What is chess?

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Chess is a two-playerboard game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8x8 grid. Each player begins the game with sixteen pieces: One king, one [queen, two rooks, two knights,two bishops, and eight pawns.

Pieces movein different ways according to their type, and accordingly are used to attack and capture the opponent's pieces. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (in check) and there is no way to move or defend it.

The game's present form emerged in Europe during the second half of the 15th century, an evolution of an older Indian game, Shatranj Chaturanga.

Chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online and in tournaments.

For many years, computers have been the basis for creating chess-playingprograms, and their abilities and insights have contributed significantly to modern chess theory.

One, Deep Blue, was the first machine to overcome a reigning World Chess Champion in playing ability when it defeated Garry Kasparov in 1997.