国际象棋 Chess

Chess is a recreational and competitive game played between two players，it is believed to have originated in ancient India, the current form of the game emerged in Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games.

The game is played on a square chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight square. At the start, each player (one controlling the white pieces, the other controlling the black pieces) controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king, whereby the king is under immediate attack (in "check") and there is no way to remove it from attack on the next move.

Chess made its Asian Games debut in 15th Asian Games, Doha, in 2006.

国际象棋是世界上最古老的搏斗游戏之一，与中国的象棋、围棋，日本的将棋同享盛名。一般认为国际象棋起源于印度，后传入其他国家。2006年第十五届亚运会（多哈）国际象棋成为亚运会正式比赛项目。

国际象棋棋盘是个正方形，由横纵各８格、颜色一深一浅交错排列的64个小方格组成。深色格称黑格，浅色格称白格，棋子就放在这些格子中移动。棋子共三十二个，分为黑白两组，各十六个，由对弈双方各执一组，兵种是一样的，分为六种：王(1)、后(1)、车(2)、象(2)、马(2)、兵(8)。

在正式比赛中，国际象棋棋子采用立体棋子。

（中国日报网英语点津 Helen 编辑）