There are no coins in the game of chess, but the game with coins played on a chess board is called checkers. The pieces are also called checkers. For the actual game chess, the pieces are called pawns, king, queen, bishops, knights, and rooks. Pawns are the pieces that look like SORRY! (the game) pieces. the king is usually the piece with a cross on top. The queen wears a crown. The bishops are the pawn-like pieces with a longish head and a slit in the side of the head. The knights look like horses. The rook is the piece that looks like a castle.
The objective of chess is to take the king to win the game(war).
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The game of Chess is played by two opponents with thirty-two chess pieces , sixteen pieces per opponent , upon a sixty-four square chess board . For the rules by which to play - look to the related link below .
a cross on the top
Yes. The Knight can move over your pieces or your opponents pieces while making its move, as long as it lands on either an unoccupied square or a square controlled by your opponent's piece.
The one that looks like a tower in a castle. == ==
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Chess was invented as a pass-time by Indian priests. It dates back to about 500 A.D. Chess was actually made to represent a battle. Rooks have the appearance of a tower, pawns look like soldiers, bishops look like the priests, knights look like horses and the king and queen look like royalty. And two opposing sides are fighting each other, trying to capture the king.
Rooks are also referred to and resemble "castles".
There are many places where one could purchase a timer for the game of chess. The best to look for chess timers would be electronics websites like Amazon.
It has 64 squares. Half of them are black and half of them are white.