Chess in Club Penguin *Kids Edition*

[Babidu]

Well, I made a thread on checkers already, but I also think that Chess would be a good idea. This time I didn't do everything myself, so I give the credit to a website called chessvarients.
It is pretty cool, and it is explained easy.

What is Chess?
Chess is a game played by two players. Each player moves one set of pieces, one set being called 'white' and the other set called 'black'. To start the game, the players place their pieces on the board as follows:


How do you play the game?
Once the pieces have been placed in their starting positions, the player who has the white pieces makes the first move. After the white player makes their move, the black player makes a move. The two players take turns making a move until the game ends.
! Important: a player may not skip their move. They must make a move.

How does a player make a move?

To make a move, a player chooses one of their pieces on the board, and moves it from its current square to another square. The square it moves to must either be empty, or contain a piece belonging to their opponent.
If the square contains an opponent's piece, then that piece is removed from the board and placed off to the side. This type of move is called 'capturing'.
How do pieces move?
In chess, there are six types of pieces. Each type of piece moves in a different way. This makes chess difficult to play at first because you have to remember how six different pieces move.

The Pawn's Move
The pawn is special because it has two different moves. One type of move is where it moves to the empty square directly in front of it.
The other type of move is where it moves to capture a piece in front on the left, or in front on the right.

A pawn's move
When a pawn moves straight
ahead, the square it moves to
must be empty.

A pawn's first move
On it's first move,
the pawn may move
two squares straight ahead.
It may not jump when
making this move.

The Kings Move
The King moves one square in any direction. He may not move to a square where he could be captured.
The Queen's Move
The Queen moves in a straight line in any direction. She may not jump over other pieces.

The Bishop Move
The Bishop moves straight, but not forwards, backwards, or sideways. He moves through the corners of the squares. He cannot jump over other pieces.
The Knights Move
The Knight (or Horse) is special because it can jump over other pieces. It moves by leaping two squares forwards, backwards, or sideways, and then turning and leaping one more square, making an 'L' shape.
The Rook Move
The Rook (or Castle) moves straight forwards, backwards, or sideways. It cannot jump over other pieces.

Special Moves Coming Soon.....

[Babidu]

The Special Move of the King
When you make a move that puts your opponent's King in danger of being captured, you tell your opponent you're attacking their King by saying "Check."
Your opponent must then make a move that protects their King. If they can't make such a move, then you win the game.
Why?
The moving player says "Check" as a polite way of telling their opponent that they have to protect their King on their next move.

Protecting The King
The Black King is being attacked by the White Queen. One way of protecting your King is to move it to a square that isn't being attacked. Here Black moves his King so that it is no longer attacked by the White Queen.

Protecting the King By Blocking
The Black King is being attacked by the White Queen. Another way of protecting your King is to move a piece that blocks the piece that is attacking your King. Here, Black moves his Knight to block White's Queen from attacking his King.

The King must be kept save
When you make a move, you can never make a move that will let your opponent capture your King.

Why?
Because if you did that, your opponent would capture your King and the game would end with you losing!! And no one would want to do that on purpose!

Winning a Game
A player wins the game when they can, on their next move, capture the opponent's King, and there's no move their opponent can make to prevent it.


Special Pawn Rule
You may wonder what happens when a pawn reaches the last row of the board. Does it just sit there unable to move? Does it disappear?

The answer is no! When you move a pawn to the last row, you remove the pawn from the board and replace it with another piece!! You can replace it with a Queen, or a Rook, or a Bishop or a Knight.

So three things happen on the turn where you move a pawn to the last row:

1. You move the pawn to the last row.
2. You remove the pawn from its square on the last row.
3. You put your replacement piece on that same square in the last row.

The new piece can now move on the next turn!


These were the basic rules of chess!

How do you like it?

[Kanilho]

I like chess, it's a good way to spend hours when i dont feel like playing videogames and it's cold outside.

It would be cool to have it in cp, though younger users may not understand the rules very well.

[Babidu]

Originally Posted by Kanilho

I like chess, it's a good way to spend hours when i dont feel like playing videogames and it's cold outside.

It would be cool to have it in cp, though younger users may not understand the rules very well.

Yeah, there are a lot rules in chess.

But, hey its fun.

[914mgtj914]

i love chess
its a fun and enjoyable game
im am very good at it

[Babidu]

How I see, you want chess more than checkers.

But, you should check that thread out too.

[Kanilho]

Originally Posted by Babidu

Yeah, there are a lot rules in chess.

But, hey its fun.

For sure, probably you could post some of the advanced moves, just to let ppl now some tricks.

[Babidu]

Originally Posted by Kanilho

For sure, probably you could post some of the advanced moves, just to let ppl now some tricks.

Yeah, I could update the bottom post.

[Kanilho]

Originally Posted by Babidu

Yeah, I could update the bottom post.

then thanks in advance, i remember some, if you want just let me translate them to english (different names for the pieces and the moves in portuguese)

[Babidu]

Originally Posted by Kanilho

then thanks in advance, i remember some, if you want just let me translate them to english (different names for the pieces and the moves in portuguese)

How about you helping me with the thread?