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Line 1: − + − Shaturanga used [[dice]], but [[Hinduism]] bans gambling. As a result, the game of chess developed free from any dice or chance.+ − Modern international chess has a powerful, sweeping [[queen]] who was not in the original game. The long reach of bishops today was also lacking at first. Maneuvers such as castling or capturing en passant have been developed within the past few hundred years.+ − Today, chess is one of the most popular board games in the world. International competition, including world championship events, is organized by an organization called FIDE and American competition organized by the USCF (United States Chess Federation). The only American world champion was [[Robert J. Fischer]]. The current world champion is Russian Vladimir Kramnik.+ +
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[[Image:Staunton chess set.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A typical chess set and tournament clock.]]
[[Image:Staunton chess set.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A typical chess set and tournament clock.]]
'''Chess''' is a turn-based board game for two players, and is generally considered the most popular game in the world.<ref>[http://50.lycos.com/082902.asp Equally Popular:Board Games], ''Lycos''</ref> Chess has its roots in [[India]], where locals played a game called Shaturanga. The earliest extant description of the game is contained in the [[Bhavishya Purana]], which dates from A.D. 300 to A.D. 600. [[European]] travelers visited India in the 15th century, and brought back knowledge of the game, and modern chess was developed in southern Europe. The goal of the game is to place the opposing king into ''checkmate'', that is, a position in which the king is attacked and cannot escape from this situation.
'''Chess''' is a turn-based board game for two players, and is generally considered the most popular game in the world.<ref>[http://50.lycos.com/082902.asp Equally Popular:Board Games], ''Lycos''</ref> The goal of the game is to place the opposing king into ''checkmate'', that is, a position in which the king is attacked and cannot escape from this situation.
Modern international chess has a powerful, sweeping [[queen]] who was not in the original game. The long reach of bishops today was also lacking at first. Maneuvers such as castling or capturing en passant have been developed within the past few hundred years.
Today, chess is one of the most popular board games in the world. International competition, including world championship events, is organized by an organization called FIDE and American competition organized by the USCF (United States Chess Federation). The only American world champion was [[Robert J. Fischer|Bobby Fischer]]. The current world champion is Russian Vladimir Kramnik.
==Origins==
Chess has its roots in [[India]], where locals played a game called Shaturanga. The earliest extant description of the game is contained in the [[Bhavishya Purana]], which dates from A.D. 300 to A.D. 600. Shaturanga used [[dice]], but [[Hinduism]] bans gambling. As a result, the game of chess developed free from any dice or chance. [[European]] travelers visited India in the 15th century, and brought back knowledge of the game, and modern chess was developed in southern Europe.
==Pieces==
==Pieces==