Chess pieces
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Rook |
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A chess piece, or chessman, is any of the 32 movable objects deployed on a chessboard used to play the game of chess. In a standard game of chess, each of the two players begins a game with the following 16 pieces:
In playing chess, the players take turns moving one of their own chess pieces. The rules of chess prescribe the types of move a player can make with each type of chess piece.
The pieces that belong to each player are distinguished by color. The lighter colored pieces are referred to as "white", and the player that plays them, "White". The darker colored pieces are referred to as "black", and their player, "Black".
In chess, the word "piece" has three meanings, depending on the context.
The context should make the intended meaning clear (Burgess 2009:523) (Hooper & Whyld 1992:307).
Each piece type moves in a different way.
Pieces other than pawns capture in the same way that they move. A capturing piece replaces the opponent piece on its square, except for an en passant capture. Captured pieces are immediately removed from the game. A square may hold only one piece at any given time. Except for castling and the knight's move, no piece may jump over another piece (Just & Burg 2003:13–16).
A St. George style set
Staunton pieces made of rosewood
Staunton pieces made of plastic
Staunton chess pieces on chess board with chess clock
Chess wooden
The variety of designs available is broad, from small cosmetic changes to highly abstract representations, to themed designs such as those that emulate the drawings from the works of Lewis Carroll, or modern treatments such as Star Trek or The Simpsons. Themed designs are generally intended for display purposes rather than actual play (Hooper & Whyld 1992:76). Some works of art are designs of chess sets, such as the modernist chess set by chess enthusiast and dadaist Man Ray, that is on display in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
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