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Instructions to Play Chess and Go Fish Games

Go Fish and Chess are popular games to play when the weather doesn't permit outdoor play, such as a rainy day. Go Fish is a fairly simple card game to play, one that many learn to play when they are small children. Chess requires a bit of strategic knowledge of how the pieces work and can be difficult to learn at some age levels. However, both games can be played at any age, and bring joy to many people.

Instructions

Go Fish
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  People of every age like to play Go Fish, and ideally up to six people can play at once.
  
  Deal seven cards to each player, if there are only two people in the game. If more than two people are playing, give only five cards to each player. Lay the remaining cards, called the pond, face down where they are accessible to each player.
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  Begin the game by having the player to the dealer's left ask an opponent that he chooses for a specific card, for example "Emily, do you have any threes?" To ask for a three, the player must already have a three in his hand. If "Emily" does have any threes, she must give all of them to that player. Whenever the request for a card is filled, the player continues to ask for cards from whomever he chooses. When a player can't receive a card from another player, he will "Go fish" and choose the top card from the pond.
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  Try to get as many matches in your hand as possible to be the winner of the game.
  
  Continue play by moving clockwise to the next player who asks for cards after the previous player has chosen a card from the pond. The game continues until all the cards from the pond are gone.
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  Count the matches that each player has acquired. The player with the most matches wins the game.
Chess
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  Playing chess requires strategy and knowledge of how the pieces move on the board.
  
  Set the Chess board so the white square is in the bottom, right-hand corner for both players. Each player has 16 pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops and eight pawns. Place the rooks in each of the corners, followed by the knights next to each rook, then the bishops. Next, place the queen on her matching color square. Place the king on the remaining square, and put the eight pawns in the second row. The first player chooses any piece to move to begin the game.
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  Continue the game by the moving their pieces and stealing the other player's pieces. Each of the six kinds of chess pieces move in different ways. You can only move The king one square in any direction (forward, backward, sideways or diagonally). You can move the queen in any direction for any distance as long as you don't jump over another piece. Move the rooks as far as as you want in any direction except diagonally. You can move the bishops as far as you choose as well but only diagonally. The knights can be moved in an "L" shape, two spaces in one straight direction and three more at a 90-degree angle. You can move pawns one or two spaces at a time, but you can only capture an opponent's piece by moving your pawn diagonally. If your pawn reaches the other side of the board, it can become any other piece. This is called "promotion." If you get any other piece to the last row on the opposite side of the board, choose a captured piece to be placed back on the board for play.
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  Protecting your king is the most important part of Chess. If the king is captured, the game ends.
  
  Protect the king. If the king is caught in a position where he is in check (about to be captured), there are three ways to escape. You can move the king out of the way, move another piece into the path of the threatening piece or capture the threatening piece yourself. If you cannot move the king out of check, he is in checkmate and the game is over.

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