
You can also read my article on the basic rules of chess every chess player should know. FIDE is The International Chess Federation. Note: These are just the very basic rules that I think you need to know at first (after completing the chessboard setup). Whereas the other side who gets checkmated loses the game. The side that checkmates his or her opponent wins the game.
There are also some special moves like pawn promotion and en passant about which you must have an understanding. You can read about how the chess pieces move here. So you have to move your move king like that only. For example, a king can only move one step forward in any direction. You can move the chess pieces only according to how they are allowed to move. You can’t capture your own piece in chess. While capturing any piece you first remove that opponent piece from the chessboard and occupy that square with your own piece (which you used to capture the opponent piece). (You can read about kingside and queenside castling here) Only one piece can be moved in a single turn except in castling in which the king and rook both move simultaneously in a single turn. White (Light Colored Piece) Moves First and then the players alternate their turns. Some Rules You Must Know After The Chess Board Setup: However, the pawns are placed on the second row (7th row for black). What is the order of chess pieces? The rooks are placed on the corner squares, then the knights, after that, bishops are placed, and the king and queen are placed on the remaining two squares of the first row (8th row for black). The dark-colored king is placed on e8 square on the chessboard. Where does the king start in chess? The light-colored king starts from e1 square on the chessboard. So the queen is a chess piece that starts on its own color. Which chess piece starts on its own color? In chess, the light-colored queen is placed on the light-colored square whereas, the dark-colored queen is placed on the dark-colored square. The dark-colored bishops are placed on c8 and f8 squares on the chessboard, so they start from that square. Which chess pieces start on c1 and f1 and c8 and f8? The light-colored bishops are placed on the c1 and f1 square on the chessboard, so they start from that square. The dark-colored knights are placed on b8 and g8 squares on the chessboard, so they start from that square. Which chess pieces start on squares b1 and g1 and b8 and g8? The light-colored knights are placed on the b1 and g1 square on the chessboard, so they start from that square. So the dark-colored rooks start from the a8 and h8 square. Which chess pieces start on a8 and h8 square? The dark-colored rooks are placed on the a8 and h8 squares on the chessboard. So the light-colored rooks start from a1 and h1 square. Which chess pieces start on a1 and h1 square? The light-colored rooks are placed on the a1 and h1 squares.
You have to first guess and then check yourself. Now here I’m going to ask some questions whose answers are also given.
You can read my article on Why Do Chess Players Write Down Their Moves.
#Chess piece names professional#
The chess players write these notations on each move they make in the professional chess games on a scoresheet.
Moreover, the positions of the chess pieces when represented in the written format they are known as notations. Okay?Īny chess piece if kept on that square will be said to be on the d5 square. So when I say square d5 you can immediately identify that square. ‘d’ represents the ‘file’ while ‘5’ represents the row (rank) 5.