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The chess board has 64 squares over 8 horizontal ranks and 8 vertical files. Each player has 16 chess pieces White at one side and black at the other. These pieces include pawns, knights, bishops, rooks, queens, and kings. In total, each side has 8 pawns, 2 rooks, 2 knights, 2 bishops, and a single queen and king. The pawns are situated in the second position in front of other chess pieces. The rooks sit in the corners, next to them the knights, then the bishops. The queen sits on the square of her own color, and the king is placed next to her.
Learning the basic rules of chess is quiet easy! You might have seen people playing the game of chess or a chess board on TV, or maybe heard some news about the famous chess players.
What Are The Rules Of Chess?
Moving Pawns
A pawn generally moves one square forward. From the initial position, the pawn can even move two squares forward if required. Pawns, as loyal soldiers, are only permitted to go forward, but never go backward.
Moving Rooks
The rook is allowed to move along one whole file both vertically and horizontally and can take any piece which terminates its way.
Moving Knights
The horse-shaped knight is the only chess piece which can jump over other pieces! The knight moves in an L-shape direction from any square on the board. This means that every time the knight moves, it stands on the opposite color from where it started.
Moving Bishops
The bishop dominates the diagonals. It can move back and forth as many squares as required on the diagonals but only stays on one color either on black or white. It takes a piece by moving onto its square, just like the knight. The value of the bishop is similar to the knight and is equal to 3 pawns.
Moving Queen
The queen has the freedom of movement. She can move in any direction diagonally, horizontally and vertically as many squares as required, and traps pieces by moving on to their square. She is the most desired chess piece on the chessboard after the king.
Moving King
The king can also move in any direction on the board, but only one square at a time. He has to be well protected throughout the game because if the king is trapped, you lose the game! The value of the king is undefined as it can’t be captured or exchanged. Some chess masters claim that in the endgame, the king is worth 4 pawns. This is because, in most endgames, there are no longer any dangers for the king.
These were some of the rules!
Another important thing is while playing a chess tournament you have to record all the chess moves on a score sheet. For sure, these are not all the rules of chess, but the others you can easily learn throughout your journey, such as the in passing rule, castling, or promoting pawns and many others.

By: Saksham Gupta
Content: https://www.ichess.net/blog/rules-of-chess/