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Checkmate: The Game Of Mind

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Chess is an outcome of the Indian game chaturanga before the 600s AD

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Also known as Shatranj in India, This game has significance all over world and today, 20 July is observed as 'World Chess Day'

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The chess board looks like black and white blocks with tranchess placed in opposite sides

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If any tranchess kills the king  of opposite side, they win

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Queen of chess can move vertically, horizontally and diagonally 

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Knight moves two square vertically and one square horizontally (2.5) squares

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8 Pawns, each of them can move one square forward or diagonal and any one can move two forward in the start of game

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The Rook is on the corner of chess board and can move horizontally and vertically  in any number of squares

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The Bishop placed on each side of king and queen, this can move diagonally