2nd Lesson

The game is played on a square chequered chessboard. At the start, each player ("White" and "Black") controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The queen is the most powerful piece, the king is the piece, player should be protected . The object of the game is to 'checkmate' the opponent's king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (must say "check") and there is no way to remove it from attack on the next move. Theoreticians have developed extensive chess strategies and tactics since the game's inception. If youre in check, you must move out, you have no other choice

The tradition of competitive chess began in the 16th century. The first official World Chess Champion, Wilhelm Steinitz, claimed his title in 1886; his modern equivalent, Vladimir Kramnik, is the 14th Champion in the lineage. There are also biennial world team events called Chess Olympiads. Since the 20th century, two international organizations, the World Chess Federation and the International Correspondence Chess Federation have organized and overseen the top chess competitions and international titles.

Introduce Myself

Hello,

I'm a chess's fans. First time I playing chess is with my friends after SRP's exam. It's 12 years ago. After that, I very commited to learn about chess. When I study at form 4, my change has come. One of my teacher is chess's club tutor. With him, I'm study hard about chess.

For 2 years, I join many challenge of chess. I learn many thing about opening game, middle game, end game, attack's strategies and defense's strategies. And now, I want to give a lesson for newbies about 'Chess World'.

For first lesson, Chess is a recreational and competitive strategy game of skill for two players. Sometimes it's called Western Chess or International Chess to distinguish it from its predecessors and other chess variants, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe in the second half of the 15th century after evolving from similar, much older games of Asian origin. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular sports, played by an estimated 605 million people worldwide in clubs, online, by correspondence (mail and e-mail), in tournaments (amateur and professional) and informally. Aspects of art and science are found in chess composition and theory. Chess is also advocated as a way of enhancing mental prowess.

OK, for today...'class' is over now...See you again :)