BASIC RULES OF PLAY
Article 1: The nature and objectives of the game of chess
1.1 The game of chess is played between two opponents who move pieces alternately on a square board called a 'chessboard'. The player with the white pieces commences the game. A player is said to 'have the move' when his opponent's move have been made. (See Article 6.7)
1.2 The objective of each player is to place the opponent's king 'under attack' in such a way that the opponent has no legal move. The player who achieves this goal is said to have 'checkmated' the opponent's king and to have won the game. Leaving one's own king under attack, exposing one's own king to attack and also 'capturing' the opponent's king are not allowed. The opponent whose king has been checkmated has lost the game.
1.3 If the position is such that neither player can possibly checkmate, the game is drawn.
Article 2: The initial position of the pieces on the chessboard
2.1 The chessboard is composed of an 8x8 grid if 64 equal squares alternately light (the 'white' squares) and dark (the 'black' squares). The chessboard is placed between the players in such a way that the near corner square to the right of the player is white.
2.3 The initial position of the pieces on the chessboard is as follows: (Published on Feb. 23-March 01, 2009 Issue).
2.4 The eight vertical columns of squares are called 'files'. The eight horizontal rows of squares are called 'ranks'. The straight line of squares of the same color, running from one edge of the board to an adjacent edge, is called 'diagonal'.
Article 3: The moves of the pieces
3.1 It is not permitted to move a piece to a square occupied by a piece of the same color. If a piece moves to a square occupied by an opponent's piece, the latter is captured and removed from the chessboard as part of the same move. A piece is said to attack an opponent's piece if a piece could make a capture on that square according to the Articles 3.2 to 3.8. A piece is considered to attack a square even if such piece is constrained from moving to that square because it would then leave or place the king of its own color under attack.
3.2 The bishop may move to any square along a diagonal on which it stands.
3.3 The rook may move to any square along the file or the rank on which it stands.
3.4 The queen may move to any square along the file, the rank or a diagonal on which it stands.
3.5 When making these moves the bishop, rook or queen may not move over any intervening pieces.
3.6 The knight may move to one of the squares nearest to that on which it stands but not on the same rank, file or diagonal.
3.7 a. The pawn may move forward to the unoccupied square immediately in from of it on the same file, or
b. On its first move the pawn may move as in 3.7 .a: alternately it may advance two squares along the same file provided both squares are unoccupied, or
c. The pawn may move to a square occupied by an opponent's piece which is diagonally in front of it on an adjacent file, capturing that piece.
d. A pawn attacking a square crossed by an opponent's pawn which has advanced two squares in one move from its original square may capture this opponent's pawn though the latter had been moved only one square. This capture is only legal on the move following this advance and is called an 'en passant' square.
e. When a pawn reaches the rank furthest from its starting position it must be exchanged as part of the same move on the same square for a new queen, rook, bishop or knight of the pawn's color. The player's choice is not restricted to pieces that have been captured previously. This exchange of a pawn for another piece is called 'promotion' and the effect of the new piece is immediate.
THE 3.8 a. CONTINUATION WILL BE PUBLISHED NEXT ISSUE.
There is a possibility that Palau can send also a female player in the Oceania Zonal Chess Championship if the budget for it will be approved.
The promise of an airfare discount from Philippine Airlines in going to Australia by Philippine Ambassador to Palau Ramoncito Marino is not yet clear but a news that an Australian airline will fly Koror-Manila and Manila-Australia is a very much welcomed news.
Source: Chessmate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
Pages 13 & 15
Volume 18
April 13-19, 2009
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