Codebloc・Chess

Game rules

Chess is a 2-player game, here's how to play:

Objective: Checkmate your opponent's king while protecting your own.
Game setup: The game is played on an 8x8 board. Each player begins with 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns.
Gameplay:
1. Players take turns moving one piece at a time, following each piece's movement rules.
2. Piece movement:
  1. King: one square in any direction.
  2. Queen: any number of squares in any direction.
  3. Rook: any number of squares vertically or horizontally.
  4. Bishop: any number of squares diagonally.
  5. Knight: moves in an L-shape (two squares in one direction, then one square perpendicular).
  6. Pawn: one square forward (or two squares from its starting position); captures one square diagonally forward.
3. Special moves:
  1. Castling: a move involving the king and a rook under certain conditions.
  2. En passant: a special pawn capture immediately after an opponent's two-square advance.
  3. Promotion: a pawn reaching the last rank is promoted to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight.
4. The goal is to checkmate the opponent's king (place it under threat of capture with no legal escape).
Winning the game: A player wins by checkmating the opponent’s king. A draw can occur in several situations (stalemate, repetition, insufficient material, etc.).
Credit: Chess pieces designed by Cburnett - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0

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