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Chess
(Mad Queen's Chess, Queen's Chess, Échecs, Schach, Ajedrez, Xadrez, Scacchi)
Ruleset:
Standard
Game
See the game Chess for more details.
Period(s)
Medieval, Modern
Summary
Standard ruleset.
Description
These are the internationally recognized rules for Chess.
Rules
Played on an 8x8 board with pieces with specialized moves: Pawns (8): can move one space forward; Rooks (2): can move any number of spaces orthogonally; Bishops (2): can move any number of spaces diagonally; Knight (2): moves in any direction, one space orthogonally with one space forward diagonally; Queens (1): can move any number of spaces orthogonally or diagonally; Kings (1): can move one space orthogonally or diagonally. Players capture pieces by moving onto a space occupied by an opponent's piece. Player wins when they checkmate the other player's king.
Concepts
Browse all concepts for Standard here.
Reference
Wikipedia
Other Rulesets
Identifiers
DLP.GameRulesets.44
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