange your piece for the "captured," leaving the board.
• Horses: There are also two to go around making an L (two boxes to one side and another in another direction perpendicular to the first) and can jump, like good horses.
• Bishops: In English is called "bishop," which means "bishop", but let's not get into that. The bishops also are two, one to be located on a white square and one on a black, and given their possible moves (only diagonal anything we like) will always stay on that color.
• Lady: The lady, good wife, is next to the king to start the game and becomes the most valuable piece in terms of movement is concerned. You can move in any direction (forward, backward, left, right and four diagonals) all you want. The piece is usually chosen when the pawn reaches the end.
• King: Like the lady, but only one square at a time.

Any piece can be captured without notice if it can be done, except the king, who when threatened by a player, it says "check" to warn the contrary. The player must choose among the possible options for putting his king safe. If you move a move that we allow our king discovered, change of play, the opponent can not catch us the king, period. The object is to checkmate, the king left no loophole.

But beware, because you can give a circumstance that makes us be in a draw (tie). If the king is not threatened, but any movement of any part leads to a situation of threat, otherwise we will be drowned and the game ended in a draw.

We should also mention the castle, which is a movement by which the king and one of its towers (provided that none of them have been moved) change their positions. There are two types of castling, castling short and castling long.

We will comment more about this noble sport on successive days.