Chess

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Some chess pieces: (from left to right) white king, black rook, black queen, white pawn, black knight and white bishop.

Chess is an ancient strategy game that some believe to have originated in India. It is played by two individuals on an 8x8 grid. The objective is to maneuver one's pieces so as to trap the opposing king in "checkmate". This book will cover the basic pieces of chess, before going on to some more advanced topics.

[edit] Table of Contents

1. Playing The Game
2. Notating The Game
3. Tactics
4. Tactics Exercises
5. Strategy
6. Basic Openings
7. Sample chess game
8. The Endgame
9. Variants
10. Tournaments

The Wikibooks opening explorer, which treats the chess openings in much more detail, may be found at Opening theory in chess.

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