Basics of CHESS
What is chess? Chess is a two player board game with its roots tracing back 1500 years in India with its old name as Chaturanga / Chatranj. Unlike other board games which are based on luck, chess is a very much strategic and tactics filled game replicating the war field of ancient times. Playing chess is fun but it also helps in increasing: Imagination/Visualisation Concentration Problem solving skills Increases IQ Optimises memory Chess board /Mat : Chess is played on a 8 x 8 squared board/mat with 16 dark and 16 light pieces(Usually black and white). A typical chess board looks like : If you have a closer look to the above image you can find the edges of each row and column are marked with some letters/numbers as "a to h" at the white and "h to a" at the black .These help in noting down the game which is played which will be detailed later. These letters are called as " Files " in chess and th