Pawn

A chess board is 8X8 unit, and most obvious answer that comes to our mind is 64, but as we start looking into 2X2, 3X3 all the way to 8X8 squares things get complicated beyond comprehension.

64 squares

queen

use in chess Chess is played on a board of 64 squares arranged in eight vertical rows called files and eight horizontal rows called ranks. These squares alternate between two colours: one light, such as white, beige, or yellow; and the other dark, such as black or green. The board is set between…

A standard chess set has 32 pieces, 16 per side. These pieces are sometimes called chessmen, but most experienced players refer to their pieces as “material.” The rules of chess govern how each piece is placed, how each piece moves across what number of squares, and whether there are any special moves permitted.

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Check. A move that places the opponent’s king in check usually has the symbol “+” appended. Double check is usually indicated the same as check, but is sometimes represented specifically as “dbl ch” or “++”, particularly in older chess literature.

rook

Answered 3 years ago · Author has 89 answers and 114.7K answer views. Moving your rook to the 4th square up, in the third file (line across from the edge), which was the starting file for the queen’s bishop when the game starts. This is known as “descriptive” notation and is often abbreviated R-QB4.

Castling is a move in the game of chess involving a player’s king and either of the player’s original rooks. The notation for castling, in both the descriptive and the algebraic systems, is 0-0 with the kingside rook and 0-0-0 with the queenside rook; in PGN, O-O and O-O-O are used instead.

King side is considered to place your king in a more safe position , however it is best to not castle immediately , instead wait to seewhih way your opponent lines up his pieces , then castle in the opposite side. Also , note if there are any open files , this will allow your opponent an easier attak on that side.

Yes, it is perfectly legal to have multiple queens. One can either borrow a Queen from another set or turn a Rook upside down.

Placement and movement. Unlike the other pieces, pawns cannot move backwards. Normally a pawn moves by advancing a single square, but the first time a pawn moves, it has the option of advancing two squares. Pawns may not use the initial two-square advance to jump over an occupied square, or to capture.

When a King reaches the other side of the board ( i.e. “the 8th rank” — the farthest opposing row of the board), nothing happens. A King will remain a King. Whether the King moves to a square in the 8th rank to get out of check, or capture, or make a regular move, it remains the same piece with the same abilities.

There are no rules that limit the number of queens one can have in chess. However, it is very rare to see a player with 9 queens in actual games. Generally, in real chess games, a player could have at most two to three queens. Just imagine is it possible to promote all your eight pawns to the queen!

In theory, a player could have nine queens, ten knights, ten bishops or ten rooks, though these are highly improbable scenarios. Some chess sets come with an extra queen of each color to use for promoted pawns.

No, because in chess, the chess pieces do NOT kill each other. This being said, Yes a queen can capture another queen.

Originally Answered: In chess, can you promote a pawn to a queen if you already have a queen? Yes. Once a pawn reaches the eighth rank it may be promoted to rook, knight, bishop, or queen.

Your opponents King is on G3 and has nowhere to move. It’s your move and your pawn is on H2. If you promote it to a queen, it would be almost worthless.

Yes, a promoted pawn can be taken immediately, but only when you are not in check or by doing so doesn’t put your king into check. If doing so is the best possible move then you should definitely go for it.

A pawn cannot kill by moving straight. He can give a check to a king but cannot capture a king. He can capture a queen, rooks, bishops, knights and pawns. A pawn can capture another pawn en passant as well, when the opponent’s pawn moves forward two squares from its original position.

Yes, pawns can attack on first move but only if the opponent piece is present on the adjacent diagonal square of the pawn in the forward direction.

A bishop is a chess piece with a rounded top and a slit cut into it. It is the only piece besides the king and queen that may move diagonally at any point (a pawn may move diagonally only when capturing another piece.)

The “bishop” is not a priest, but it stands for a war elephant – hence the piece is shaped like the elephant’s trunk, and the slash is the opening. RussBell wrote: For Staunton pieces you are referring to the hat the Bishop in the Roman Catholic church wears, which is called a “mitre”…as….