The main objective in chess is to checkmate your opponent's king. T his means the king is in a position to be captured (in check), and there is no legal move to prevent the capture.
The chessboard consists of 64 squares, arranged in an 8x8 grid. Each player starts with 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns.
The king moves one square in any direction.
The queen can move any number of squares along a rank, file, or diagonal.
The rook can move any number of squares along a rank or file.
The bishop can move any number of squares diagonally.
The knight moves to any of the squares immediately adjacent, followed by a square that is one step further in the same direction, making an "L" shape.
The pawn moves forward one square, but captures diagonally. On its first move, a pawn may advance two squares forward.
When a pawn reaches the opposite side of the board, it will be promoted to a queen, even if you still have a queen on the board.
The game is won by putting the opponent's king in a position where it cannot escape capture (checkmate).