How to Play Chess

to set up a chessboard place all of the

white pieces on one side and all of the

black pieces on the other side your

pieces should be arranged in two rows

the back row should contain all of your

special pieces and the front row should

contain all of your pawns pawns are the

short pieces and they can only move

forward one square at a time however

when you capture a piece with a pawn the

pawn moves diagonally to organize the

back row place the rooks or towers on

either end

rooks can only move vertically or

horizontally but they can move as many

squares as you want then place the two

knights which usually look like horses

beside the two rooks the Knights can

only move in an l-shaped pattern where

the long part of the L is two squares

and the short part is one square Knights

are the only pieces on the board that

can jump other pieces then place the two

bishops beside the Knights the bishops

can only move diagonally but they can

move as many squares as you want finally

place the king and queen if you're

looking at the board the Queen should be

placed on the left and the king should

be placed on the right the Queen can

move vertically horizontally or

diagonally and she can move as many

spaces as you want the King can move in

any direction as well but he can only

move one square at a time the goal in

chess is to capture the opponent's king

while protecting your own the first

player to capture their opponent's King

wins