

This is a healthy percentage of the board, 42 percent. In the diagram below, the green dots indicate the squares the queen may move. She can move with the combination of both bishop and rook in any direction (barring any obstruction). The Queen is, without a doubt, the most powerful piece on the chessboard.

The moment of King is generally described by the letter K. Though a king may be, and often are, used to help to checkmate the opposing king by guarding squares. An interesting point to note about this rule is that two kings can never stand next to each other or capture each other. As shown in the diagram below, the king can move only one square in any direction. With the squares labeled as in algebraic notation, the white king starts on e1 and black on e8. Black stands directly opposite to the white’s king. This must be taken into consideration that white always starts with the king on the first rank to the right of the queen. Although the king is the most important piece, it is also one of the weakest pieces in the game. If this cannot be done, the king is said to be in checkmate.

If an opponent’s king is threatened with capture, it is said to be in check, and the player must remove the threat of capture on the next move. The purpose of the game is to capture the opponent’s king so that its escape becomes impossible, which is also called “checkmate” in chess term. The king, without any doubt, is the most important piece in chess. Even the chess equipments which are used is a standard tournament chess set approved by FIDE. Every rated game contains 1 each extra pair of queen for pawn promotion. On a chessboard, a chess player starts playing with 16 pieces of chessmen either with white sides of pieces or black(dark) side of pieces. These are King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook, and Pawn. In a game of chess, there are six different chess pieces or chessmen used on chessboards.
