Chess Pieces

Chess pieces are not only ratings of a chess game, but they are also the heart and soul of the chess game experience. Chess pieces with matching or unique movement qualities completing their intended purpose make for a sharp strategic ballet with nearly limitless possibilities of progression.

Pierre Mac Orland, famous 20th century, the French writer and poet, once said: "There are more adventures on a chessboard than on all the oceans of the world". Indeed, approximately 1040 possible legal chess piece positions. Now consider an average chess piece position can have as much as 218 movement possibilities. The final number of betting opportunities rockets to a figure that only international grandmasters like Garry Kasparov and super-computers as Deep Blue is able to even begin to understand. 

Sounds scary, but if the history and purpose of the chess pieces have understood, this infinitely varied environment can be experienced and enjoyed fully.

Each player has sixteen pieces for a total of thirty two on the table at the start of the game. There are 8 pawns, 2 knights, 2 towers and castles, 2 bishops, a king and a single queen as well.

The King - Popular belief maintains that the first royal king in chess was shaped by Raja. As in life, King has a protective position in the game and have limited yet subtle movements allowed.

The Queen - The Queen has seen the biggest change as one of the chessmen. She began as an advisor or Mantri and ended up as a general who can assume a role in the offensive player who is very strong. She got her new position as a result of reduction of pieces struggling on board, and overtook that of the ordinary, always to be known as the queen in chess.

Bishop - Bishop is a strict ability to move, but the knight can jump to its target. This chess piece known as Gaja in the past and its current purposes have lost the ability to move vertically. It raises it makes diagonal is equal to today's Queen.

The Knight - Little has changed for the chess piece once known as horse-drawn carriages or Ashva. Knight has been the same for movement abilities and his form so long as the game has been played. Knight is not typically asked to lead the charge instead use its superior flanking ability.

Tower - This chess piece known as the Chariot originally considered the division of heavy infantry in the game. It was also known as Ratha. It has powerful movement abilities, and are typically used in defense as well as to identify the chess pieces of the opponent.

The Pawn - These chess pieces considered victims and can be compared with the foot soldiers in a typical army troop. They can be used to define both offensive and defensive options and can be quite useful for strategy in the playoffs. You are wise to protect your pawns, especially when you are opening. The Irish have a saying, "When the chess game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box." In other words, respect your pawns and they will take care of you.

The chess pieces can be seen as not only parts of a game, but a window into the medieval past, where all were born into their place and there was not much movement between classes. The king and queen were the rulers and all the others were only there to serve them, even if you look at the game close, the game can not be won without cooperation with the rest of the pieces.