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Online chess quiz for beginners4/27/2024 Especially relevant for beginner are basic checkmates, such as queen checkmate, whose basis form is given in the diagram below (for details about queen checkmate, CHECK this post).ĭue to the queen influence (green arrows) on possible squares where king can move (red arrows, red squares) the check by the queen ( green arrow) is called checkmate. Such a check is therefore called CHECKMATE. The main goal of the chess game is to give such a check, which leaves the opponent’s King immovable. The king has to move away, on a square not under the control of the queen. In the diagram above the queen check the king. When faced with the check, the King is forced to move away. When opponent’s piece attacks the square where the King is located, it is called “check”. “His Majesty” is the only piece in the game that cannot be captured or “taken”. The King can move only one square in any direction (vertically, horizontally or diagonally), as demonstrated on diagram below. The movement of the King is the simplest one to understand. The King is THE most important piece in the game. Without too much philosophy, the Knight’s value can be considered the same as the value of the Bishop – three pawns. The squares that are highlighted with red indicate squares where the Knight can possibly move.įinally, there is the question of the Knight’s rating on the piece value scale. If the oral definition has left you even more confused (which it probably did), take a look at the diagram depicting knight’s movement: And the second part of it movement consists of moving one square in the perpendicular direction. Due to the similarity of the Knight’s movement with the word L, use of alphabet is completely aproppriate here.īecause the knight moves initially for two squares in either horizontal and vertical direction. I know it seems like you have returned to primary school (first equations, now alphabet), but bear with me. The easiest explanation of the Knight’s movement includes the use of the alphabet. The Knight is the piece that causes most confusion to the beginners (and not only beginners), because it is the only piece that can jump over other pieces. It is therefore not surprising, that on the piece value scale Bishop ranks lower than the Rook, his value being equal to the value of three pawns (although some might argue that his value is rather three and a half pawns, I would rather not enter that discussion here). The Bishop is the piece that travels only diagonally for the infinite number of squares. If addition of the mathematical expressions left you in the same state of confusion as before, let me elaborate. Probably the easiest definition of the bishop movement can be depicted by the following equation: Movement in either of the two remaining direction is possible for an unlimited number of squares.Ĭonsequently, his value on the piece value scale is equal to value of five pawns. The main and only difference is that the Rook is unable to move diagonally. The Rook is another very strong piece, surpassed only by “her Majesty” the Queen. The queen can move in any direction (either vertically, diagonally or horizontally) for as many squares as possible. It comes as a no surprise therefore that the Queen also has the greatest freedom of movement. On the piece value scale, the Queen’s value is equal to value of nine pawns. The queen is the most powerful piece of wood a chessplayer will ever hold. In chess, as much as in life, the female pieces play the main roles. Therefore, I have decided that it might not be very bad idea to write an “apologetic” series of posts dedicated to basic chess rules. Which is why I often get surprised when someone who is new to the beautiful chess world has trouble with some basic chess rules.įurthermore, such ignorance is typicall for many chess players, who have little patience and understanding for mistakes of novice players. You might be wondering why on earth am I mentioning things that only my therapist should hear.īecause precisely of my uncle’s rigorous regime (and I might have overexaggerated things a bit), I have learned the rules of chess at a very young age.Īnd consequently, I have considered them rather easy to grasp. A random nice photo of a happy family playing chess…The biggest lie since Anthony Bennet Just in the case you were wondering why have I started playing chess seriously only at the age of 19. Why reluctantly? Because while other kids were playing computer games, I was losing games where I was given a queen odds, or where I had 5 min against 10 seconds. Many times during the course of my life I people have asked me where have I learned the basic chess rules.Īnd I have always answered rather reluctantly that it was my uncle who thought me everything.
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