Understanding Basic Chess Pieces Moves

Each of the chess pieces has its own unique style movement. However, they can all move if no other pieces including your own piece are between the initial piece position and its destination except for the Knights. If there is an opposing piece at the destination square, the moving chess piece can capture that opponent’s piece and be able to remove from the play. The pawn is the only exception because its way of capturing the chess pieces is by diagonally forward.

The King, even though it is the most important piece in the chess game can only move one square at a time at any direction (forward, backward, left side, right side, or diagonally). The Queen however, is the most powerful and can move at any direction same as the King but with long ranges. It can move up to the maximum square available in a straight direction. The Rooks can be moved forward or backward only but also in a long range. The Bishops can be moved diagonally in a long range while the Knights moved in an “L-shape” direction and can jump with other chess pieces. The Pawns, even though they are the most numbered piece in the game, can only move one square forward and no backward or side movements. However, in the start move, they can be moved two squares forward and when they capture, they capture diagonally.

There are also special moves in the chess game. One is by castling. Once in every chess game, each King is allowed to move in a special move known as castling. Castling is when the King moved two squares towards the Rook. The Rook is then placed immediately at the far side of the King. Castling can only be made if first, neither the pieces that will be use in castling are previously moved during the game; second is there must be no other piece between the Rook and the King; third, the King is not currently check or the King will be placed in check position; and lastly, the King and Rook must be standing in the same rank.

Another kind of movement in chess is called the En passant. When a Pawn moves in two squares, if an opposing Pawn is positioned on an adjacent file that is next to the destination of your Pawn then, the opposing Pawn can be allowed to capture it and move on its next turn to the square where the Pawn was passed over.

Next is called the promotion chess. When your own Pawn advances to the eight rank and successfully moved to the opponents’ side of the chess board then it is promoted and can be exchanged to any choice of queen, rook, bishop, or knight of its color. The most common promotion of a Pawn is chosen to be a Queen because two Queens in a chess board game is better than one. However, this is very hard to achieve, as your opponent will see to it that you do not get an advantage by promoting your Pawns.