Correspondence Chess

In correspondence chess the players never meet face to face. Rather they play a game by email or by postal mail. In some cases they even play by ham radio. This is possible because the chessboard is made of 64 squares and each square has a unique name. This allows the chess players to indicate where they wish to move their men on the chessboard. Thus, players do not need to be present in the same room while playing.

General Information

Chess is a two-player game.

• Each player has an army of 16 men and the game takes place on a 8x8 board consisting of 32 light squares and 32 dark square.
  
• Each player has 8 pawns and 8 pieces.
  
  • The pieces consist of 2 Knights, 2 Bishops, 2 Rooks, 1 Queen and 1 King.
    
  • The Bishops and Knights are considered minor pieces while the Rook and the Queen are considered major pieces.
  
  
• The object of the game is to checkmate the opponent's King.
  
• The player with the light colored army is referred to as White and the player with the dark colored army is referred to as Black.