What are the chess pieces and how do they move and how many points are they worth?

Answer 1

Firstly there are pieces, considered either major or minor, alongside pawns.

You begin the game with 8 pawns in a horizontal line on the second rank for white and the seventh rank for black. When in this starting position they move either one or two squares forward. After a pawn is moved (or if it captures) it may only move one space forward. A pawn can capture anything diagonal to it. They cannot move backwards.

Pieces are different from pawns in that they are worth more, can move backwards, and there are less to start with.

Bishops and Knights are considered minor pieces. Putting a point value on any Chess piece is based on pawns, with pawns equaling 1. Minor pieces (knights and bishops) are commonly agreed to be worth 3 pawns each.

You begin the game with two bishops and knights each. Bishops move diagonally on whichever color squares they start on. They move however many squares on chooses, but cannot move through other pieces. Each side will have both a dark-squared and a light-squared bishop. Knight are perhaps the most unique piece in the way it moves. They move in an L shape, either two spaces forward or backwards and then one the the left or right, or two spaces left or right and then one forward or backwards. They have the unique ability to 'jump' over pieces and pawns if they would technically pass through them.

Major pieces would include the rooks, the queen and the king. Rooks are worth 5 pawns and the queen is worth 9 pawns. The king isn't really considered in point value because it's a piece you cannot lose without losing the game. If it were just another piece with no other significance, it would be worth roughly 4 points.

The rook moves horizontally or vertically in any number of spaces, assuming it has nothing in the way. The queen is basically both a rook and a bishop and can move either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The king can move one space in any direction.

Keep in mind that point values assigned are relative and can technically change in the circumstances of a game.

Answer 2

See the related link below to the rules of chess and how the chessmen move .