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The game of chess is played on a 64 square black and white board with each side having a total of 16 pieces at the start of the game. The objective of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king. Pawns more 1 square at a time and can only capture diagonally, knights move 2 squares ahead and then 1 sideways, bishops diagonally, rooks horizontally or vertically, forward or back, and queen can both move diagonally, aswell as straight, like rooks. The king can move only 1 square next to him.