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Chess: Pieces and Rules
How every chess piece moves and the basic rules of the game.
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- How does the king move?QuestionOne square in any direction
- How does the queen move?QuestionAny number of squares in any straight line: sideways, forward, backward or diagonal
- How does the rook move?QuestionAny number of squares forward, backward or sideways
- How does the bishop move?QuestionAny number of squares diagonally, staying on its color
- How does the knight move?QuestionIn an L shape: two squares one way and one square the other. It can jump over pieces
- How does a pawn move?QuestionForward one square; on its first move it may go two
- How does a pawn capture?QuestionOne square diagonally forward
- How many squares are on a chessboard?Question64, in an 8 by 8 grid
- How many pieces does each player start with?Question16
- Who moves first in chess?QuestionWhite
- What is the goal of chess?QuestionTo checkmate the other player's king
- What is check?QuestionWhen a king is under attack
- What is checkmate?QuestionA king in check with no escape; the game ends
- What is stalemate?QuestionA player has no legal move but is not in check; the game is a draw
- What is castling?QuestionMoving the king two squares toward a rook, with the rook jumping to the other side
- What is promotion?QuestionA pawn reaching the far end becomes a queen, rook, bishop or knight
- What is en passant?QuestionA special pawn capture of a pawn that has just moved two squares
- Which piece can jump?QuestionThe knight
- Which pieces start on the back row?QuestionRooks, knights, bishops, queen and king
- Where does the queen start?QuestionOn her own color: white queen on a light square, black queen on a dark square
- What is a draw?QuestionA tie game
- What are some ways a game can be drawn?QuestionStalemate, agreement, repeating positions, or not enough pieces
- What is a fork?QuestionOne piece attacks two or more pieces at once
- What is a pin?QuestionA piece cannot move without exposing a more valuable piece behind it
- What is a skewer?QuestionA valuable piece is attacked and when it moves, a piece behind it is captured
- What is the touch-move rule?QuestionIf you touch a piece you must move it if you can
- How many points is a pawn worth?Question1
- How many points is a knight worth?Question3
- How many points is a bishop worth?Question3
- How many points is a rook worth?Question5
- How many points is the queen worth?Question9
- What are the files?QuestionThe columns of the chessboard, labeled a to h
- What are the ranks?QuestionThe rows of the board, numbered 1 to 8
- What is the center?QuestionThe four middle squares: d4, e4, d5, e5
- What does 'J'adoube' mean?QuestionFrench for 'I adjust'; said when fixing a piece without moving it
- What is a gambit?QuestionAn opening where a player gives up a pawn for an advantage
- What is the endgame?QuestionThe late stage when few pieces are left
- What is the middlegame?QuestionThe part after the opening when most fighting happens
- What is the opening?QuestionThe first moves, used to develop pieces
- Why develop pieces early?QuestionTo get knights and bishops into the game and prepare to castle
- What is a blunder?QuestionA bad mistake
- What is a sacrifice?QuestionGiving up material to gain something better
- What does 'resign' mean?QuestionTo end the game by giving up
- What is a tempo?QuestionA move or a unit of time in the game
- What is a passed pawn?QuestionA pawn with no enemy pawns blocking its path
- What is a doubled pawn?QuestionTwo pawns of the same color on the same file
- What is the fool's mate?QuestionThe shortest checkmate, in two moves
- What is scholar's mate?QuestionA quick four-move checkmate that beginners should watch for
- What is a discovered attack?QuestionMoving one piece reveals an attack from another
- What is zugzwang?QuestionWhen every move a player can make makes things worse
- What is a rank mate or back-rank mate?QuestionA checkmate on the back row when the king is trapped by its own pawns
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