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The game of Chess, as already stated, is played by two persons or parties, and the object of each is to capture his opponent’s King or place him in such a position that he cannot move without being taken. If the King is attacked, or threatened with capture, the attacking party must give warning by calling out “Check”; and if the King, in the next move cannot avoid the attack he is “checkmate” or “mate” and the game is at an end, the person having first captured his opponent’s King being the winner. The student will note that the game stops one move short of the final play which takes the King.

If, for any reason, the Kings occupy