Fundamental Conception of Chess Piece

Fundamental conception for Chess board is essential if you want to play chess and that’s why we are explaining these chess basic conception in an easy to understand way. Chess is  invented 1500 years ago as well as the game has changed only slightly since then with the advent of the queen in the 15th century and some minor movement adjustments in the 1800s.

Basic Conception for chess

In chess board, there are 6 kinds of chess piece and their fundamental conception is given below:

King

It is a very special piece and since ‘losing’ the King means losing the game. If it is in danger, a player is not allowed to ignore it and he must remove the check first. Even though King is the most valuable piece it’s relative value in points which makes him a little stronger than Knight and Bishop. Keeping it safe should be a high priority of any chess player. It can be achieved by ‘castling’. Being the King piece is the most valuable piece, it is a powerful weapon when it comes to the endgame. By using the King early in the endgame can be a decisive factor between winning and losing.

Queen

It is the most powerful piece on the board since it can move both diagonally and horizontally. Even though Queen is the most powerful chess piece, the opponent wants try to attack it and develop its own pieces gaining tempos. If the Queen is an attacking piece you need to be careful so it doesn’t get trapped and captured, since losing a Queen with no compensation is a huge fiasco and almost automatically means lost game. Queen’s another very important property is that it can perpetual check opponent’s King and draw a game. It is also very powerful mating piece and most checkmates in chess are being announced by the Queen. Even though a Queen is stronger than the Rook. If you have a chance of exchanging a Queen on 3 minor pieces of your opponents it may be a good deal for you a Queen for two Rooks is also something to think about. In many cases two Rooks can be stronger than the Queen.

Rook

Rook is a very powerful piece when it runs an open file. So it is very important to put the rook on the open file, by doing so you will control many squares and create possibilities for further advances of pieces into opponent’s territory and pair of Rooks lined up on an open file is even more powerful than a single rook occupying the file. The one rook can advance to opponent’s territory while the other one supports it. Rooks are very good at given a back rank mate on the 8th rank (or 1st for Black) and are also good at protecting the 8th rank (or 1st for White) from getting back rank mated by opponent’s Rooks. Rook can easily checkmate a lone King. Therefore, 2 Rooks vs. King is an easy technical win.

Bishop

Bishop is a minor long range piece which. The Bishops is on the open long diagonals and it can cover many squares. Bishop pair is a very powerful weapon since two bishops working together can control many squares from the distance and creating possibilities for tactics and attacks. They are very useful at pinning opponent’s pieces. In open position Bishops are more powerful than Knights, in closed positions Knights are stronger and always think twice before exchanging a Bishop for a Knight since a pair of Bishops is much stronger than a Bishop+ Knight

Knight

Knight is short range and very special chess piece since it’s the only piece that can jump over other pieces. Check by the Knight cannot be interposed by any other piece and the King can move away or the Knight can be taken to stop the check (if it’s possible). It is also a very powerful piece due to its ability to ‘fork’ opponent’s pieces. When it fork on King and Queen is known as ‘Royal Fork’. The best position for the Knight on the chessboard is at the center. A knight is considered to be weak on the open board with many open files and diagonals.

Pawn

It is the weakest piece on the chess board. Doubled pawns are weaker than a connected pawn since they cannot protect each other and doesn’t have any opponent’s pawns on its way is called a past pawn and passed pawns must be pushed.  But Central pawns are considered to be more valuable than pawns on the edge since they control central squares. It cannot go backwards, so when making pawn moves it needs to be taken into consideration in order to avoid creation of weak squares, which can be used by the opponent’s pieces as outposts.

Conclusion: From the above shortly description, you will be helped to read it before playing chess piece and that’s why this article is essential for you and we believe that Chess is a competitive sport and in order to win we need to play at best. Now this chess game board as well as its fundamental conception is also available in different chess shop in London.