Question:
Which piece is which in chess?
?
2009-12-22 07:37:18 UTC
Well, i'm having trouble finding out which pieces are the king, queen or bishop. HELP!
Twelve answers:
MegaMe623
2009-12-22 07:52:51 UTC
Bishops: Sit on either side of the King and Queen. They have pointy things on the top. They can move however far they want without hitting another piece* in diagonals.

Queen: Sits by the king on her color (ex. if you're playing with black and white pieces, the black queen would be on a black square at the start of the game, and the white queen would be on a red square at the start of the game, etc). She can move in any direction for as many spaces as she wants before hitting another piece*.

King: Sits next to the queen. He has a little cross thingy on top of him. He can move in any direction, one space. If one of the opponent's pieces is in a position where they could get the king but if the king or another piece were to move in a certain place, the king would not be vulnerable, they must say 'check'. If one of their pieces is in a position where they can get the king no matter what, whether he moves or not, they say 'check mate', and usually the game is over after the next turn.

Hope that helps!





P.S. Sorry I forgot to add this before. My *s just mean that they can hit another piece, but then they capture it and can't go any farther. But that's just sorta assumed in chess.
EAH
2009-12-22 13:37:11 UTC
Sorted by height.



The Staunton chess pieces, the only design used in serious international chess.

Wiki link for Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staunton_chess_set



The king is the tallest piece, the queen the next, the bishop the 3rd, the knights the 4th the and the rooks 5th and the pawns are the shortest pieces of all.



The castles [called rooks] are stone watch towers at the corners of the board.

Outside, the knights in shining armour on horses stand guard.

The king and Queen [used to be the 'prime minister'] sit on their thrones with their spiritual advisers on either side [bishops]

and all in front the foot soldiers [pawns] await orders to advance.
Jamie460
2009-12-22 07:42:39 UTC
The bishops are the ones that are a bit pointy. There are also 2 of them. The king has a cross on its head. The queen is the other large piece. Only one of the queen also. Hope this helps.
Gummy222
2009-12-22 07:45:46 UTC
A king usually has a cross on the top. The queen is the other single piece that you can find and the bishop is usually two smaller shape objects. (bigger than pawn, same size as a rook but smaller than a king)
Krissy
2009-12-22 12:27:33 UTC
The bishops are the ones that are pointy, the king is the one with a cross, and the queen is the one with a crown.
anonymous
2009-12-22 21:53:58 UTC
the king's length/height is greater than the queen. The bishop's head is pointed and there are two of them.If you know the positions then i can tell you that the one beside the knight is the bishop.the rook is positioned at the last place
anonymous
2009-12-22 07:41:12 UTC
The one that looks like the king, is a king. The one that looks like a queen, is a queen. The one that looks like a bishop, is a bishop.
Greco
2009-12-22 07:47:19 UTC
The King and Queen are usually the two tallest pieces. The Bishop may or may not be the next tallest, but usually has a pointy roundish top.



http://images.google.com/images?q=chess%20pieces&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
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2016-11-01 04:54:32 UTC
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?
2009-12-22 09:55:34 UTC
the king has a cross on top, the queen has a sort of crown on top and a bishop is nto as tall and it has a triangular head
anonymous
2009-12-22 16:36:17 UTC
Depends on set. If it is a civil war, Simpsons, or roman generals set, you are on your own.



In a Staunton design:



King has a cross

Queen is as tall as the king and has a round ball on top

Bishop has a slot in his head*. (*old Russian sets have a little ball painted the opposite color on top.)

Kights are horses

Rooks are castles

pawns are short and there are eight of them.
?
2009-12-22 10:41:15 UTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JnTWyl6Gx8



R-N-B-Q-K-B-N-R



R - rook

B - bishop

N - knight

Q - queen

K - king

P - pawn


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