Millennium Europe Chess Champion M800, User Manual

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4 Chess
4.1 How to play chess
4.1.1 Chess pieces and basic positioning
Each of the players (“White” and “Black”) begins with 16 chessmen, or pieces, of his own
colour – namely one
king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and eight pawns.
KING:

QUEEN:

ROOK:

BISHOP:

KNIGHT:

PAWN:

The most important piece is the king, since
the object of the game is to put your opponent’s king
in a position where it cannot avoid being captured.
At the start, the pieces are arranged like this:










A common mistake during set-up is mixing up the queen and king, so remember: “white
queen, white square” and “black queen, black square”.

4.1.2 The moves
White makes the first move, then the players move alternately. When it is his turn, a player must
move one of his pieces onto a square which is either vacant or occupied by an enemy piece. In the
latter case the enemy piece is “captured”, i.e. removed from the board. Each type of piece has its
characteristic way of moving.