Getting Ready: The Chess Game

Understand the chess game problem and learn the questions to further simplify this problem.

Problem definition

Chess is a board game for two players that involves strategy and is played on a checkered board made up of 64 squares in an 8x8 grid. Each player starts with 16 pieces, including a king, queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. The goal is to checkmate the opponent's king. This occurs when the king is in a position to be captured (check), and there is no way to move the king out of capture (checkmate).

Each piece has its own unique movements. The rook can move horizontally or vertically, the knight can move in an L-shape position, the bishop can move diagonally, the queen can move in any direction, and the king can move one square in any ...

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