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'''Rules of Chess''', (Laws of Chess) <br/>
the basic rules about the nature and objectives of the game of chess along with rules concerning a competition of chess playing entities (human, computer, teams),
such as equipment used, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_control time control], conduct and ethics of players or operators of chess engines, accommodations for physically challenged players, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjournment_(games) adjournment] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_chess#A adjudication] rules, and recording of moves using [[Game Notation|chess notation]] <ref name="Wikipedia">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess Rules of chess from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=Basic Rules=
Chess is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-player_game two-player] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_game board game].
Orthodox chess and [[Chess960]] use a 8x8 [[Chessboard|chessboard]] and sixteen [[Pieces|pieces]] of six types for each player, set up in the [[Initial Position|initial position]] or one of 960 Chess960 start positions.
Each type, [[King]], [[Queen]], [[Rook]], [[Bishop]], [[Knight]] and [[Pawn]] moves and captures in a distinct way. The object of the game is to [[Checkmate|checkmate]] the opponent's king.
Games do not necessarily end in checkmate - a player who expects to lose may resign, and a game can also end in a [[Draw|draw]] in several ways <ref name="Wikipedia"/>.
=Competition Rules=
The standard rules of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_chess#over_the_board over the board] (OTB) chess
between humans, and in parts, humans and computers <ref>[https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E03 FIDE Handbook E. Miscellaneous / 03. Regulations for Play with Computers]</ref>,
are set by [[FIDE]] with possible modifications by some national organizations and affiliates, in particular concerning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_chess fast chess] and [[Chess960]].
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess Correspondence chess] rules are set by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Correspondence_Chess_Federation ICCF].
The [[ICGA]] applies their [[ICGA Tournament Rules]] for computer chess events they organize, in particular the [[World Computer Chess Championship]] and [[World Chess Software Championship]], so far played OTB.
Online computer chess tournaments such as former [[CCT Tournaments|CCT]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35026 CCT: Update to rules for future events] by [[Peter Skinner]], [[CCC]], June 18, 2010</ref> and [[TCEC]] define their own rule sets <ref>[https://wiki.chessdom.org/Rules TCEC Leagues Season rules]</ref>.
=Computer Assistance=
While computer assistance is encouraged in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_chess advanced chess] and in particular freestyle chess
and de facto standard in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess correspondence chess] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=64798&start=1 Re: Question to Uri] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], August 04, 2017</ref>, it is considered [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating_in_chess cheating] in human [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_chess online chess] tournaments with standard time control.
=See also=
* [[ICGA Tournament Rules]]
=Publications=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Pfleger Helmut Pfleger], [[Frederic Friedel]] ('''2001'''). ''Cheating in Chess''. [[Advances in Computer Games 9]]
* [[ICGA|The Board of ICGA]] ('''2013'''). ''Rules for the 20th World Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#36_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1]]
* [[David J. Barnes]], [[Julio César Hernández-Castro|Julio Hernández-Castro]] ('''2015'''). ''[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404814001485 On the limits of engine analysis for cheating detection in chess]''. [https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-security/ Computers & Security], Vol. 48
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2018'''). ''Computer-Aided Game Play and Computer Cheating: Examples from Chess, Shogi, and Go''. [https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/fb4/prof/BWL/FIN/Veranstaltungen/pisa-althofer-12.pdf Extended Abstract as pdf]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23117 FIDE rules expert wanted!] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], August 19, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=47017 Adjudication rules] by [[Don Dailey]], [[CCC]], January 27, 2013
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess Rules of chess from Wikipedia]
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rules_of_chess Talk:Rules of chess]
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess Chess from Wikipedia]
==OTB Chess==
* [https://handbook.fide.com/ FIDE Handbook]
** [https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018 FIDE Handbook E. Miscellaneous / 01. Laws of Chess / FIDE Laws of Chess taking effect from 1 January 2018]
** [https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E03 FIDE Handbook E. Miscellaneous / 03. Regulations for Play with Computers]
* [https://new.uschess.org/news/7th-edition-rule-book-chapters-now-available-download 7th Edition Rule Book Chapters Now Available For Download; Updated For 2020—Newly Adapted Chapter 10 Added | US Chess.org]
==Correspondence Chess==
* [https://www.iccf.com/message?message=447 ICCF Rules]
** [https://www.iccf.com/message?message=641 ICCF Endgame Tablebases]
* [http://www.uschess.org/index.php/Correspondence-Chess/US-Chess-CC-Rules.html The United States Chess Federation - US Chess CC Rules]
==Computer Chess==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event_info.php?id=12 WCCC Rules (ICGA Tournaments)] » [[ICGA Tournament Rules]]
* [https://wiki.chessdom.org/Rules TCEC Leagues Season rules] » [[TCEC]]
==Cheating==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating_in_chess Cheating in chess from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-history-of-cheating-in-che-1- A history of cheating in chess (1)] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], September 29, 2011
: [https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-history-of-cheating-in-che-2 A history of cheating in chess (2)] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], October 04, 2011
: [https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-history-of-cheating-in-che-3- A history of cheating in chess (3)] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], December 18, 2011
: [https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-history-of-cheating-in-chess-4 A history of cheating in chess (4)] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], February 28, 2012
: [https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-history-of-cheating-in-chess-5 A history of cheating in chess (5)] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], October 06, 2014
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/new-fide-anti-cheating-rules New FIDE anti-cheating rules] [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], September 17, 2014
=References=
<references />
'''[[Chess|Up one level]]'''
'''Rules of Chess''', (Laws of Chess) <br/>
the basic rules about the nature and objectives of the game of chess along with rules concerning a competition of chess playing entities (human, computer, teams),
such as equipment used, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_control time control], conduct and ethics of players or operators of chess engines, accommodations for physically challenged players, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjournment_(games) adjournment] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_chess#A adjudication] rules, and recording of moves using [[Game Notation|chess notation]] <ref name="Wikipedia">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess Rules of chess from Wikipedia]</ref>.
=Basic Rules=
Chess is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-player_game two-player] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_game board game].
Orthodox chess and [[Chess960]] use a 8x8 [[Chessboard|chessboard]] and sixteen [[Pieces|pieces]] of six types for each player, set up in the [[Initial Position|initial position]] or one of 960 Chess960 start positions.
Each type, [[King]], [[Queen]], [[Rook]], [[Bishop]], [[Knight]] and [[Pawn]] moves and captures in a distinct way. The object of the game is to [[Checkmate|checkmate]] the opponent's king.
Games do not necessarily end in checkmate - a player who expects to lose may resign, and a game can also end in a [[Draw|draw]] in several ways <ref name="Wikipedia"/>.
=Competition Rules=
The standard rules of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_chess#over_the_board over the board] (OTB) chess
between humans, and in parts, humans and computers <ref>[https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E03 FIDE Handbook E. Miscellaneous / 03. Regulations for Play with Computers]</ref>,
are set by [[FIDE]] with possible modifications by some national organizations and affiliates, in particular concerning [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_chess fast chess] and [[Chess960]].
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess Correspondence chess] rules are set by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Correspondence_Chess_Federation ICCF].
The [[ICGA]] applies their [[ICGA Tournament Rules]] for computer chess events they organize, in particular the [[World Computer Chess Championship]] and [[World Chess Software Championship]], so far played OTB.
Online computer chess tournaments such as former [[CCT Tournaments|CCT]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35026 CCT: Update to rules for future events] by [[Peter Skinner]], [[CCC]], June 18, 2010</ref> and [[TCEC]] define their own rule sets <ref>[https://wiki.chessdom.org/Rules TCEC Leagues Season rules]</ref>.
=Computer Assistance=
While computer assistance is encouraged in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_chess advanced chess] and in particular freestyle chess
and de facto standard in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_chess correspondence chess] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=64798&start=1 Re: Question to Uri] by [[Uri Blass]], [[CCC]], August 04, 2017</ref>, it is considered [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating_in_chess cheating] in human [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_chess online chess] tournaments with standard time control.
=See also=
* [[ICGA Tournament Rules]]
=Publications=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Pfleger Helmut Pfleger], [[Frederic Friedel]] ('''2001'''). ''Cheating in Chess''. [[Advances in Computer Games 9]]
* [[ICGA|The Board of ICGA]] ('''2013'''). ''Rules for the 20th World Computer-Chess Championship''. [[ICGA Journal#36_1|ICGA Journal, Vol. 36, No. 1]]
* [[David J. Barnes]], [[Julio César Hernández-Castro|Julio Hernández-Castro]] ('''2015'''). ''[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167404814001485 On the limits of engine analysis for cheating detection in chess]''. [https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-security/ Computers & Security], Vol. 48
* [[Ingo Althöfer]] ('''2018'''). ''Computer-Aided Game Play and Computer Cheating: Examples from Chess, Shogi, and Go''. [https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/fb4/prof/BWL/FIN/Veranstaltungen/pisa-althofer-12.pdf Extended Abstract as pdf]
=Forum Posts=
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23117 FIDE rules expert wanted!] by [[Harm Geert Muller]], [[CCC]], August 19, 2008
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=47017 Adjudication rules] by [[Don Dailey]], [[CCC]], January 27, 2013
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess Rules of chess from Wikipedia]
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Rules_of_chess Talk:Rules of chess]
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess Chess from Wikipedia]
==OTB Chess==
* [https://handbook.fide.com/ FIDE Handbook]
** [https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018 FIDE Handbook E. Miscellaneous / 01. Laws of Chess / FIDE Laws of Chess taking effect from 1 January 2018]
** [https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E03 FIDE Handbook E. Miscellaneous / 03. Regulations for Play with Computers]
* [https://new.uschess.org/news/7th-edition-rule-book-chapters-now-available-download 7th Edition Rule Book Chapters Now Available For Download; Updated For 2020—Newly Adapted Chapter 10 Added | US Chess.org]
==Correspondence Chess==
* [https://www.iccf.com/message?message=447 ICCF Rules]
** [https://www.iccf.com/message?message=641 ICCF Endgame Tablebases]
* [http://www.uschess.org/index.php/Correspondence-Chess/US-Chess-CC-Rules.html The United States Chess Federation - US Chess CC Rules]
==Computer Chess==
* [https://www.game-ai-forum.org/icga-tournaments/event_info.php?id=12 WCCC Rules (ICGA Tournaments)] » [[ICGA Tournament Rules]]
* [https://wiki.chessdom.org/Rules TCEC Leagues Season rules] » [[TCEC]]
==Cheating==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheating_in_chess Cheating in chess from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-history-of-cheating-in-che-1- A history of cheating in chess (1)] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], September 29, 2011
: [https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-history-of-cheating-in-che-2 A history of cheating in chess (2)] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], October 04, 2011
: [https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-history-of-cheating-in-che-3- A history of cheating in chess (3)] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], December 18, 2011
: [https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-history-of-cheating-in-chess-4 A history of cheating in chess (4)] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], February 28, 2012
: [https://en.chessbase.com/post/a-history-of-cheating-in-chess-5 A history of cheating in chess (5)] by [[Frederic Friedel]], [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], October 06, 2014
* [https://en.chessbase.com/post/new-fide-anti-cheating-rules New FIDE anti-cheating rules] [[ChessBase|ChessBase News]], September 17, 2014
=References=
<references />
'''[[Chess|Up one level]]'''
