Movement

• Each chess piece has its own method of movement. A piece moves to a vacant square except when capturing an opponent's piece. Except for any move of the knight and castling, pieces cannot jump over other pieces. A piece is captured (or taken) when an attacking enemy piece replaces it on its square except in the case of en passant. The captured piece is thereby permanently removed from the game. The king can be put in check but cannot be captured (see below).
• The king moves exactly one square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. A special move with the king known as castling is allowed only once per player, per game (see below).
• A rook moves any number of vacant squares horizontally or vertically. It also is moved when castling.
• A bishop moves any number of vacant squares diagonally.
• The queen moves any number of vacant squares horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. A knight moves to one of the nearest squares not on the same rank, file, or diagonal. (This can be thought of as moving two squares horizontally then one square vertically, or moving one square horizontally then two squares vertically—i.e. in an "L" pattern.) The knight is not blocked by other pieces; it jumps to the new location.
• Pawns have the most complex rules of movement.
• A pawn moves straight forward one square, if that square is vacant. If it has not yet moved, a pawn also has the option of moving two squares straight forward, provided both squares are vacant. Pawns cannot move backwards.
• A pawn, unlike other pieces, captures differently from how it moves. A pawn can capture an enemy piece on either of the two squares diagonally in front of the pawn. It cannot move to those squares when vacant except when capturing en passant.
• The pawn is also involved in the two special moves en passant and promotion.

Check

A king is in check when it is under attack by at least one enemy piece. A piece unable to move because it would place its own king in check (it is pinned against its own king) may still deliver check to the opposing player. It is illegal to make a move that places or leaves one's king in check. The possible ways to get out of check are:

• Move the king to a square where it is not in check.
• Capture the checking piece (possibly with the king).
• Block the check by placing a piece between the king and the opponent's threatening piece.
• The player to move is not in check and has no legal move. This situation is called a stalemate

Additional Rules

• In case of stalemate, a bullet round of 1+2 will be held..
• No consensual draws allowed.
• All rounds are eliminatory.

General Rules

• Team size is 1/individual participation only
• Each participant must carry a College ID card for the colpetition.
• All decisions in matters of eligibility, authenticity & marking made by the judges shall be final and binding.
• All the event-specific rules and guidelines will be conveyed before the event.
• Organizers reserve the right to change, modify or postpone any aspect of the event without prior notice. In case of any dispute, the decision of the organizers shall be final and binding
• All the participants have to reach the venue 15 min before the time.
• Each round will be an eliminatory round