How to Play Chess: The Pieces
Chessboard Setup.
Speaker: Note that the Queens start of squares of their own color, with a dark square in each player's left hand corner.
Beginning of the Game
Starting with the player that plays with the white pieces. Player can take a piece of the opponent by moving one of his own pieces to the square that contains a piece of the opponent. The opponent's piece then is moved from the board and out of play for the rest of the game.
The Rook
The Rook moves in a straight line, horizontally or vertically. The Rook may not jump over other pieces that is all squares between the square where the Rook starts its move and where the Rook ends its move, must be empty. As for all pieces, when the square, where the Rook ends its move, contains a piece of the opponent, then this piece is taken. The square where the Rook ends its move may not contain a piece of the player owning this Rook.
The Bishop
The Bishop moves in a straight diagonal line. The Bishop may also not jump over other pieces.
The Queen
The Queen has the combined moves of the Rook and the Bishop, i.e. the Queen may move in any straight line, horizontal, vertical, or diagonal.
Promotion
Pawns that reach the last row of the board, promote. When a players move a Pawn to the last row of the board, he replaces the Pawn by a Queen, Rook, Knight, or Bishop of the same color. Usually, players will promote the Pawn to a Queen, but other types of pieces are also allowed. It is not required that the Pawn is promoted to a piece taken. Therefore, it is, for instance, possible, that a player has a certain moment, with two queens.
