CHESS RULES Chess is an indoor game played between two players

Chess was invented in India of the 6th century as a war game. The chess board is made up of 64 dark and light squares. Each player has 16 pieces (a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns). The pieces are moved one at a time. To win the game, the opponent must be checkmated. Checkmate is when king is attacked (under check) and has no way to escape.