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Rules of Chess - Frequent Asked Questions

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27 Feb 2002 Excellent Your FAQ page, http://www.chessvariants.com/d.chess/faq.html, rocks! However, there seems to be one glaring omission: the points value of chess pieces. (I say 'glaring', because it seems thorough enough - but today I seek *only* the points value of captured pieces.) Excelent wording, excelent examples, excelent questions and even better answers. Good job!

9 Feb 2002 None If a king gets to the other side of the board can another piece be taken out and put on the board or is that just for the pawns?

27 Jan 2002 Excellent this page answered alot of my questions. Thank you

11 Jan 2002 None can you please tell me how many legal opening moves are there for white?

27 Dec 2001 Excellent No comment.

12 Dec 2001 None To the previous rater:
The two pieces you think are bishops are actually kings. (which is really confusing since the question being answered refers to bishops while the diagram in the answer doesn't have any bishops. Editors, please fix!)

11 Dec 2001 Good i am on a mac and i would like to know of any website that would allow me to learn beginners chess and explain the moves as i go, much like the special beginners boards that have the moves preprinted on the board. your website is very good but i still had trouble understanding the FAQ about the knight being pinned by the bishop and not moving b/c it would endanger its king. is the king on the example of the board b/c all i see are two bishops and one rook and one knight. s. howell

29 Nov 2001 None To the Good Rater of November 29:
In standard chess, you do not capture the enemy king -- you merely put it in a check it cannot get out of.
Let me repeat: in standard chess, you *never* "take" the king.

29 Nov 2001 Good While reading the Frequent Asked Questions page, I repeatably noticed how people were talking about "taking a king" as opposed to putting it in check. I wasn,t aware that it was possible to capture a king. What are they talking about please?

10 Nov 2001 None Question? IF a pawn got to the other side of the board and you have your Queen still and a rook was taken and I used the pawn to make the rook into a Queen so I would have two Queens & if I turned the rook up side down to a Queen?Yes or No?

6 Aug 2001 Excellent No comment.

27 Jul 2001 None while playing an opponent on the computer, we work down to 3 pieces. his king sitting on 1h, my king sitting on 4g and my rook sitting on 3g. i move my king to 3h and the game is called a draw. my question is why? thanks bobby burgreen (email removed contact us for address) mail.com

10 Jul 2001 None To the last rater:
The enemy cannot move his king to a spot from which you can "take" it...such a move is illegal. When a player is in check, any move that doesn't get him out of check is illegal. Your opponent must either find the move that gets him out of check or resign (or run out of time if you're using chess clocks).

9 Jul 2001 None 0k lets say that i have just put the oponents king in check and there is an open space so that it is not check mate but he does not realize that and he moves his king to another spot in which case i can take him can i take the king since he was notified that he was in check and he moved into another check enabling me to take him ???????

8 Jul 2001 Excellent i think u have a great website i love it!!!

10 Jun 2001 Excellent No comment.

15 Feb 2001 None can you castle if its the only way to get out of a checkmate?this has only happen to me once. i didnt know if i could castle to keep the game going. i would like to know the answer. my e-mail is (email removed contact us for address) .COM

15 Feb 2001 None You cannot castle if you are in check. So if you have no other move besides castling that will escape the check, then it's checkmate. -- D. Howe

14 Feb 2001 None If you are checkmated with the option to castle can you castle to prevent being mated?

10 Dec 2000 Good Great site. Even though either the typos or poor sentence construction could use some improvement, the explanations, especially the one on castling, were very interesting and informative. Thank you.

25 Nov 2000 Excellent Good page but I do have a question. recently a friend came up with a rule he believes exists called "rooking" where supposedly you can jump over your own pawn to get your rook into play one time only in a game. I said "no way you will have to prove it to me." Instead of waiting I have decided to look myself. what do you know? (email removed contact us for address) .net

23 Nov 2000 None During a recent game I moved my knight. My opponent then picked up my knight and made all possible moves on the board with it to see why I had moved there. In other words, instead of exploring the possibilites in his head he explored the possiblites with his hand. This so unnerved me, I declared the game a draw. He says I resigned. What was the right thing to do?

15 Nov 2000 None Thanks for putting up the page. My brother said that once a King has been put in check he can no longer castle. I knew he was wrong and your page will help me prove that. Proving a brother wrong is just so sweet. :) Thanks Again!

6 Nov 2000 None I am writing a script where someone is teaching another person how to play chess. If the teacher tells the person "Knight to rook four" and then to clarify it to the novice player says "Move the horsey guy next to the castle", does this make sense in the chess world? I don't know how to play and was hoping someone could help me with this or provide an optional scenario. Thanks!

7 Oct 2000 None A pinned piece *may* give check. Even if a piece is pinned, it can still threaten the enemy king. That's because, although the move to actually capture the king would be illegal (because it would expose one's king to check), the idea of checking does not require the actual movement of the checking piece, only the *potential* to make that move. --D. Howe

7 Oct 2000 Good I have a question similar to one of the faqs. What if, say a black knight is placed so that it blocks the check of white rook attacking the the black king. In doing so, this black knight checks the white king! Is it in fact a check? Bearing in mind the rule that a player may not move into or expose himself to check by moving. Does this render the knight check impotent? thanks, Darrell

12 Sep 2000 None A pawn may be promoted to a Queen, Rook, Bishop or Knight, no matter what pieces have already been captured. An extra set of chess pieces may be used in the case where the appropriate piece is unavailable. --D. Howe

11 Sep 2000 None Recently my brother and I played a game of chess at home,i had a passed pawn which I got promoted but all my pieces were still on the table.If you promote a pawn and you do not have any spare pieces to exchange is there a rule for this

22 Aug 2000 Excellent You have the best website CHARLES THOMAS A.K.A. STING [WOLF PAC] AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

22 Aug 2000 Excellent Im going to tell my friends to use your website for now on [thanks for having this website its the best!]

21 Aug 2000 Excellent Thanks - I looked at a couple of other web sites before yours - I will use you in my class - tHanks

Date	Rating	Comment
27 Feb 2002	Excellent	Your FAQ page, http://www.chessvariants.com/d.chess/faq.html, rocks! However, there seems to be one glaring omission: the points value of chess pieces. (I say 'glaring', because it seems thorough enough - but today I seek only the points value of captured pieces.) Excelent wording, excelent examples, excelent questions and even better answers. Good job!
9 Feb 2002	None	If a king gets to the other side of the board can another piece be taken out and put on the board or is that just for the pawns?
27 Jan 2002	Excellent	this page answered alot of my questions. Thank you
11 Jan 2002	None	can you please tell me how many legal opening moves are there for white?
27 Dec 2001	Excellent	No comment.
12 Dec 2001	None	To the previous rater: The two pieces you think are bishops are actually kings. (which is really confusing since the question being answered refers to bishops while the diagram in the answer doesn't have any bishops. Editors, please fix!)
11 Dec 2001	Good	i am on a mac and i would like to know of any website that would allow me to learn beginners chess and explain the moves as i go, much like the special beginners boards that have the moves preprinted on the board. your website is very good but i still had trouble understanding the FAQ about the knight being pinned by the bishop and not moving b/c it would endanger its king. is the king on the example of the board b/c all i see are two bishops and one rook and one knight. s. howell
29 Nov 2001	None	To the Good Rater of November 29: In standard chess, you do not capture the enemy king -- you merely put it in a check it cannot get out of. Let me repeat: in standard chess, you never "take" the king.
29 Nov 2001	Good	While reading the Frequent Asked Questions page, I repeatably noticed how people were talking about "taking a king" as opposed to putting it in check. I wasn,t aware that it was possible to capture a king. What are they talking about please?
10 Nov 2001	None	Question? IF a pawn got to the other side of the board and you have your Queen still and a rook was taken and I used the pawn to make the rook into a Queen so I would have two Queens & if I turned the rook up side down to a Queen?Yes or No?
6 Aug 2001	Excellent	No comment.
27 Jul 2001	None	while playing an opponent on the computer, we work down to 3 pieces. his king sitting on 1h, my king sitting on 4g and my rook sitting on 3g. i move my king to 3h and the game is called a draw. my question is why? thanks bobby burgreen (email removed contact us for address) mail.com
10 Jul 2001	None	To the last rater: The enemy cannot move his king to a spot from which you can "take" it...such a move is illegal. When a player is in check, any move that doesn't get him out of check is illegal. Your opponent must either find the move that gets him out of check or resign (or run out of time if you're using chess clocks).
9 Jul 2001	None	0k lets say that i have just put the oponents king in check and there is an open space so that it is not check mate but he does not realize that and he moves his king to another spot in which case i can take him can i take the king since he was notified that he was in check and he moved into another check enabling me to take him ???????
8 Jul 2001	Excellent	i think u have a great website i love it!!!
10 Jun 2001	Excellent	No comment.
15 Feb 2001	None	can you castle if its the only way to get out of a checkmate?this has only happen to me once. i didnt know if i could castle to keep the game going. i would like to know the answer. my e-mail is (email removed contact us for address) .COM
15 Feb 2001	None	You cannot castle if you are in check. So if you have no other move besides castling that will escape the check, then it's checkmate. -- D. Howe
14 Feb 2001	None	If you are checkmated with the option to castle can you castle to prevent being mated?
10 Dec 2000	Good	Great site. Even though either the typos or poor sentence construction could use some improvement, the explanations, especially the one on castling, were very interesting and informative. Thank you.
25 Nov 2000	Excellent	Good page but I do have a question. recently a friend came up with a rule he believes exists called "rooking" where supposedly you can jump over your own pawn to get your rook into play one time only in a game. I said "no way you will have to prove it to me." Instead of waiting I have decided to look myself. what do you know? (email removed contact us for address) .net
23 Nov 2000	None	During a recent game I moved my knight. My opponent then picked up my knight and made all possible moves on the board with it to see why I had moved there. In other words, instead of exploring the possibilites in his head he explored the possiblites with his hand. This so unnerved me, I declared the game a draw. He says I resigned. What was the right thing to do?
15 Nov 2000	None	Thanks for putting up the page. My brother said that once a King has been put in check he can no longer castle. I knew he was wrong and your page will help me prove that. Proving a brother wrong is just so sweet. :) Thanks Again!
6 Nov 2000	None	I am writing a script where someone is teaching another person how to play chess. If the teacher tells the person "Knight to rook four" and then to clarify it to the novice player says "Move the horsey guy next to the castle", does this make sense in the chess world? I don't know how to play and was hoping someone could help me with this or provide an optional scenario. Thanks!
7 Oct 2000	None	A pinned piece may give check. Even if a piece is pinned, it can still threaten the enemy king. That's because, although the move to actually capture the king would be illegal (because it would expose one's king to check), the idea of checking does not require the actual movement of the checking piece, only the potential to make that move. --D. Howe
7 Oct 2000	Good	I have a question similar to one of the faqs. What if, say a black knight is placed so that it blocks the check of white rook attacking the the black king. In doing so, this black knight checks the white king! Is it in fact a check? Bearing in mind the rule that a player may not move into or expose himself to check by moving. Does this render the knight check impotent? thanks, Darrell
12 Sep 2000	None	A pawn may be promoted to a Queen, Rook, Bishop or Knight, no matter what pieces have already been captured. An extra set of chess pieces may be used in the case where the appropriate piece is unavailable. --D. Howe
11 Sep 2000	None	Recently my brother and I played a game of chess at home,i had a passed pawn which I got promoted but all my pieces were still on the table.If you promote a pawn and you do not have any spare pieces to exchange is there a rule for this
22 Aug 2000	Excellent	You have the best website CHARLES THOMAS A.K.A. STING [WOLF PAC] AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
22 Aug 2000	Excellent	Im going to tell my friends to use your website for now on [thanks for having this website its the best!]
21 Aug 2000	Excellent	Thanks - I looked at a couple of other web sites before yours - I will use you in my class - tHanks

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Ratings and Comments for:Rules of Chess - Frequent Asked Questions

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Rules of Chess - Frequent Asked Questions