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[[FILE:MaxErnstKingPlayingWithTheQueen.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/davis11-1-05_detail.asp?picnum=1|[[Arts#:Category:Max Ernst|Max Ernst]], - The King Playing with the Queen <ref>[http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/davis11-1-05_detail.asp?picnum=1 Max Ernst - The King Playing with the Queen , 1954] from [http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/davis11-1-05.asp artnet Magazine - We Are Duchampians] by Ben Davis</ref> ]]
The '''King''' is the most important piece in chess, since it is the object of the game to [[Checkmate|checkmate]] the opponent's king. Each side has exactly one king. Despite his importance, the king is not the most powerfull piece and can only [[Moves|move]] one step in all eight [[Direction|directions]] if the [[Target Square|target square]] is not occupied by an own piece and not controlled by any opponent piece. A special kind of move involving king and [[Rook|rook]] from their [[Initial Position|initial position]] and may occur only once in a game is [[Castling|castling]]. The closest [[Distance|distance]] between both kings origins along a [[Ranks|rank]] or [[Files|file]] is the so called [[Opposition|opposition]] with a [[Manhattan-Distance|Manhattan-distance]] of two.
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_%28chess%29 King (chess) from Wikipedia]
* [[:Category:Soft Machine|Soft Machine]] - [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_(Soft_Machine_album) Kings and Queens] 1971, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube YouTube] Video
: Lineup: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Ratledge Mike Ratledge], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Hopper Hugh Hopper], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wyatt Robert Wyatt], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_Dean Elton Dean] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Charig Mark Charig], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Evans_(trombonist) Nick Evans]
: {{#evu:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsLfkSEAcZk|alignment=left|valignment=top}}
=References=
'''[[Pieces|Up one Level]]'''
[[Category:Max Ernst]]
[[Category:Soft Machine]]
