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Chess Vocabulary

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    Chess Vocabulary
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  • What way does a bishop move?
    Diagonally
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  • How does a pawn move?
    Forward only, 2 squares on its first turn, 1 square after its first turn, it takes diagonally
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  • How does a rook move?
    Straight, vertically and horizontally
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  • How does a knight move?
    It jumps, in an L shape
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  • How does the queen move?
    Diagonally, horizontally or vertically
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  • How does the King move?
    One square at a time, in any direction - or he can castle
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  • What is it called when we catch another piece and send it off the board?
    Taking/ take
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  • How can we protect a piece?
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  • what is it called when we attack the king?
    Check
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  • How do we win the game?
    Check-mate
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  • How do our pieces move in checkers?
    Diagonally
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  • How do we take in checkers?
    Diagonally jump over a piece which doesn't have another piece behind it
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  • How do we win checkers?
    Take all their pieces
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