Chess Pieces and Their Moves

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Objective

I can identify the different chess pieces and how they move.

Part 1 of 4

Warm-up video

Chess Talk · 11:27

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Part 2 of 4

Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    At the start of a chess game, each player should have a light-colored square on the bottom right-hand side.

  2. 2

    The rook moves in a plus (+) pattern, the bishop moves diagonally, and the queen can move like both the rook and bishop.

  3. 3

    The special move where you move the king two squares towards a rook, and then place the rook on the other side of the king, is called castling.

Part 3 of 4

Practice

7 questions

1

How should the chessboard be placed at the start of the game?

2

Which piece moves in an 'L' shape?

Part 4 of 4

Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Name each chess piece and describe how each piece moves on the board.

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