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Board Set Up: The game board is always placed for play with a light color square in the bottom right hand corner for each player. The vertical columns on the board that run from one player to the other are called files. The horizontal rows are called ranks. Diagonal lines across the game board are called diagonals. The White (or lighter color) playing pieces are set up on the first rank from left to right as follows: Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen, King, Bishop, Knight, and Rook. All of the white Pawns are then set up on the second rank, directly in front of the above listed pieces. The Black (or darker color) playing pieces are set up exactly the same as the White playing pieces. |
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| Game Play: The White pieces always play first. Only one (1)-playing piece may be moved on a single turn except when castling (see description below). a) Playing Piece Moves: With the exception of the Knight, all playing pieces move in a straight path. The Knight moves over or around other playing pieces. The King may move one (1) square in any direction – but never to a square that is attacked by an opponent’s playing piece (a square to which an opponent’s playing piece may move). The Queen moves as far as desired in any UN-blocked direction. This includes moves in a straight (horizontal/vertical) or diagonal direction. The Rook may move as far as desired in a horizontal or vertical direction. The Bishop may move as far as desired in any diagonal direction. The Bishop remains on the same color square as it started the game on. The Knight may move a distance of two (2) squares to a square of the opposite color and then one (1) square at a right angle. This move looks like the letter L. The Knight may move over or around any piece in its way. b) Castling: A special move that allows the player to move two (2) pieces at the same time. The King and the Rook are the only pieces that are allowed to castle. The King moves two (2) squares to the left or to the right and the Rook on that side moves directly to the square next to the King on the opposite side. This move is only allowed if the King has not yet moved during the game and is not threatened at that point in the game. In addition, the move may only be made if the Rook on the castling side has not already moved in the game. The three (3) squares between the King and the Rook must be vacant at the time of the move. c) Pawn Movement: On the player’s initial move of the game, they may move a single Pawn straight ahead either one (1) or two (2) squares into a vacant square. After this first move, all other moves of the Pawns are limited to one (1) square at a time. Unlike all other playing pieces, Pawns do not capture opponent’s pieces in the direction that they normally move in. The Pawn may only capture when moving ahead diagonally one square. When a Pawn reaches the last rank on the opposing side of the board it may be converted to any other playing piece of its same color (except for the King). The exact powers of that playing piece can be used at once upon conversion. There is no limit to the number of Pawns that can be converted in a game. Since the strongest playing piece is the Queen, it is possible to have several Queens in play at the same time. Draw: Any game that ends in a tie or where no one player can win – is called a draw. (c)1999 Cardinal Industries, Inc. |
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