How to: Chess [Part 2] (50% to Campus Connect)

Good day Amazing Steemians! Hope we are all doing great and having great days.

This post will be a continuation from the How to: Chess [Part 1] post, where I introduced the chess board, chess pieces, and talked about how to arrange the pieces on the board.

In this post, I will be talking about the individual pieces and how they move, so buckle up, sit tight, and enjoy the ride. 🏂🏽

This is the chess board with all the pieces arranged, as we discussed in the last post:

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Now, for the individual pieces...

• Pawn

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There are 8 pawns for each side, as mentioned in the previous post. The pawns move by taking a step forward to the next square directly in front of them.

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The pawns however, are the only pieces that capture other pieces in a different way than how they move. Pawns can capture opposing pieces if they are in the squares directly in front of them, but diagonally (i.e, by the left or right)
Note: Pawns cannot move backwards, only forwards.

• Rook/Castle

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Rooks can move horizontally or vertically towards any side (forwards, backwards, left and right) as long as the squares are available. The Rooks cannot move diagonally.

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• Knight

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The Knights move in a special way. They move by taking 2 steps forward and 1 step sideways. This ends up forming an "L" shape.
Note: This can actually be done in any direction

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The Knight is also special in that, as long as the square it wishes to move to is not occupied by a friendly piece, it can jump over pieces to get to that piece. This means, nothing can block the Knight from getting to a square within it's line of movement.

• Bishop

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The Bishops move diagonally. Forwards (Left or Right diagonal) and Backwards (Left or Right diagonal).
Note: Bishops can not move horizontally or vertically in any direction.

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• Queen

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The Queen is the most mobile player on the board. It combines the movements of the Rook and the Bishop, and can move in any direction, as long as the squares are available.

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And finally...

• King

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The King is the least mobile player on the board. Although some argue that it is the Pawn, since the King is heavily boxed in by officials on either side and the pawns in front, the King takes the crown (Haha😂, geddit?)

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The King can only move one step in any direction to any square which is not occupied by friendly pieces, and as long as that movement won't put it in a position where it can be captured by an opposing piece (check).

These are the movements of the Chess pieces. I hope with this you've learnt a bit more about the game.

The next post will be the final one in this series, where we will talk about special moves and rules in Chess.
Thanks for reading!
Ka ō dị!