Here is a basic overview of the game of chess: Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8x8 grid. Each player starts with 16 playing pieces - 8 pawns, 2 rooks, 2 knights, 2 bishops, 1 queen, and 1 king. The objective is to checkmate the opponent's king by placing it under an inescapable threat of capture. This occurs when a player's king is under attack by an opponent's piece and cannot evade or block that attack on the next move. Each type of piece moves in a different way. Pawns can only move forward one square at a time, while the rook moves any number of squares horizontally or vertically. The knight moves in an L-shape, while the bishop moves diagonally any number of squares. The queen combines the powers of the rook and bishop, while the king can move one square in any direction. Players take turns moving one piece per turn to the closest unoccupied square. Pieces are captured by moving to their ...