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The object Chess Titans is a game for two players, dubbed White and Black.

The goal is to c apture your opponent's king. In the game, this is known as a checkmate. The board Chess is played on a board with 64 squares. Each player begins with 16 pieces, l ined up in two rows. The first row is occupied by pieces called pawns. The next row contains: a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops, and two knights. How to play White goes first, then players alternate turns. Click a piece and then click the square where you want to move it. When you sele ct a piece, Chess Titans shows you where it can move by highlighting the square in blue; squares with enemy pieces available for capture are shown in red. Name How it moves King One square in any direction forward, backward, sideways, or diagonally. The king is the game's weakest piece, and its most important. Queen An unlimited number of unoccupied squares in any direction. The queen is the ga me's most powerful piece. Rook An unlimited number of unoccupied squares, but only forward, backward, or sidew ays. Bishop An unlimited number of unoccupied squares, but only diagonally. Knight In the shape of an "L" two squares in any direction, a 90-degree turn, and then o ne more square. The knight is the oddball of the game. Knights are also the only pieces that are allowed to jump other pieces. Pawn Two squares forward on its first move, one square forward thereafter. Exception : pawns capture enemy pieces by moving diagonally. It's illegal to move into a square occupied by one of your own pieces. If you en ter a square held by your opponent, the occupying piece is deemed captured and r emoved from the board. A checkmate occurs when the king is trapped by an enemy piece with no available escape route. When this happens, the king's square will glow red. Common maneuvers Castling This defensive maneuver designed to protect your king involves moving two pieces at once. It's the only time in chess that this is legal. In a castle, the king move s two spaces sideways, while the rook moves to the space the king skipped over. You're only allowed to castle if your king and rook are both in their original p ositions, the king isn't in check, and there are no pieces blocking the maneuver

. If castling is possible, Chess Titans shows where the king should go by turnin g the square purple. To make the move, click the square. En passant This rare but useful offensive move from the French for "in passing" is legal only u nder certain circumstances. It occurs when one of your pawns is stationed in the fifth row, and an enemy pawn in an adjacent column attempts to advance two squa res on its first move. Normally nal). By y square ediately the enemy pawn would evade capture (remember: pawns attack on the diago employing an en passant, you can move your piece diagonally to the empt behind the enemy pawn to capture it. This is legal only if executed imm following the enemy pawn's first move.

Pawn promotion Advance a pawn clear across the board, and you can promote it to rook, knight, b ishop, or queen. This increases the number of powerful pieces in your army. Upgr ading to queen is typically the best strategy.

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