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Submitted By:-

Kaushal Kumar Jha

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Submitted To:-

Mr. Gaurav Suryan

Module Lecturer

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ASIA PACIFIC INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY


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CHESS



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HISTORY OF

CHESS The game of chess is thought to have originated in

what is now northern India or Afganistansometime before 6OO AD.

The first international chess tournament was theLondon Tourney of 1851, won by Adolf Anderssenof Germany.

The first OFFICIAL championship chess

tournament was played in 1866, also in Londonand won by Steinitz, a Bohemian(Czechoslovakian).



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Chess is a game played by two players, who

we'll call White and Black.

It is played on a board of 64 squares. Eachsquare can be empty or occupied by a piece.

The initial position of the game consists of 16

white pieces and 16 black pieces



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Arrangement of pieces are as shown in thefollowing diagram.


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The king moves orthogonally or

diagonally only one square at a

time.

King

The queen movesorthogonally or diagonally,

any number of squares.

Queen

The rook moves orthogonally

to the players (forward,backward, left or right) any

number of squares.

Rook



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The bishop moves diagonally any number ofsquares and always stays on one of the two

chequered colours. Bishop

The knight moves in an "L"-shape (two

spaces in one direction and one space

orthogonally to it). It is the only piece

that can jump over other pieces.Knight

The pawn moves one space straight

forward (away from the player). If there is anenemy piece diagonally (either left or right)

one space in front of the pawn, the pawn

may move diagonally to capture that piece.

Pawn


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When a player makes a move that

threatens the opposing king with capture,

the king is said to bein check

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If a player's king is in check then the player

must make a move that eliminates thethreat of capture, which does not

necessarily mean the king must be moved.



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If a player's king is placed in check and

there is no legal move that player can make

to escape check, then the king is said to becheckmated, the game ends, and that player

loses.



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William Steinitz won 25 games in a row

between 1873 and 1882.

Mikhail Tal's run of 93 games is the mostunbeaten no of streak in chess between oct

1973 to oct 1974.

Gary Kasporov of U.S.S.R. has the most no ofconsecutive tournament wins of 15 tournament.

He is also the youngest ever world champion of

chess.



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A dispute over tournamentprocedures between Kasparov andthe international chess organizationF.I.D.E. had resulted effectively in

TWO world co-champions: Karpovand Kasparov. Recently, however,Vishy Anand (bottom right) has wonthe F.I.D.E. championship and is seenby most as the world's chess champ.

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FIDE stands for Federation International desEches.

FIDE is also going to start a OSCAR award in

chess.



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www.fide.com/news.asp?id=931 on 19/04/07 at

11p.m.

www.answers.com/topic/corus-chess-

tournament on 19/04/07 at 11.30 p.m.

www.chessgraphics.net on

22/04/07 at 4 p.m.

www.chess-mate.com on

22/04/07 at 4.30 p.m.

www.hickerphoto.com on 22/04/07 at 4.45 p.m.

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