Learning to play chess???

Question

Would someone please explain to me how each chess piece should be moved and what they can and cannot do on the board?

Thank you kindly!!!

Answer 1

Ok, the king can move any way one space. The Queen's the same except she can move as many spaces as she wants.

The rook (castle) can move as many spaces as he wants, Horizontal & Verticle (sorry for the bad spelling).

The Bishop(the guy who looks like a queen with a slit in his head) can move as many spaces as he wants dioagnol.

The pawns(lots of little guys) can move 1 space forward except on the first turn, wich he can move 2. He can attack diagnol. The knghts(horses) can jump over people and can move in Ls.

Answer 2

This link to a tutorial may help.

http://www.chesscorner.com/tutorial/lear...

Answer 3

Get a beginner's chess book and then play online with other beginners at www.chessclub.com

It's fun.

Answer 4

exactly what they said, I suggest you join a chess club or something

Answer 5

yea what they said

Answer 6

sure... we'll start with a list of the pieces listed in order of left to right on white's back row from white's perspective:

[Rook][Knight][Bishop][Queen][King][Bi...

In front to this row is a row of pawns. pawns can only advance forward one square at a time unless it is their first move. On their first move they may advance two squares. They may not move backward or horizontal. They may only capture a piece that is diagonally in front of them like so:

                          [ ... ][ x ]   x = any piece

                          [Pn][ ... ]   Pn = pawn

Pawns may not capture a piece in front of them. If a pawn makes it to the opponents back row they may be "promoted" into any piece in the game besides a king. If a pawn advances two spaces past a square where the opponent's pawn could have captured the moving pawn then the opponent may on the next turn only move his pawn to the empty square diagonal to him and capture the pawn behind him. This rule is call "en passant" and is French for in passing.

Now the rook. The rook can move vertically and horizontally as many spaces as they wish until they come in contact with another piece. Good for the end game.

The knight may move three spaces in an "L" shape. He can "jump" other pieces... that just means that he can get past a piece that is in his way.

                                 [...][x][...][x][...]            N = Knight

                                 [x][...][...][...][x]      

                                 [...][...][N][...][...]              x = the squares

                                 [x][...][...][...][x]                   he can move  

                                 [...][ x][...][ x ][...]                   to

Bishops may only move diagonally but as many squares as they wish. They cannot "jump" pieces.

The Queen is the most destructive piece on the board. She may move forward, backward, left, right or diagonally as many squares as she wishes. She may not "jump" other pieces.

The king.... well... yeah... lose him and you lose the game.

Well there ya go. You might want to look up the rules on how to castle your king as well.