By Ernesto H. Brief History of chess Chess is one of the oldest and most popular board games in the world. Two players are required, and the board game has a checkered pattern with specifically designed pieces of contrasting colors, mostly known as white and black. The objective of the game is to capture the opponent’s king by checkmate. There are many ways to end a game of chess. According to Britannica.com, the game ends when a player puts the opposing player’s king in a position that cannot avoid capture which is checkmate, and gets taken