Here are some basic rules guiding chess you need to know to become a chess master Setting up the Game In setting up a chess game, you should place your board such that you will have a white or lightlycolored square at the bottom right side Each player has to set all their pieces on the board before the start of the gameChess is a game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board containing 64 squares of alternating colors Each player has 16 pieces 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns The goal of the game is to checkmate the other king Checkmate happens when the king is in a position to be captured (in check) and cannot escape from captureLearning the rules of chess is easy Step 1 How to Setup the Chessboard At the beginning of the game the chessboard is laid out so that each player has the white (or light) color square in the bottom righthand side
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