Iyini i-Chess?
Context:I-chess ngumdlalo webhodi wabadlali ababili, obizwa ngokuthi i-White ne-Black, ngamunye elawula ibutho lezingcezu ze-chess ngombala wazo, ngenhloso yokushaya inkosi yomphikisi. Ngezinye izikhathi ibizwa ngokuthi i - international chess noma i - Western chess ukuze ihlukaniswe emidlalweni ehlobene nayo, njenge - xiangqi (chess yaseChina) ne - shogi (chess yaseJapane). Umlando obhaliwe womdlalo we - chess uqala okungenani lapho kuvela umdlalo ofanayo, i - chaturanga, ngekhulu lesikhombisa leminyaka eNdiya. Imithetho ye-chess njengoba siyazi namuhla yavela eYurophu ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-15, futhi yabekwa indinganiso futhi yamukelwa yizwe lonke ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19. Namuhla, i-chess ingenye yemidlalo ethandwa kakhulu emhlabeni, edlalwa izigidi zabantu emhlabeni wonke.  I - chess iwumdlalo wamasu ongahileli ukwaziswa okufihlekile futhi ongasebenzisi amadayisi noma amakhadi. Idlalwa ebhodini le-chess elinezimbobo ezingu-64 ezihlelwe zibe yi-grid eyisishiyagalombili ngesishiyagalombili. Ekuqaleni, umdlali ngamunye ulawula izingcezu eziyishumi nesithupha: inkosi eyodwa, indlovukazi eyodwa, imibhoshongo emibili, ababhishobhi ababili, amaqhawe amabili nezidladla eziyisishiyagalombili. Abamhlophe bahamba kuqala, kulandele abamnyama. Ukwenza inkosi yomphikisi i-checkmat kuhilela ukubeka inkosi ngaphansi kokuhlaselwa ngokushesha ("ku-check") lapho kungekho khona indlela yokubaleka. Kunezindlela eziningana umdlalo ongaphela ngazo ungancintisani.  I - chess ehleliwe yavela ngekhulu le - 19. Umncintiswano we - chess namuhla ulawulwa i - FIDE (i - International Chess Federation) emhlabeni wonke. UWilhelm Steinitz, owaba yiqhawe lomhlaba lokuqala elaziwa emhlabeni wonke, wazithathela lona ngo-1886; uMagnus Carlsen nguyena onguMpetha Womhlaba wamanje. Kuye kwasungulwa inqwaba yemibono ye-chess kusukela ekuqaleni kwalo mdlalo. Izici zobuciko zitholakala ekwakhiweni kwe-chess, futhi i-chess nayo yathonya isiko nobuciko baseNtshonalanga, futhi inokuxhumana neminye imikhakha efana nezibalo, isayensi yamakhompyutha, kanye nokusebenza kwengqondo.  Omunye wemigomo yezazi zama-computer zakuqala kwakuwukudala umshini wokudlala i-chess. Ngo-1997, i-Deep Blue yaba ikhompyutha yokuqala ukunqoba iqhawe lomhlaba elibusayo emdlalweni lapho linqoba uGarry Kasparov. Izinjini zanamuhla ze-chess zinamandla kakhulu kunabadlali abangabantu abahamba phambili futhi ziye zathonya kakhulu ukuthuthukiswa kombono we-chess.
I-chess ngumdlalo webhodi odlalwa ngabadlali ababili lapho kunezingcezu eziningi zomuntu ngamunye / ohlangothini ngalunye, ezingahanjiswa ngezindlela ezithile ebhodini futhi zingabamba ezinye izingcezu. Umgomo wokugcina uwukwenza i-King piece ibe i-checkmate. Lo mdlalo udinga amasu amaningi ahlakaniphile.