e4 (King's Pawn Opening) tends to start the game with a bang, leading to positions with pieces flying out fast and furious ...

The Rook is a chess piece that moves in a straight line vertically or horizontally over any number of unoccupied squares. Each side begins with two Rooks which initially occupy the corner squares.

The bishop, which has slanted lines, moves diagonally. ... When I was a kid, my dad taught me how certain chess pieces move by having me analyze the shapes of the pieces themselves.

At the beginning of my first-grade chess class, the teacher explained relative values for each piece. He did this right after diagramming how the pieces move and just before telling the group what ...