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L.O. Today you will learn how to play chess
How to Play Chess
The Pieces
The Pawn
The Rook (Castle)
The Knight (horse)
The Bishop
The Queen
The King
Setting up the chess board
Make sure the white square is on your right.
Setting up the chess board
The rooks go here & here
Setting up the chess board
The knights go here & here
Setting up the chess board
The bishops go here & here
Setting up the chess board
The Queen goes on her OWN color
Setting up the chess board
The King stands next to his queen.
Setting up the chess board
All the pawns are in front
How the pieces move and capture
Rooks move vertically or horizontally
As far as they choose……
How the pieces move and capture
or until they are stopped by an obstacle
How the pieces move and capture
or until they capture a piece
How the pieces move and capture
Knights move up one over two.
How the pieces move and capture
They jump over any obstacles in between and capture the piece on the square where they land.
How the pieces move and capture
Bishops move diagonally on their own color
As far as they choose……
How the pieces move and capture
or until they are stopped by an obstacle
How the pieces move and capture
or until they capture a piece
How the pieces move and capture
The queen can move in any direction as far as she chooses….
How the pieces move and capture
Until she is stopped by an obstacle….
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Or she captures a piece….
How the pieces move and capture
The king can move in any direction ONE space
How the pieces move and capture
Another way a king can move is by doing what is called castling.
How the pieces move and capture
This is when there is nothing between the king and either rook. The king moves over two spaces and rook goes on the other side of the king.
How the pieces move and capture
Or on the other side….
How the pieces move and capture
The king captures the piece on the square he lands
How the pieces move and capture
Pawns move one space at time forward
How the pieces move and capture
Exception: on a pawn’s first move it may CHOOSE to move two spaces instead.
How the pieces move and capture
Pawns are the only piece that captures differently from how it moves.
How the pieces move and capture
Pawns capture diagonally.
How the pieces move and capture
If a pawn chooses to move two spaces on its first move and thereby skips over the attacking square of the opponent.
How the pieces move and capture
This is called en passant: this means to pass one by in French.
How the pieces move and capture
The rule of en passant says that if this happens the opponent may choose to capture that pawn as if it only moved one square and landed on the attacking square.
How the pieces move and capture
If you get a pawn to the other side of the board it turns into a queen or whatever piece you want.
How the pieces move and capture
The only piece on the board that can NOT be captured is the KING.
How the game is won.
The point of the game is to get the king in check mate.
How the game is won.
This means that the king is UNDER attack as if he were going to be captured. This is called check.
How the game is won.
A king may not move into check
Not Allowed!
How the pieces move and capture
A king may not move across the line of check
How the game is won.
If the king is in check and has NO way to get out of being in check. This is called CHECKMATE. And the game is over.
