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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> 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 one of the most popular games in the world. 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.
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.