How pieces move
1. Pawn
• start in front of the other pieces. #
2nd rank for White or 7th rank for Black
• It moves forward only
• It moves forward only
• 8 pawns at the beginning for each team
• Only moves forward
• Cannot move backwards
• One square at a time
• However, they are allowed to move either
1 or 2 squares forward only on their first move
• It moves 1 step at a time
• can move 2 steps only at the beginning and thereafter 1 step at a time.
• can move 2 steps only at the beginning and thereafter 1 step at a time.
• Cannot be advanced if the square ahead is
blocked by another piece
• Captures diagonally
• The power of the pawn is in promotion
• Once it gets to the last rank it becomes any other piece besides a King
• The power of the pawn is in promotion
• Once it gets to the last rank it becomes any other piece besides a King
• Only piece which captures differently
from the way it moves
• It have a special move called en passant which will be covered under special moves
• It have a special move called en passant which will be covered under special moves
Click where it is blue for Pawn video click here How the pawn moves
Click where it is blue to practice how the pawn moves
2. Bishop
• It moves
DIAGONALLY as far as it likes & in straight lines only
• North, East
and North West, South East and South West.
•Backwards,
forwards as many squares as they like
•Their track
should be clear and cannot move beyond a piece
•If on
white/light squares that BISHOP will move on white/light only diagonally.
• A BISHOP that
starts on a WHITE SQUARE stays on a WHITE SQUARE all its life.
•And a BISHOP
that starts on a BLACK SQUARE stays on a BLACK SQUARE all its life as well. “
•It captures
the way it moves
** Cannot
jump
Click where it is blue for How the bishop moves click here
Click where it is blue to practice how the Bishop moves
3. Knight
• KNIGHTS
are very different
• Its
move is like the capital letter L (not a cursive one)
• Side
step, step or 2 square in 1 direction and then 1 square sideways. try the way you understand it. Tricky?
• Any
direction sideways, forwards or backwards
• It
captures the way it moves
• If we
place the Knight on e4 how many squares can it go to?
• it
always moves to a square of a different colour
Click where it is blue to practice how the Knight moves
4. King
• moves just one square at a time in any
direction.
• If you trap the enemy King you win the
game. # Checkmate
• if your King gets trapped you lose the
game.
• A KING CANNOT move to any ATTACKED
square by an enemy piece.
• you CANNOT move the KING to an attacked
square as this becomes an illegal move # Check
• If you play an ILLEGAL MOVE you have to
take the move back and play another move instead.
• NEVER allow Kings to STAND NEXT TO EACH
OTHER!
• If you make a mistake and move your KING
to an attacked square your opponent CANNOT take your KING.
• you have to go back and play a different
move instead.
• you CANNOT make any move that allows
your KING to be captured.
5. Rook
• Other
prefer to call it a castle but we in chess we call it a Rook
• It moves in a straight line along the
board
• backwards, forwards or sideways as far
as it likes.
• Long range piece
• Moves along files and ranks as well
• Rooks captures the way they move
• Cannot jump over other pieces
• If there's another piece of the same
colour in its way it cannot move beyond that square.
• If there's an enemy piece in its way it
can capture it but it cannot move any further.
Click where it is blue for how the Rook moves
Click where it is blue to practice how the Rook moves
6. Queen
• most powerful piece on the chessboard.
• Moves along ranks & files
• Moves as many squares as she likes in
any direction
• Cannot jump over other pieces
• Captures the same way she moves
• Can do everything a ROOK can do.
• Can do everything a BISHOP can do.
• # Rook & Bishop combined
• It moves like a Bishop as well as a Rook
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