| ; What You Need To Know | | | | since the pieces cannot slide from the board. They are |
| | | | made from various materials like wood, plastic or metal |
| Chess is a very popular game played by two players | | | | and come in variety of sizes as well. The chess |
| on a specifically designed chessboard. It is played by | | | | pieces are magnetized and adhere to the board by a |
| millions of people at home, in tournaments, clubs and | | | | metal plate fitted under the board. You can play with a |
| online all across the world. Chess is a very famous | | | | magnetic chess set in the car, train, boat, or space |
| game played by two players on a specifically designed | | | | shuttle! Well, maybe not during launch of the shuttle, but |
| chessboard. The game, as we know it today, | | | | you get the idea. |
| emerged in the southern part of Europe during the 15th | | | | Nowadays, electronic chess sets and electronic chess |
| century. The European chess evolved from a similar | | | | computers have become more popular since they are |
| but much older Indian game. | | | | also quite convenient for travel and easy to use. |
| Nowadays, chess is still one of the most popular | | | | These kinds of chess sets and boards even have |
| games worldwide and it is played by many people at | | | | some really nice features like a game storage and |
| home, in tournaments, clubs and online. It is a game that | | | | save function, which is very convenient if you want to |
| solidifies relationships between family and friends, | | | | pause your game and continue another day. |
| especially when mentoring is involved. | | | | Many chess computers allow you to play against the |
| There are many different variations of chess sets and | | | | computer at varying levels of difficulty, so you can |
| boards, however all of them have something in | | | | sharpen your skills before playing against a real person. |
| common. A typical chess board is divided into 64 | | | | It can also be fun to turn off the single player mode |
| squares colored in black and white and appointed in an | | | | and play against a real human opponent. |
| eight by eight grid. Depending on what you are looking | | | | No matter which of the chess sets and boards you |
| for, chess sets and boards can be found in many | | | | choose, the game will stay the same and the rules will |
| different sizes and variations. | | | | not change. If you’re new to the game, the first |
| A folding chess set, for example is one variation of a | | | | rule of chess is that a player in possession of white |
| chess set, which many people who play chess for fun, | | | | pieces always starts first. At the start of the game |
| find quite useful. There is also a special travel chess | | | | both players control the same amount of pieces |
| set, that is usually smaller in size. This kind of set could | | | | — a king and queen, two bishops, two knights, |
| be perfect if you are going on a vacation or camping | | | | two rooks and eight pawns. |
| since it doesn’t require much space and it is | | | | The goal of the game is to checkmate the other |
| easy to use. Folding and travel chess sets are usually | | | | player’s king. Checkmate means that the |
| made of some variation of wood. | | | | king cannot move away from an attack. Some |
| There are also magnetic chess sets available on the | | | | players call it war without bloodshed. Most avid players |
| market and they are considered to be very useful | | | | call it fun! |