Ukudlala kanjani i-chess
Context:Imithetho ye-chess (eyaziwa nangokuthi imithetho ye-chess) ilawula ukudlalwa komdlalo we-chess. I-chess iwumdlalo webhodi wabadlali ababili. Umdlali ngamunye ulawula izingcezu eziyishumi nesithupha zezinhlobo eziyisithupha ebhodini le-chess. Uhlobo ngalunye lwezingcezu luhamba ngendlela ehlukile. Injongo yalo mdlalo iwukwenza inkosi yomphikisi ibe yi-checkmate (ngokusongela ngokuthumba okungenakugwenywa). Umdlalo ungaphela ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene ngaphandle kokuphetha nge-checkmate: umdlali angashiya isikhundla, futhi kunezindlela eziningana umdlalo ongaphela ngazo ngokushayisana.  Nakuba imvelaphi eqondile ye - chess ingacacile, imithetho yanamuhla yaqala ukwakheka phakathi neNkathi Ephakathi. Le mithetho yaqhubeka ishintsha kancane kwaze kwaba sekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19, lapho yafinyelela khona esimweni sayo samanje. Imithetho nayo yayihluka ngandlela-thile kuye ngendawo. Namuhla, imithetho ejwayelekile ibekwa iFIDE (Fédération Internationale des Échecs), inhlangano elawula umdlalo we - chess emhlabeni wonke. Ezinye izinhlangano zikazwelonke zenza izinguquko ezincane ngezinjongo zazo. Kunokwehlukahluka kwemithetho ye-chess esheshayo, i-chess yokubhalisa, i-chess online, ne-Chess960.  Ngaphandle kokunyakaza okuyisisekelo kwezingcezu, imithetho ilawula nemishini esetshenziswayo, ukulawula isikhathi, ukuziphatha nokuziphatha kwabadlali, ukwamukela abadlali abakhubazekile ngokomzimba, nokubhalwa kokunyakaza kusetshenziswa inothi le-chess. Izinqubo zokuxazulula ukungezwani okungase kwenzeke phakathi nomdlalo nazo zinikeziwe.
Ukuze unqobe emdlalweni we-chess, umdlali kumelwe athathe inkosi yomphikisi. Lokhu kwaziwa ngokuthi "ukushaya inkosi nge-checkmat".