In order to play chess you need chess pieces that have different roles and functions. All chess sets include pieces of pawns, horses, rooks, knight, bishops, a king and a queen. This comes with each chess set. You can learn to play chess by buying a book or online or simply learning from playing with a friend. There are sites that are dedicated to games and you can also play chess online for free just like other games. On other sites you can pay to play with other players around the world or you can play chess against the computer. Once you master how to play chess then you can have fun even alone with free online chess games, join a competition and even come out with practice as a formidable chessmaster. A chessmaster is such a good player that he always with rare exception wins any game against the most talented of chess. To kill a Saturday alone you can play the chess games online for free if nothing is good enough on the television. If you don't know how to play chess you could find a site with real people, do not forget you could always play for free chess anytime’s against the computer.