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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Chess]] * [[Pieces]] * King''' | '''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Chess]] * [[Pieces]] * King''' | ||
| − | [[FILE:MaxErnstKingPlayingWithTheQueen.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/davis11-1-05_detail.asp?picnum=1|[[ | + | [[FILE:MaxErnstKingPlayingWithTheQueen.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/reviews/davis/davis11-1-05_detail.asp?picnum=1|[[: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. | 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. | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_%28chess%29 King (chess) from Wikipedia] | * [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}} | ||
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=References= | =References= | ||
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'''[[Pieces|Up one Level]]''' | '''[[Pieces|Up one Level]]''' | ||
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Latest revision as of 22:46, 6 August 2018
The King is the most important piece in chess, since it is the object of the game to 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 move one step in all eight directions if the 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 from their initial position and may occur only once in a game is castling. The closest distance between both kings origins along a rank or file is the so called opposition with a Manhattan-distance of two.
King Topics
- Castling
- Corresponding Squares
- Check
- Checkmate
- King Centralization
- King Pawn Tropism
- King Pattern
- King Piece Tropism
- King Safety
- Opposition
- Stalemate
Chess Programs
External Links
- King (chess) from Wikipedia
- Soft Machine - Kings and Queens 1971, YouTube Video
- Lineup: Mike Ratledge, Hugh Hopper, Robert Wyatt, Elton Dean and Mark Charig, Nick Evans
