| Name |
Symbol |
Movement Rules |
| Pawn |
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- The pawn can move forward one square at a time, and on its first move it can move forward two squares.
- It can't capture a piece on its forward move, only on the forward-left or forward-right diagonals.
- A pawn can also capture by en passent, where a pawn moves diagonally to a square just moved over by a pawn moving two squares, capturing the other pawn.
- Finally, if you can manage to move your pawn to the other side of the board, you must promote it to a different piece, such as a knight, rook, bishop, or queen.
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| Rook |
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- The rook can move forwards, backwards, right, or left as far as you want until it is blocked by another piece.
- It captures whatever it lands on in its move.
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| Knight |
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- The knight moves two squares in one direction and then one square on the other, always forming an 'L' shape.
- It is the only piece that can hop over other pieces (both yours and your opponent's).
- It captures whatever it lands on in its move.
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| Bishop |
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- The bishop can move diagonally as far as you want, but can't move through pieces.
- It captures whatever it lands on in its move.
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| Queen |
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- The queen can move forwards, backwards, right, left, or diagonally as far as you want, but can't move through pieces.
- It captures whatever it lands on in its move.
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| King |
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- The king can move in one square in any direction and captures whatever it lands on, so long as the king remains out of check.
- If the king and a rook have not moved yet, and there are no pieces between them, and neither the king nor any of the squares between it and the rook are in check, it can castle, where the king moves two spaces towards the rook and the rook moves to the other side of the king.
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