In Chess How The Pieces Moves (PART-5) [KING]

How the Pieces Move

Chess is a very popular game, and most people can identify a chess set when they see one. But not everyone knows all of the rules of chess! Players new to chess may ask, “Can this piece jump?” or, “What does my horse do?” This section is intended to teach new players how each of the six chess pieces move.

•The King (♔ or ♚)

The king is the most important piece on the chess board; if he is trapped and checkmated, you will lose the game! The king is a short-range, slow piece, but can be a formidable asset in the endgame.

The king may move one square in any direction forward, backward, left, right, or diagonal.

The king may not move onto a destination square already occupied by the player’s own piece.

The king may not move into “check.”

This means the king may not move onto a square that would allow it to be captured!

This also means a king may not move next to the enemy king.

The king may capture an unguarded enemy piece on its destination square.

Capturing a guarded piece would be moving into check!

The king may also initiate the special move castling, discussed fully here.