Kids are always kids !!!!

 My nephew Aniruddha is a master in playing chess.

He has attended interschool chess competition for CBSE schools of south division and has won the prize too  !!!!

I decided to learn some techniques used in chess. 

Though he has taught me many techniques that can be used in chess, I clearly understood only one !!!!

That is                                     castling.........

We know in chess, only one piece can be moved at a time.

The pieces used in chess are - - - - - - - -

Rook        Knight       Bishop    Queen       King      Pawns

Rook can move either vertical or horizontal. 

Knights can jump over other pieces and moves in  L   shape. 

Bishops always move diagonally. 

Queen is the strongest piece and it can move in all possible directions.

King is the weakest of the pieces and can move only one step. 

Why do we do castling ??

Castling plays an important role in the opening stage of game.

It moves the king to safety away from the centre files of the board.

It moves the rook to a more active position. 

But to do castling, some conditions have to be met. 

1. Neither the king nor the rook has previously moved.

2. There are no pieces between the king and rook.

3. The king is not currently in check.

4. The king does not pass through or finish on a square that is attacked

 by the enemy piece.

Here king can move 2 places either to its left or right   !!!!!