Monday, June 1, 2009

Part II: Moving the Pieces (King)

  • The King

The king can move horizontally, vertically and even diagonally but only up to 1 square
Given the king position on e1, what is the possible move?

The answer is d1, d2, e2, f2, and f1

To capture an opponent's piece, first move the queen to the opponent's piece, then take the opponent's piece.

Given the king position on e1, what is the possible capture?

The answer is d1, e2 and f1. Pieces on d2 and f2 cannot be captured as it is being guarded by the knight on d1 and f1.

The king is the only piece that must be protected. The king is checkmated if the king is threatened and cannot move any further.

Note that the king on g1 cannot move to both f1 and h1 as it is threatened by the rook on e1.

The goal of chess game is to checkmate an opponent's king. Once the goal reached, we win the game.


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