Apostles chess club
Session 2
Chess pieces
are made
mostly in the
Staunton style.
It is the only
style accepted
by chess
tournaments.
Ancient India
Legos
Modern
There are many other
styles of chess pieces.
Ancient Greece
Preserved Insects
Russian
Zombies
Chinese
Civil War
Harry Potter
Isle of
Lewis
Chess
Set
If a book or
movie
becomes
popular
enough, you
can be sure a
chess set will
appear.
Alice in Wonderland
The Simpsons
Lord of the Rings
Some people like slightly
larger chess pieces.
Slightly….
Castling King side
The first figure shows a king and its rook just before castling
king side. The second figure shows their positions just after
castling.
Castling Queen side
The first figure shows the king and its rook (queenside) before
castling. The second figure shows the positions of the rook and
king after castling.
In the figure above white cannot castle either
king side or queen side because the black knight
controls two of the squares. Black could castle king
side, but not queen side. Upper Right: Neither
black nor white can castle because their own pieces
block both directions. Bottom Right: White cannot
castle kingside because that rook has already been
moved. White could castle queen side as long as
he has not yet moved his king or that rook.
En Passant
En Passant means “in passing”. Upper left: One of white’s pawns has
reached the fifth rank. A black pawn in a file next to white’s pawn has not
moved yet so it can move either one or two spaces. If black moves it two
spaces it will end up in the same rank as the white pawn. White has the
choice to move the pawn ahead one space diagonally and remove the black
pawn. If white does not do this now, then the chance is lost.
Knight Fork
A knight fork occurs when a knight attacks two or more pieces at the
same time. A knight moves two squares in a straight line and then one
square left of right. Upper left: The white knight is attacking the enemy king
and his rook. As a matter of fact the black king is in check. Upper right: The
white knight on E-5 is attacking four enemy pieces at once. One of them is
the black king putting him in check.
Algebraic Chess Notation
This is the
system most
widely used to
record the
movement of
chess pieces. It
is set up from the
white point of
view. The eight
ranks (rows) are
numbered 1-8.
The eight files
(columns) are
lettered A-H.
Each square of
the chessboard
has its own
name.
The algebraic
chess notation
system uses the
numbers 1-8
combined with the
letters A-H to name
each square on the
board. Black has a
knight on G-4 and
plans to capture the
white pawn on E-5.
On what squares
are the following:
Black Queen
Two White Rooks
Two Black Bishops
White King
Two White Knights