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Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a checkerboard with #64 squares arranged in an #8 x #8 grid. 

Each player starts with #16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns.

The objective of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, which means putting it under attack with no legal move available to escape capture.

Players take turns moving their pieces, with the white pieces moving first.

Each piece has a specific way of moving. 

The pawn can move one or two squares forward on its first move and then one square forward on subsequent moves. It captures diagonally one square forward.

The knight moves in an L-shape, two squares in any direction followed by one square perpendicular to that direction.

The bishop moves diagonally any number of squares.

The rook moves horizontally or vertically any number of squares.

The queen can move in any direction along a straight line. 

The king can move one square in any direction.

There are also special moves such as castling, en passant, and promotion.

Castling allows the king and rook to move simultaneously under certain conditions.

En passant is a pawn capture that can occur after an opposing pawn moves two squares forward from its starting position.

Promotion occurs when a pawn reaches the opposite side of the board and can be exchanged for any other piece.

Chess is a popular game that is played at all levels, from casual play to international tournaments. It is also widely studied by chess enthusiasts as a means of developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

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