Dive into the depths of strategy. The classic game of chess with original illustrations by Djeco.

A game of strategy: The players each develop a strategy to counter their opponent's tactics and win. The game is played on a chessboard with 64 alternately light and dark-coloured squares.

NB: always place the board such that a light-coloured square is in each player’s near-right corner. Each player has 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 bishops, 2 knights, 2 rooks and 8 pawns which are set out as shown above at the start of the game. NB: the queens are always placed on their own colour and so are positioned directly facing each other across the board.

Object: To capture your opponent’s king, known as checkmating.