About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Chess, Board game, Diplomacy, War and Peace, The Game of Life: Twists & Turns, List of board games, Terakh, NewVenture Games, Rail Baron, Sector 41, Caylus, Agricola, Bushido, Playing Gods, Nazi board games, Tundra, Hijara, Rhumb Line, Mojo, Djambi, Glasnost The Game, Mozaic, Coin Hopping--Washington D.C., Ubongo, CirKis, Air Charter, Shogun, Chicken Cha Cha Cha, Batoo, Set Cubed, Le Havre, Diaballik, Killer Bunnies and the Journey to Jupiter, Alcatraz, Polarity, Dorn boardgame, Logo Board Game, Imperial 2030, Blood Feud in New York, Guardians of Graxia, Melee, Kobenhavn, Blood Royale, BoardSpace.net, Pocket Box, Verso Recto, Pack & Stack, Tornado Rex, Nard, Grind, Marrakech, Home version, Khronos, Ugolki, London Cabbie, Oxford Games, Inkognito, Notable Quotables, The Really Nasty Horse Racing Game, Board game development, Dirty Minds, Quicksand, Fresco, List of Japanese board games, PlayDate, Leela, Basilinda, Halo, Shadow Hunters, Word Up, Brass, Garden Party, Operation: Novgorod, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Finca, Work farce, Asymmetric board. Excerpt: Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments. Each player begins the game with sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns, each of these types of pieces moving differently. Pieces are used to attack and capture the opponent's pieces. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king by placing it under threat of capture ("check") which cannot be avoided. In addition to checkmate, the game can be won by the voluntary resignation of one's opponent, which may occur...
