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Chess Rules PDF

The document summarizes the basic moves of each chess piece - the king, queen, rook, bishop, and knight. It also outlines the standard one space move for pawns and two special first move options. Additionally, it provides helpful context for each piece's movement, such as the king never moving into check and bishops staying on the same colored squares. The summary concludes with brief explanations of three special rules: pawn promotion when reaching the back row, en passant capture option for pawns, and castling by moving the king two spaces toward the rook.

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Chess Rules PDF

The document summarizes the basic moves of each chess piece - the king, queen, rook, bishop, and knight. It also outlines the standard one space move for pawns and two special first move options. Additionally, it provides helpful context for each piece's movement, such as the king never moving into check and bishops staying on the same colored squares. The summary concludes with brief explanations of three special rules: pawn promotion when reaching the back row, en passant capture option for pawns, and castling by moving the king two spaces toward the rook.

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ChessPiece HowitMoves HelpfulTips

King Onespaceinanydirection(forward, TheKingcannevermovehimself


backward,sideways,ordiagonally) intocheck(wherehecanbe
captured).

Queen Asfarasshecangoinanydirection TheQueenmaynotskipoveror


(forward,backward,sideways,or pastherownpiece.
diagonally)

Rook Asfarasitcangoforward, TheRookcannottraveldiagonally.


backward,orsideways

Bishop Asfarasitcangodiagonally TheBishopalwaysstaysonthe


samecoloronwhichitstarted.

Knight Twosquaresinonedirection TheKnightmakestheshapeofan


(forward,backward,orsideways) "L"whenitmoves.Itdoesnot
andonemoresquareata90degree movediagonally.Itcanalsojump
angle overotherpieces.

Pawn Onlymovesforwardonespace,but Ontheirveryfirstmove,Pawns


capturesonespacediagonally canmovetwospaces.

SpecialRules

Promotion:

IfaPawnreachestheoppositesideoftheboard,itcanbepromotedtoanypiece(evenonethat
hasnotyetbeencaptured).

EnPassant:

IfaPawn'sfirstmoveoftwospaceslandsitdirectlynexttoanopponent'sPawn,theopponent
hastheoptionofcapturingthePawnasitpasses.Ifitchoosestocapture,theopposingPawn
advancesdiagonallyasitwouldhaveifthefirstPawnhadinitiallymovedonlyonespace.Ifthe
opponentchoosesnottocaptureontheturnimmediatelyafterthetwosquarejump,s/hecannot
captureafterward,evenifthepawnhasn'tmovedforward

Castling:

ThiscanbedoneontheRook'sandtheKing'sfirstmoveonly.Ifnootherpiecesareinbetween
themorcouldpotentiallymovebetweenthem,theKingismovedtwospacesclosertotheRook.
TheRookisthenplacedontheoppositesideoftheKing.TheKingcannotbeincheckorpass
throughcheckwhenperformingthismove.

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