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Chess
Questions about the game of Chess. Electronic versions of chess may be asked about here, as a second category, but would be more appropriately placed in a Video Games category.
2,793 Questions
After your pawn in chess reaches the end can you move an extra space to save yourself?
It appears that you are asking if it is legal in chess to exchange your pawn for another piece, and then, in that same turn, move that piece.
If that is your question, then the answer is no. The turn ends when the you advance the pawn to the final rank. You don't get to move it until your next turn.
Are you allowed to kill the oppenent's king in chess?
If what you mean by "leaving your king open" is not moving it out of check if your opponent puts your king in check, then yes, that is an illegal move. If your king is in check you mustmove to protect it. If you mean simply that you leave your king in the center of the board without castling or other protection, then it is not an illegal move. It may (and probably will) result in your king coming under attack very quickly, however.
A game that has knights and bishops?
Chess is the best-known game with knights and bishops.
These titles may be used in other games, also, especially many of the fantasy and swords & sorcery role playing games created in the last 30 years.
Can you en passant to get out of check?
In theory you can, i.e. you take a pawn that has you in check or you block the piece that has you in check, but this would be a very rare situation.
Is a pawn in chess also called a pond?
No, it is not, but some people might pronouce the "w" in Pawn a little bit, but not exactly, like a short "o" making it sound something like "pond" but without the "d" at the end.
Can a king checkmate with a king?
No. It is logically impossible to checkmate the opposing king with a pinned piece. Checkmate can occur only after a player moves one of his pieces to put the opposing king in check. Since the "pinned piece" is pinned and cannot move, it is incapable of checkmating the other king.
In the case of discovered check it is possible for a pinned piece to checkmate.
It is possible nevertheless to mate with a direct check using a piece that becomes pinned as a result of the move.
Here is a position, with white to move:
k7/7R/K3b3/1Q6/8/8/8/8
(for those who do not understand this antiquated notation, white has Ka6, Rh7, Qb5, and black has Ka8, Be6)
white black
1 Rh8 † Bc8 †
2 Qb7††
Black, on move 1, blocks white's rook check along the last rank. In doing so he checks white's king on a6, and it is a legitimate check, even though the bishop is pinned.
When white then interposes the queen to block the bishop check, the black king is in a mated position. His bishop cannot capture the pinned queen, because it is itself pinned! And the white queen does in fact threaten the black king because she would capture it before the black bishop had opportunity to capture the white king.
In chess can a bishop turn into a queen?
No. Only a pawn may "turn into a queen." The proper terminology for when a pawn reaches the other side of the board is "promoting." The pawn is promoted to queen or to any other piece you wish to choose. There is a well known game where one player's pawn reached the other side, but due to the unique placement of the remaining pieces on the board, if the pawn were promoted to queen, the game would have ended in an immediate stalemate. So the player chose to promote the pawn to a knight, which, again due to the unique placement of the pieces, immediately checkmated the enemy king.
Now, if you prefer to say "turn into a queen", then by all means exercise your freedom of speech and say it that way. Chess is, after all, just a game.
In a chess tournament what is K3?
it is the third space from the king to the place of your enemy in chess
K3 is in descriptive notation meaning the third rank of the Kings' file. In algebraic notation this translates to E3.
Is there a play in the game of chess named hydden?
I'm not aware of any and I'm considered a expert rated chess player by the united states chess federation
Who the first international grandmaster from Asia?
Vishvan aten anand prounced (vis-one-atin-on-ond) is the #1 chess player in the world and still undefeted.
Asia's First Grand Master in chess is Eugene Torre of the Philippines.
How many squares can a knight move to when on the middle square on an empty board?
There are eight possible squares a knight can move to when it is in the center of an empty board. For you beginning chess players, note that this is why you try to keep the knight in the center of the board unless there is a specific reason not to. Note that from where the knight starts out it only has 2 squares to move to. A knight in the center is much more powerful than on the edge or in a corner because of this.
Where does your new piece go when the pawn reaches the opposite side?
A pawn that has advanced and been promoted can become any piece the player choses. And that piece goes on the square that the pawn advanced to to be promoted. When the pawn is moved to the eighth rank, that pawn is displaced by the chosen piece. It goes right there. Note that the player who promotes a pawn can pick either a queen, rook, bishop or night. Period. If that means the player promoting a pawn is now playing with two or more queens, or three (or more) rooks, bishops, or nights, so be it. What the player wants, the player gets.
Which chess pieces can move first?
As late as the Mid-19th century it was not established that white always moved first.
In 1857, Lowenthal (an English Master) recommended to the First American Chess Congress that the player with the White Pieces always move first. However, this advice was not followed strictly.
In 1889, Steinitz declared a similar rule, and Lasker's Manual Of Chess (1927) states "White makes the first move". Therefore, it would be safe to say that the rule has been in force since 1927.
When two players sit down, one puts a white pawn in one hand and a black pawn in the other and holds them behind his back; he may swap them behind his back, or not. Then he holds his hands out and the other player chooses one, so they have even chances of playing White or Black. If they play several games, they switch colors each time. There is a small advantage in playing first, but skill outweighs that. At grandmaster level, white wins 52 percent of the time.
Do you need a degree to be a professional chess player?
Nothing in the FIDE rules of chess require any minimum formal education level. You just have to be smart enough to beat your opponents more than they beat you.
Why do they play chess in Peru?
Chess is a popular game played worldwide, but it was probably first brought there by the Spanish.
Magnus Carlsen is a Norweigen chess grandmaster.
On 26 April 2004 Carlsen became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 4 months, and 27 days, the third youngest Grandmaster in history.
He climbed to the top of the FIDE ratings in January of 2010, making him (technically) the world's greatest active chess player.
Is there a painting called the chess game?
Sofonisba Anguissola painted The Chess Game in 1555. Wikipedia has an imge. If that is not it check this link with many chess paintings, http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tableau_echecs/index.htm
When you pawn an item, you receive a short-term loan in exchange for the item, which is held as collateral for a defined period of time, after which it becomes the property of the pawn shop. You may redeem your item by paying back the loan within the time limit.
In general practice, pawning a quick way to receive cash for property; however, the amount you receive is usually well below the value of the property.
What are the four types of chess openings called?
Double king pawn openings (1. e4-e5) also called open games Double queen pawn openings (1. d4-d5) also called closed games Semi-open games (1. e4-any Black move other than e5) Indian opening (1. any White move other than e4 or d4)
If you got all the pieces in chess how many points would you get?
Each piece in chess, has it's own value, and that value is measured by the number of pawns it would take, to make up for that piece, or something like that!
On your team, at the beginning of a game of chess, there are 8 pawns, 2 bishops, 2 knights, 2 rooks, and 1 queen. And, of course, there is only one king per color.
The pawns, or course, are worth 1, the bishops and the knights are each worth 3, the rooks each are worth 5, the queens 9, and the king....Priceless!
So if you where to capture all your opponent's pieces, it would be worth 39 pawn points. Remember, the king cannot be captured, and cannot be measured in pawn points.
