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Chess is one of the oldest board games in the world, and also one of the most popular. Whether you want to learn chess to play casual games with your friends or to enter competitions, in this article you can learn all the information you need to know about the royal game .

What Is Chess?

Chess is a board game played by two opponents that represents a battle between two realms. It is one of the most well-known games globally. Millions of individuals engage in it for leisure and in professional competitions.

Chess is a turn-based tactical game with no concealed details. Because of this, the role of chance is almost entirely absent from the game.

Rules

When you are learning Chess,you need also to know a few things about the chessboard.(8x8 grid).A chessboard is made up of 64 squares, arranged in an 8x8 grid. These squares alternate in color, typically light and dark (white and black, or beige and brown), creating a checkerboard pattern.

The chessboard consists of 8 files, each containing 8 squares. The files are the vertical columns labeled from a to h (from left to right from White’s perspective, or right to left from Black’s perspective).

From left to right, the highlighted files are the a-file, b-file, c-file, d-file, e-file, f file, g-file and h-file (we denote the files using the letters indicated below the chessboard).

In chess, the ranks refer to the horizontal rows on a chessboard. There are 8 ranks on a standard chessboard, numbered from 1 to 8, starting from the side of the board closest to the player controlling the white pieces.
A chessboard consists of 8 ranks, with each rank containing 8 squares. The ranks are the horizontal rows that extend across the board from one side to the other.The White player controls ranks 1 to 4, while the Black player controls ranks 5 to 8.The 1st rank is White's back rank and the 8th rank is the Black's back rank.From bottom to top, the highlighted ranks are the 1st rank, 2nd rank, 3rd rank, 6th rank, and 8th rank (we denote the ranks using the numbers indicated on the left of the chessboard).In a rank they are 8 squares and in a chessboard 8 ranks.

The White player controls ranks 1 to 4, while the Black player controls ranks 5 to 8.
The 1st rank is White's back rank and the 8th rank is the Black's back rank.

Highlighted in Red:White's back rank and with yellow the Black's back rank.

Each of the 64 squares on the chessboard have their own name. If you want to know the name of a square, then you simply check the letters and numbers on the side of the board. For example, the name of this square is e4.
Because it is on the e-file and the 4th rank.
You always say the letter first and then the number. You’ll say e4, not 4e.

A diagonal is a line of squares running at an angle across the chessboard, connecting two opposite corners. Diagonals can be classified based on their orientation (from top-left to bottom-right or from top-right to bottom-left) and their length (ranging from just a single square to the entire length of the board).
There are two main types of diagonals:
•Light-squared diagonals (diagonals consisting of only light-colored squares).
•Dark-squared diagonals (diagonals consisting of only dark-colored squares).
The Long Diagonals:
a1-h8 diagonal (from a1 to h8) and h1-a8 diagonal (from h1 to a8) are the longest diagonals on the chessboard. These diagonals stretch across the entire board, and controlling them is a key aspect of central and endgame strategies.
a1-h8 diagonal: It includes the squares a1, b2, c3, d4, e5, f6, g7, and h8.
h1-a8 diagonal: It includes the squares h1, g2, f3, e4, d5, c6, b7, and a8.
Central Diagonals:
d1-h5 diagonal and e1-h5 diagonal
In a chessboard there are 26 diagonals.

Chessboard squares are typically two colors, alternating in a predictable pattern. Commonly used colors are:
• Light squares(32): These are typically white, beige, or light-colored.
•Dark squares(32): These are usually black, brown, or dark-colored.
The center refers to the 4 squares in the middle (e4,e5,d4,d5) (small-center) and the (12)squares directly next to them (the large center).The corner squares are a1, a8 ,h1,h8.And the edges squares are the squares of the a file,h file,1st and 8th ranks.

Also you need to know the squares a1, a8 ,h1and h8 are known as the corners.

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