The place of a square, occupied by a figure, is impossible to step on.An exception is the horse course (see below).
If on the way of a figure there is another figure, then it is impossible to move a figure in the field behind it. Just skip few paragraphs if you know the rules 🙂įigures, except a horse, during the gaming process, are considered moving in a straight line on the board pitch, which is “passing” all fields between initial and final lines therefore all these fields have to be free.
The first move is made by the white side. The process of the game consists of two contestants, one by one are making attempts to defeat each other by moving figures according to a certain pattern. If the king of the player is trapped and has no opportunity to escape the threat by a rival then it is considered that he’s checkmated.
The purpose of a game is that each player to try to checkmate the opponent’s king. A game takes place on a square board, made of 64 small squares, from eight squares from each side.Įach player begins with sixteen figures: eight pawns, two horses, two elephants, two rooks, one queen and one king. Chess Prince is the game for two players.