♟️ Chess

How to Play Chess

Objective: Checkmate the opponent's king.

Pieces:

• ♔ King — moves 1 square any direction
• ♕ Queen — any number of squares in any direction
• ♖ Rook — any number of squares horizontally or vertically
• ♗ Bishop — any number of squares diagonally
• ♘ Knight — L-shape: 2+1 squares
• ♙ Pawn — moves forward 1 (2 on first move), captures diagonally

Special Rules:

• Castling: King and rook move together (king 2 squares toward rook)
• En passant: Capture pawn that just moved 2 squares
• Promotion: Pawn reaching last rank becomes a queen (auto)

Controls: Click a piece to select, then click destination square. Auto-deselect with right-click.