The game of chess is played on a board of 64 squares in an 8x8 configuration. Each player gets 16 pieces to play with. One player gets white and the other gets black.

Starting with white, each player moves one piece at a time. The goal of the game is to put the other player in checkmate and I'll describe what that means in a minute. The rest of this tutorial is broken down into the following sections:

• Overview
• How to set up the board
• Moves
• How the pawn moves
• How the knight (also called the horse) moves
• How the bishop moves
• How the rook (also called the castle) moves
• How the queen moves
• How the king moves
• The object of the game
• Stalemate
• Draw
• Special Moves
• Pawn Promotion
• Piece Value
• Player Ratings