Wizard's Chess



Wizard's Chess is the enchanted variant of the classic board game in which the pieces move of their own accord when commanded by the player. When a piece is taken, it is removed by the attacking piece, often in a barbaric manner where the losing piece is smashed violently by the winning piece.

History
Ron had a wizard chess set which he inherited from his grandfather. Unlike many of his hand-me-downs, the second-hand chess set was advantageous as the pieces trusted him. When Harry played with Seamus Finnigan's chess men, they did not trust his judgement and offered him advice.



During the Christmas feast, in a number of Wizard Crackers, Harry obtained, among other things, his very own Wizard's Chess set. He later broke it in by losing, once again, to Ron. (Although Harry saw this more as the fault of Ron's brother, Percy Weasley, who stood over his shoulder and gave him "advice"). Also Hermione loses at wizard chess, which Harry and Ron believe to be a good experience for her.



During 1992 an enormous Wizard's Chessboard was the third-to-last layer of security for the Philosopher's Stone. Harry played as one of the black bishops, Hermione as a rook, and Ron as a Knight. Using his extensive knowledge of chess, Ronald Weasley managed to get himself, Harry, and Hermione Granger across, ultimately sacrificing himself to the White Queen so that Harry could checkmate the King. Fortunately, Ron recovered.

Chess sets
"Exactly the same as Muggle chess except the figures are animated and can be directed like troops."

- Description

The chessboard is a type of checkerboard that consists of 64 squares (eight rows and eight columns) arranged in two alternating colours (light and dark). The colours are called "black" and "white" (or "light" and "dark"). The Chess pieces, or chessmen consist of one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns. The chessboard and chessmen are exactly like Muggle chess except they are animated.

How to play
Players move their pieces by speaking the name of the piece and the square it is to move to by algebraic notation. For example, "Knight to E5". Aside from the self-moving pieces, the rules of Wizard's Chess are exactly the same as muggle chess. The moving pieces seem to be reasonably sentient, as seen when Harry Potter began learning how to play the game, he used Seamus Finnigan's pieces, which offered him conflicting advice because they knew that he was not a good player.

People who played Wizard Chess

 * ==Wizard Chess[3] players==

Montague Knightley (1506-1588) was a wizard. He was England national Wizard's Chess Champion and number 74 in the Chocolate Frog Cards.

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 * Walter Aragon
 * "Mens sana in corpore sano."
 * —Aragon's motto, as inscribed on the portrait depicting him and Professor Gagwilde playing chess[src]
 * Professor Walter Aragon[2] was a wizard. Professor Aragon worked in the capacity of Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at some point during his life.[3]He was also a very good chess player.He had a strong rivalvery in chess with Brian Gagwilde .Walter Aragon was  chess champion in the city he was born and also played in the finals of England championship.Later earned the title  chess master.
 * Brian Gagwilde
 * "Artium Magister."
 * —Gagwilde's motto, as inscribed on the portrait depicting him and Professor Aragon playing chess.[src]
 * Professor Brian Gagwilde was a wizard and a Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[2] Professor Gagwilde also wrote Jiggery Pokery and Hocus Pocus.[3][4]
 * —Gagwilde's motto, as inscribed on the portrait depicting him and Professor Aragon playing chess.[src]
 * Professor Brian Gagwilde was a wizard and a Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[2] Professor Gagwilde also wrote Jiggery Pokery and Hocus Pocus.[3][4]

His portrait, in which he is depicted as playing a game of chess with Walter Aragon, is still at the Headmaster's office, to give advice to the current Head.He was  a  very good chess player and earned the title  chess master. He and Walter Aragon are  2 of the best chess players in  Hogowarts history.
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Ron Weasley

Ron was extremely talented at chess. It was he who taught Harry how to play. Ron and Harry often played Wizard's Chess together when they had free time. In his first year, his logistic ability helped him, Hermione, and Harry play past Professor McGonagall's magically Transfigured giant chessboard to get to the Philosopher's Stone and prevent it being stolen by Voldemort. As a result, he got fifty points for his house for "the best played game of chess that Hogwarts has seen these many years", as Dumbledore himself noted. His representation as a knight has been theorised to represent his status as a knight; his 'chivalrous' nature and his bravery. Howaver he does not continue his Chess carear for unknown reasons.

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 * Unidentified Chessmasters and Headmasters of Hogwarts
 * Gryffindor Wizard's Chess champion
 * Gryffindor Wizard's Chess champion's friend
 * Slytherin Wizard's Chess champion
 * Slytherin Wizard's Chess champion's friend
 * Ravenclaw Wizard's Chess champion
 * Ravenclaw Wizard's Chess champion's friend

Behind the scenes

 * The film adaptation of PS undefined depicted chess with the pieces destroying each other (presumably to be fixed with Reparo at the end of the game), but in the book the pieces simply knock each other out and drag captured pieces off the edge of the board.
 * In the film the captured pieces were, in order: Black Pawn, White Bishop, Black Queen, Black Pawn, Black Bishop, White Knight, Black Rook, Black Knight, White King.
 * Ron's chess set depicted in the film is a replica of the 12th century Lewis Chessmen.
 * Gryffindor student Kenny Markham was a Wizard's Chess fan and collected chess pieces.
 * In Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita, Professor Woland (alias Satan) and his retinue play with a supernatural chess set whose pieces are animate and move by themselves. Rowling has not stated if she had read The Master and Margarita prior to writing the Harry Potter series, but it is possible that the chess set in that novel was an inspiration for Wizard's Chess.

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