Over the last seven Sundays, we have discussed various aspects of chess for beginners. With diagrams, it was illustrated how the chess board should be set up with the white square situated always on the right-hand corner.
We established how the pawns and pieces moved. The Rooks move vertically. The Knights move in the shape of an L. The Bishops move diagonally. The Queens move vertically and diagonally, and the Kings move one square in any direction. Kings cannot stand directly next to each other. The Pawns move one square at a time and capture sideways.
On the first move of every chess game, the pawns are allowed to move two squares if they so desire. Or they can move one square if it suits them. After the first move, the option of moving two squares across the chess board is taken away from them.