Chess is a recreational and spirited game played between two players. Sometimes called Western chess or international chess to differentiate it from its predecessors and other chess variants, the present form of the game emerged in Southern Europe throughout the second half of the 15th century after developing from similar, much older games of Indian and Persian origin. Nowadays, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.
The game is played on a square chequered chessboard with 64 squares set in an eight-by-eight square. At the start, each player (one controlling the white pieces, the other controlling the black pieces) controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, whereby the king is below immediate attack (in "check") and there is no way to take away it from attack on the next move.
The game is played on a square chequered chessboard with 64 squares set in an eight-by-eight square. At the start, each player (one controlling the white pieces, the other controlling the black pieces) controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, whereby the king is below immediate attack (in "check") and there is no way to take away it from attack on the next move.
