CHESS

Its not just a game

CLARK KENT MANZANO
I. History of Chess
 A. Shaturanga
Invented around A.D. 600 in
northern India
Infantry - 4 pawns
Boatmen - a ship which could
move 2 squares diagonally
but could jump over
intervening pieces
Cavalry - like a knight
Elephant - rook
Rajah - king
4 players - 2 allied loosely
against the other 2
use of dice decided who went
when
 B. Shatranj
Gambling was forbidden in
India ,so they got rid of the
dice and did
other changes
by 650 AD the game had
reached the Arab kingdoms
became a 2 player game
2 Rajahs were demoted to
Prime Ministers
moves of the elephant and the
ships were swapped
resulting game was called
Shatranj
 B. Shatranj
(continued)
Theories on how Shatranj
was brought to Europe
1. Charlemagne & the
Empress Irene of the
Byzantine court were
contemplating marriage
and Charlemagne was
given a Shatranj set for a
present (but queen had too
much power) so he called
the wedding off!
2. Knights of the Cross
obtained the game from
Arab lands during the
Crusades (the court of
Saladdin held Shatranj in
high esteem)
 C. Other forms of
Chess

Chinese Chess Japanese Chess or

or Shiang-Chi Shogi
Sittuyin or Burmese Chess

Cambodian
Chess
Korean Chess
D. European Chess
D. European Chess
(continued)
Chess was
believed to reach
Spain by the 11th
century
Chess in the form
it is today
appeared in
Southern Europe at
the end of the 15th
century
D. European Chess
(continued)
Change in rules
2 square pawn advance
capturing en passant
castling
king remained
pawns remained foot
soldiers
elephant became the
bishop
chariot became the rook
queen became the most
Henry VIII Chess Set powerful piece
1 E. Other Chess 4

Sets
2
5

(1) American Civil War

3 (2) Gothic
(3) Sherlock Holmes
(4) Viking Raiders
(5) Roman
 Brief History of
Chess

Chess has been dated back

roughly 1500 years,
originating in India, then
spreading to Persia and then
Europe.
General Rules of
Chess
The goal of the game is to capture or trap
your opponents King, and this is called
checkmate.

White always moves first & players take

alternating turns, moving one chess piece
at a time.

Each chess piece has its own movement . A

piece may capture an opponents piece or
move to an unclaimed square.

A piece is captured by landing on the

appropriate square with the moving piece
and removing the defending piece from
play.
How to setup the
chess board

Your right side end square

should be white
White king should be in
black square and vice versa
Chess Pieces
Chess Pieces
The Pawn: Can only move
forward, from its original
starting position it can move
two spaces, but if it is not in its
original position it can only
move one space. The Pawn can
only capture one square
diagonally forward.
The Knight:

moves from one corner to

another in any 2x3 set of
squares(L shaped jump). It is
the only piece that can jump
over another chess piece.
The Bishop:
moves any number of squares
diagonally. There are two
bishops for each player,one
black and one white.black
bishop can only move in black
diagonals and white bishop in
white
The Rook:

moves any number of squares

horizontally or vertically .
The Queen

moves any number of squares

diagonally, vertically, or
horizontally.
The King:
the main chess piece, he can
move one square in any direction.
The side whos King is captured
first loses
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