Sports are very important in life. Many sports are played with physical exertion, while some are played with mental exertion. Among them, chess is considered to be the number one game for brain exercise. 20th July is celebrated as International Chess Day every year. Because, on this day in 1924 the International Chess Federation (FIDE) was founded.
Commencement of International Chess Day
The idea of celebrating this day as International Chess Day was first proposed by UNESCO. International Chess Day has been celebrated since 1966 after the establishment of FIDE. On this day, FIDE organizes chess events and competitions around the world.
Beginning of chess
The origin of chess has been a matter of debate since its inception. Chess is said to have originated in India, China, Russia, and Central Asia. Chess is believed to have originated from chess played in India.
How is chess played?
This game can be played by 2 players. The pieces in chess has different names. A player has 8 pawns, 2 bishops, 2 knights, 2 camels and 1 king and 1 queen. 8 pawns are ahead. And elephants, horses, camels and kings, queens are behind him.
Both players have one red pieces and one black pieces. So both can identify their own pieces.
The importance of every move
In chess any one player plays the first move. It aims to kill the king of the opposite player. In this game you have to think one move at a time. And you have to pay attention to the moves of the opposite player.
One wrong move in this game can turn the entire game from a win to a loss.
An understanding of pieces
- King – King is the most important in this game. The whole game is played to save the king. He can take only one step in any direction.
- Rani – Rani is also known as Wazir by some people. He is the most powerful player in the game. It can run as far as it wants in any direction.
- Elephant – An elephant can walk as far as it wants. But it can run only in vertical or horizontal direction. He cannot walk sideways.
- Camel – Camel can also walk as much as it wants. But cannot walk vertically or horizontally only in a diagonal direction.
- Horse – A horse’s gait is different from that of a horse. He can walk two and a half steps in any direction. Can run in any direction in an L shape.
- Pawn – A pawn acts like a soldier. It goes one step further. But another hits the piece diagonally. A pawn can move only one step. It can move 2 steps in its first move. is He cannot walk backwards. If someone gets in front of a pawn, he can’t even move back.
- Checkmate – Checkmate is called when the king is surrounded from all sides and the king cannot escape. If the king cannot move after checkmate, the game ends there and the opponent wins.
Grand Master – International Chess Day
Among the top 10 chess players in India are Vishwanath Anand, Pantala Harikrishna, Bhaskaran Adhiban, Krishna Sashikaran, Vidit Santosh Gujarati, Parimanjan Negi, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Abhijit Gupta, Sethuraman S. P. is Arvinj Chithambaram.
Grand Master is considered the highest title in chess and a total of 45 players from India have won this title.
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