Introduction to Chess

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SPORT NAME: Chess
SPORT TYPE: | Strategy Game | Board Game | Mind Sport |

What is Chess?
Chess is a two player strategy table top game played on a board marked with 64 squares. Players move several different types of pieces around the board, which each type of piece being allowed to make only one type of movement. The goal of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, which means to attack it at a point in the game where it cannot escape.

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