CHESS
AGES:
8+
PLAYERS:
2
EQUIPMENT:
16 white & 16 black chess pieces, game
board
SET-UP:
Lots are drawn to establish who has the white
chessmen and, thus, who can move first. This player is then
allotted the 16 white chess pieces and the other player the
16 black chess pieces. The board is positioned so that each
player has a dark corner square on his left. The rooks are
positioned on the two corner squares to the left and right.
Next to these come the two knights, one on the left and
one on the right. Next to these come the two bishops and in
the center, the queen and king. The white queen is always
positioned on a light square and the black queen on a dark
square. The eight pawns are then placed adjacently in the
second row in front of these chess pieces.
GAME PLAY:
The pawns can only move forward. For the
first advance from its initial square on the second rank, the
pawn has the option of moving one or two squares, but
thereafter may move only one square at a time. The rook
moves only on the ranks and files any distance and the
bishop moves only on the diagonals. The queen can move
in any direction. The knights are the only pieces which are
able to change direction during the course of a move and
“jump over” one’s own or one’s opponent’s pieces; a knight
takes one step of one single square along the file or rank
and then, still moving away from the square that it has left,
takes one step along the diagonal. The king may move in
any direction, one step at a time.
All pieces start from the pawns in the normal direction of
movement described above. However, the pawns which
normally only move in a straight line, may only capture
diagonally to the front, left or right and only while moving
forward. It is not obligatory to capture your opponent. If the
king is threatened, check must be given (the player must
declare check). The opponent is then obliged to protect his
king by moving the king to another square or moving one
or his own pieces between it and the threatening token or
capturing the opposing attacker. If he is unable to make any
of the above moves, the king is said to be checkmated and
the game ends is favor of the opponent.
CASTLING:
Castling is a compound move of the king and
one rook (formally called ‘castle) that may be made, if at all,
only once in a game. It is legal if neither the king nor the rook
has yet moved. If all the squares between them on the rank
are vacant, and no adverse piece commands two squares
nearest the king on the side on which castling is to be carried
out, and if the king is not in check. The move is executed
by moving the king two squares towards the rook and then
placing the rook on the square passed over by the king.
CHECKERS
PLAYERS:
2
EQUIPMENT:
12 red & 12 black pieces, game board
OBJECT:
Capture all your opponent’s tokens.
SET-UP:
Place the game board so that there is a black
square to the left of each player. Using the black and red
tokens, each player places four tokens on the first three
rows nearest him or black squares i.e.. 12 tokens per player.
Black always starts, and play is only on the black squares.
GAME PLAY:
A token moves diagonally one square at a
time, forward-not backward. If a token reaches the far side
of the board it becomes a king (stack two playing pieces
to indicate a king) and can now move diagonally in any
direction. A token may also “leap-frog” over another token
if there is a vacant square beyond and if the other token
belongs to the opponent. The jumped token is removed
from the board (captured). If a player fails to capture an
opponent’s token the opponent’s token may on his next turn
remove the offending token. This does not counts as his
move.
WINNER:
Play continues until one player wins by capturing
all of his opponent’s tokens, or a draw is declared.
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