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The Federation Internationale des Echecs (or the World Chess Federation) is an organization that connects all chess organizations throughout the world into a single network of 158 national associations and is run by a governing body that regulates chess tournaments. It is generally referred to as FIDE and originated in Paris, France in 1924. The motto of FIDE is Gens una sumus, which translates to “We are one people”. Chess is a board game that is played between two players with a chess board. The chessboard is square-shaped and contains 64 squares arranged on an 8 by 8 grid. Each player during a chess match starts with sixteen different pieces. Each player has one king and queen, two rooks, knights, and bishops, and eight pawns. Every unique piece on a chess board has unique ways of traveling up and down the chessboard. Both player in a game of chess has the goal of using the pieces to checkmate the opponent’s king. This means that the king is under attack, and there is no possible move that will deem the king safe from the attack. If a king is in check, it means it is being attacked, but there is a … Continue reading