Also know that castling is the only time you can move two pieces in one move:. If you want to learn more about the strategy behind castling, take a look at this article link to Castling article I wrote. Promotion occurs if a pawn reaches the final rank either the 1st or 8th.
At this time, the pawn can be swapped for any other piece except for a king or another pawn. Because the queen is the most powerful piece, almost all the time it is chosen. In some cases, choosing another piece, like a knight, may prove to be more helpful! Additionally, here is some more technical chess jargon [chess rules as well] that you might hear at clubs and tournaments:.
This means a potential pawn sacrifice. A pin is when a piece of lower value blocks the path to a piece of higher value. This can become very dangerous because it can cause the piece of lower value to get targeted. The diagram below shows an example of a pin on the Black king. Each of these terms describes what part of the game a position is in.
This describes the act of writing moves on paper to review later. This can help you review your games after playing. This describes a situation when one side has no legal moves to make, thereby making a draw. If you want to learn more about stalemating, take a look at this article link to Stalemate article I wrote.
This is a word to describe a position where there are no good moves to be made. To put it more frankly, any move made would be losing. Though generally point values are based on positions, we can give each piece a generic point value that almost always is about correct:. Both of these pieces are worth around 3 points in the game. This would then give it a 3. Lastly, we have the king, which can be thought to have an infinite point value because if you lose control over the king, the game is over.
With all this knowledge of chess, the best thing you can do is start playing and learning! There are tons of chess videos and websites where you can play and learn. Products Posts. What is Chess and What is the Goal? Chess is a two-player game where each player has a set of 16 chess pieces that can be grouped into: Pawns 8 Knights, 2 Rooks 2 Bishops 2 King 1 Queen 1 A fully set up chess board looks like this: Each type of piece moves, attacks or defends in different ways. If you can do this, then you have won the game!
Rules of Chess 1: The Chessboard A standard chessboard consists of 64 alternating dark and light squares as well as an initial setup of 32 pieces. Place 8 pawns across the 2nd and 7th ranks Step 2. Now onto how to play and some basic strategies! Rook The rook can move to as many non-occupied squares left, right, up, or down.
Additionally, the rook cannot jump over other pieces. Bishop The bishop can move similarly to any non-occupied square but in the diagonal direction. Lastly, take a look at this diagram for a better visual of how the bishop can and cannot move: 3. King The king is a pretty simple piece in that it can move one square in any direction and cannot jump over other pieces I think you see a pattern here. Here is a king-movement diagram: 5. Knight Now this is where we break the pattern and this all gets a little tricky.
But I think you can agree that is a mouthful! It is also great to look at this diagram for a better visualization: 6. Pawn Finally, we get to the pawn. Though this piece may seem simple, it too has its nuances in play. The same goes for the White knight. In the diagram below, you can see all the 8 possible captures that the knight can do while in the center of the board: However, pawn captures can get a little bit tricky.
The diagram shows the two possible types of captures for pawns in chess. If you wait for a move, en-passant cannot occur. The second row or rank is filled with pawns. The rooks go in the corners, then the knights next to them, followed by the bishops, and finally the queen, who always goes on her own matching color white queen on white, black queen on black , and the king on the remaining square.
The player with the white pieces always moves first. Therefore, players generally decide who will get to be white by chance or luck such as flipping a coin or having one player guess the color of the hidden pawn in the other player's hand. White then makes a move, followed by black, then white again, then black and so on until the end of the game. Each of the 6 different kinds of pieces moves differently. Pieces cannot move through other pieces though the knight can jump over other pieces , and can never move onto a square with one of their own pieces.
However, they can be moved to take the place of an opponent's piece which is then captured. Pieces are generally moved into positions where they can capture other pieces by landing on their square and then replacing them , defend their own pieces in case of capture, or control important squares in the game.
The King -. The king is the most important piece, but is one of the weakest. The king can only move one square in any direction - up, down, to the sides, and diagonally. The king may never move himself into check where he could be captured. The Queen -. The queen is the most powerful piece.
She can move in any one straight direction - forward, backward, sideways, or diagonally - as far as possible as long as she does not move through any of her own pieces. And, like with all pieces, if the queen captures an opponent's piece her move is over. Click through the diagram below to see how the queens move. Notice how the white queen captures the black queen and then the black king is forced to move. The Rook -. The rook may move as far as it wants, but only forward, backward, and to the sides.
The rooks are particularly powerful pieces when they are protecting each other and working together! The Bishop -. The bishop may move as far as it wants, but only diagonally. Each bishop starts on one color light or dark and must always stay on that color. The Knight -. Knights are also the only pieces that can move over other pieces.
The Pawn -. Pawns are unusual because they move and capture in different ways: they move forward, but capture diagonally. Pawns can only move forward one square at a time, except for their very first move where they can move forward two squares. Pawns can only capture one square diagonally in front of them. They can never move or capture backwards. If there is another piece directly in front of a pawn he cannot move past or capture that piece. Pawns have another special ability and that is that if a pawn reaches the other side of the board it can become any other chess piece called promotion.
A pawn may be promoted to any piece. That is NOT true. Only pawns may be promoted. This special move must be done immediately after the first pawn has moved past, otherwise the option to capture it is no longer available.
Program quickly unlocks batch pdf document owner password to allow file accessibility. Code is also useful for writing chess software. AntiChess is an anti chess game written in Java. The goal is to get checkmated or lose all your pieces except your king to your opponent. You have to take your opponents piece if you can. It supports 2 player and 4 player games on the same board. No Internet Chess Server is required for playing. It also became a full featured PGN viewer and editor.
Free shogi japanese chess game written in Java, with network play and AI. All rights reserved. This is the place to come for a first look at the hottest new software. Shareware companies need your support.
Beta testing is a unique opportunity to try the latest programs and provide feedback directly to the program developers. The final version of many programs is often determined by suggestions from testers like you. Shareware Junction lets you choose from a variety of these products - all in one convenient location.
Use of this site subject to Terms and Privacy Policy.
0コメント