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There’s a chess piece you could easily capture if you had a knight in position, but you have your queen there instead. Queens can move the same way as most other pieces on the board, but the knight (or horse) is a special piece with some unique rules. Even though the pieces move differently, we can easily help you remember how they get around the board. Keep reading to learn how all the pieces on a chessboard move so you can confidently play your next game!
Things You Should Know
- Queens are not allowed to jump over pieces or move in the same pattern as knights.
- Queens can move any number of spaces in a straight line horizontally, vertically, or diagonally as long as the path is unblocked.
- Knights can move in an L-shape, going 2 spaces in one direction and 1 space at a right angle.
Steps
Expert Q&A
Tips
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At the start of the game, the queen starts in the “d” file on the square that is the same color as the piece.[6]Thanks
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Try to position your queen near the center of the board so you control more squares, which means you can easily capture pieces that are placed in them.[7]Thanks
References
- ↑ https://www.chess.com/terms/chess-queen
- ↑ https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/knights/knights/piece-movement.html
- ↑ https://docs.kde.org/stable5/en/knights/knights/piece-movement.html
- ↑ https://www.boardspace.net/chess/english/BasicChessRules.pdf
- ↑ https://crec.unl.edu/im/rules/Chess.pdf
- ↑ https://www.boardspace.net/chess/english/BasicChessRules.pdf
- ↑ https://www.chess.com/article/view/why-you-should-move-your-queen-as-early-as-possible