Kutamba chess
Context:Mitemo yechess (inozivikanwawo semitemo yechess) inotonga kutamba kwemutambo wechess. Chess mutambo wevatambi vaviri. Mutambi mumwe nomumwe anodzora zvidimbu gumi nezvitanhatu zvamarudzi matanhatu pahwendefa rechess. Rudzi rumwe norumwe rwezvidimbu runofamba nenzira yakasiyana. Chinangwa chomutambo wacho ndechokuita kuti mambo womuvengi aite cheki (achityisidzirwa nokubatwa zvisingadzivisiki). Mutambo unogona kupera nenzira dzakasiyana-siyana kunze kwokuita chess mat: mutambi anogona kurega, uye pane nzira dzinoverengeka umo mutambo unogona kupera mudhirowa.  Nepo mavambo chaiwoiwo echess asina kujeka, mitemo yazvino uno yakatanga kuumbwa mukati meMiddle Ages. Mitemo yacho yakaramba ichigadziridzwa zvishoma kusvikira pakutanga kwezana remakore rechi19, apo yakasvika zvikurukuru chimiro chayo chazvino. Mitemo yacho yaisiyanawo zvishoma kubva kunharaunda kuenda kunharaunda. Nhasi, mitemo yakajairika inogadzwa neFIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), mutumbi wenyika yose unodzora chess. Kugadziridzwa kuduku kunoitwa nemamwe masangano omunyika nokuda kwezvinangwa zvavo vamene. Pane misiyano yemitemo yechess inokurumidza, chess yekunyora, chess yepaIndaneti, uye Chess960.  Kunze kwokufamba kwokutanga kwezvimedu, mitemo inotongawo midziyo inoshandiswa, kudzora nguva, mufambiro netsika dzavatambi, kugarisa vatambi vane zvinetso zvomuviri, uye kunyorwa kwokufamba kupfurikidza nokushandisa chess notation. Nzira dzokugadzirisa nadzo kusaruramisira kunogona kuitika panguva yemutambo dzinopiwawo.
Kuti akunde mutambo wechess, mutambi anofanira kubata mambo womuvengi wake. Ikoku kunozivikanwa se"Checkmating" mambo.