There are six different pieces in the game.
- King: This piece is the object of both you and your opponent. While you are trying to capture your opponent's king, your opponent will be trying to do the same to yours. The king moves in any direction (even diagonally) one space.
- Queen: Moves in all directions, like the king, but with one key advantage: she can move as many spaces as desired as long as her path is unobstructed. She is the most powerful piece on the board. Losing your queen can put you at a serious disadvantage, but so can being overprotective.
- Bishop: Can move diagonally along its own color any number of spaces. Each side has one bishop that moves along the black squares and one that moves along the white squares.
- Rook: May move either horizontally or vertically any number of spaces.
- Knight: This piece has a unique moving pattern. It moves one space vertically or horizontally, then, still moving away from its original space, one space diagonally. This is also the only piece that may "jump" over other pieces. Pieces jumped over are not captured; only the piece occupying the destination square is.
- Pawn: Moves one space forward, and only forward. The Pawn captures, however, by moving diagonally forward.
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