The Art of Chess

THE ART OF CHESS “Chess is a war over the board. The objective is to crush the opponent’s mind.” – Bobby Fischer A digital sports handbook: The Art of Chess BY: JACOB AND JASON TABULA

About the Authors Jacob Tabula - Jason Tabula Hello! My names is James Jacob S. Tabula and I am a grade 11 STEM student in Casa Del Niño Montessori and Science High School. How's your day? For me, every day's just a normal day for a typical senior high school student like me, who loves online games, watching movies, and anything you can imagine a teenager likes. I am one of the authors of this digital handbook, and before you start reading I would just like to send my best regards! Hope you find this interesting and have a good read! 01

About the Authors Jacob Tabula - Jason Tabula Hi, I'm James Jason S. Tabula one of the author of this digital book The Art of Chess, I am currently a student and studying at Casa Del Nino Science High School Grade 11 STEM Student. I enjoy playing instruments such as violin and guitar as well as playing online video games and watching anime. I would love to send my regards for all of the readers out there, and I certainly hope that you will learn something new about chess in our digital book 02

What is chess? Chess is a sport played by two players at the same time. It is played everywhere, from stadiums, theatres, houses, malls and even streets, as long as you have the proper equipment to play it. Chess can be friendly or competitive, even having it's own tournaments worldwide. Chess Structure There are two sides of the chess, we call them the black and white side. Each side contains 16 pieces each, for a total of 32 pieces all played in a 64-squared board with alternating colors. Another important thing to note is that every one of the pieces has its own role in the game. “Life is a kind of Chess, with struggle, competition, good and ill events” - Benjamin Franklin 03

HISTORY of chess Chess originated from a tale in the 6th century, when a young prince of the Gupta empire (located in India) died in battle. His older brother wanted to describe the scene to their grieving mother, thus devising the game \"chaturanga\" which is set on an 8x8 board called \"ashtapada\" It was termed \"chess\" when the game spread to Persia, coming from the word \"shah\" which means \"king\". It was mainly used for military strategy during the medieval era. When it reached Asia it developed many variants such as \"shogi\", \"tamerlane\" and \"go\". Finally reaching Europe, it became our modern day chess 04

HISTORY of chess At the start of 15th Century, modern chess was born. A piece called \"advisor\" was replaced by a piece called \"queen\". This accelerated the pace of the game giving birth to new rules and creating techniques known as \"endgames\" and \"openings\". By the 18th century, chess theory was developed, which explained how chess games are won. During the 19th century, chess international competitions rose, signaling a geopolitical importance to some countries, particularly the Soviet Union. Soviet Union dominated championships for the rest of the century. At the peak of 1997 however, \"Deep Blue\" the first ever chess-playing computer invented was able to beat a chess champion from the Soviet. 05

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Objectives CHESS GOAL-CHECKMATE-STALEMATE CHECKMATE STALEMATE 07

Chess On an 8x8 64-squared board, stands a total of 32 pieces, these are the objects of the game, those that gives life to chess and it's countless possibilities. These pieces are divided into to major colors, \"white\" and \"black\" having 16 pieces per color. Each piece has its own roles, and players take turns on who moves, however the general rule is that at the beginning of the game, the one playing \"white\" will be moving first. There are various ways to determine who plays \"white\", it could be an agreement between the players, or even a flip-coin, since there is no official rule in determining who plays white. NAME OF PIECES King - 1 pc. Queen - 1 pc. Rook - 2 pcs. Bishop - 2 pcs. Horse/Knight - 2 pcs. Pawn/Soldier - 8 pcs. 08

MOVEMENT PATTERN OF KING QUEEN - The king can only move one square - The queen can move at multiple at a time on all directions. squares in all directions. -The king can capture pieces that is in -The queen can capture pieces in its its movement vicinity. movement path. - The king can't move into a position that will cause the \"check\" status. ROOK BISHOP - The rook can only move at multiple - The bishop can only move at multiple squares vertically and horizontally. squares diagonally. - The rook can capture pieces in its -The bishop can capture pieces on its movement path. path. KNIGHT/HORSE PAWN - The knight moves in an \"L\" pattern, 2 - The pawn can only move forward one squares vertically and 1 square square at a time. horizontally. -The pawn captures pieces diagonally -The horse can only capture pieces on in a one-square vicinity. where it lands after movement. 09

1. Chess Board A chess board is a square board with 64 squares alternating light and dark. It is used in playing chess. 2. Chess Set A chess set has a 32 chess pieces consisting of colors black and white (16 each). It is used on chess board to play chess. 3. Chess Clock Chess clock are used in chess to keep track of the total time of each player in each of their own moves. 10

Facts you might not know about chess 1. The word \"Checkmate\" 4. Computer beats a \"gm\" The word \"checkmate\" is used in the game A computer called \"DeepThought\" became of chess to renounce the opponent's king. the first computer to ever beat a Grand The word is derived from the Arabic word Master back in 1988, California. \"shah mat\" meaning the king is helpless in english. 2. before its \"queen\" 2. \"en passant\" The queen is the most powerful piece in the game of chess. In the past, the piece is A move in chess wherein the pawn moves called the \"advisor\" and was the weakest two steps instead of one at the start of piece on chess that can only move one the game. Introduced back in 1280 in piece diagonally. Now in the present, the Spain. advisor piece is now called the queen and can move in any direction on the chess 3. possible combination count board. There are roughly 69,352,859,712,417 possible move combinations that can be played on a game of chess. 11

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Anataloy karpov Former Russian world chess champion player. had a peak Elo rating of 2780, and his 102 total months at world number one is the third longest of all time, He was later defeated by Garry Kasparov. Bobby Fischer Bobby Fischer was an American chess grandmaster and the 11th world chess champion. Became a chess prodigy at the age of 13, and became the youngest U.S. champion. Garry Kasparov Former Russian grandmaster, became the world no 1. chess champion for over 250 months overall in his career. His Elo rating peak at 2851 (1999). He later retired in late 2005. Magnus Carlsen Norwegian chess grandmaster who is the current world chess champion. Became a chess prodigy at age 13 and grandmaster at age 15. His peak Elo rating is at 2882, the highest in the history. 13

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“Without the element of enjoyment, it is not worth trying to excel at anything.” MAGNUS CARLSEN A digital sports handbook: The Art of Chess BY: JACOB AND JASON TABULA