GAME RULES

It is a board game meant for two people.

The game is played on a square board called a chessboard, which consists of 64 black and white squares set alternatively, with 32 pieces (chessmen), half of which is light and the other half dark (called black and white no matter what color they are).

The situation of each square is defined by specific coordinates consisting of letters and numbers. The letters and numbers are placed around chessboard.

Each player has 16 pieces (chessmen) to play.

The pieces are:

Special moves:

The players move the pieces alternatively, one piece in each turn (castling is the exception). The player who plays white pieces performs the first move.

During the turn, a player has to make a move.

A piece is moved by clicking the piece with the mouse (when the help option is switched on, having clicked the piece with the right mouse button, all the facilities are highlighted), and then clicking the square the player wants the figure to land. If the move is impossible or incorrect, the piece remains on the spot.

A player’s piece can land on the square occupied by the piece which belongs to the opponent. The piece is captured then and does not participate in the game.

The only piece which cannot be captured in the game is the King; it can only get a mate.

A mate is the situation when the King is threatened with capturing at all the squares to be moved to as well as the square it is occupying; with no possibility to capture the piece the attacking piece or to prevent from the attack.

The mate for the opponent’s King is the only way to win the game (unless the opponent resigns from the game before).

GAME OVER

The game is over when one of the players wins or there is a draw.

The game is won by one of the players if:

There is a draw if: