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is a Norwegian chess grandmaster

Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen born in

30 November 1990

He is a five-time World Chess Champion, the reigning five- time World Rapid Chess Champion, the reigning seven-time World Blitz Chess Champion, and the reigning Chess World Cup Champion.

Magnus Carlsen

CHESS is originated in? before the 6th century AD.

INDIA

is a Two-player Game, where one player is assigned white pieces and the other black.

Chess

Each player has? (material/chessmen) to start the game:?

16 chess pieces; one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and eight pawns.

In chess, what objective of the game is to?

capture the other player's king.

Chess board is consists of? squares in an? grid.

64 squares in an 8x8 grid.

In chess, Who is the player to move first?

The White player moves first.

In chess, What are the Equipment?

Chess Pieces


Chess Clocks


Score Sheets

The most familiar and popular pieces follow the Staunton pattern, first registered in? . Staunton pieces are required for most tournaments.

Chess; 1849 by Nathaniel Cook

used in the 19th century, were sandglasses, which kept track of each player's time on a different device. These were soon superseded by two connected analog clocks.

Chess Clocks

For recording the moves of a game are another necessity for tournament play

Score Sheets

move one square in any direction, so long as that square is not attacked by an enemy piece.

King

move diagonally, horizontally, or vertically any number of squares. They are unable to jump over pieces.

Queen

move horizontally or vertically any number of squares. They are unable to jump over pieces.

Rooks

move diagonally any number of squares. They are unable to jump over pieces.

Bishops

move in an „L" shape": two squares in a horizontal or vertical direction, then move one square horizontally or vertically.

Knights

move vertically forward one square, with the option to move two squares if they have not yet moved.

Pawns

capture one square diagonally in a forward direction.

Pawns

When Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by Muslim world and spread to

Southern Europe