prize13-1, Exercise 1: The game in a paragraph

Model answer (check the details):

Chess is a game for two players on a board of 64 squares. Each side begins with sixteen pieces: a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and eight pawns. Players move in turn, and the aim is to checkmate the opponent's king, which means attacking it so that it cannot escape capture. A game may also end in a draw, for instance by stalemate, repetition or agreement.

Care: the rules above are the modern ones. Earlier forms of the game had different pieces and moves, which is the subject of Chapters 2 to 4.