CHESS PIECES NAMES CHANGED HOW TO

Up until the 15th century, a Stalemate was considered a win for the person that could force one to happen. Stalemate has changed often throughout the history of chess. The Queen was originally the weakest piece on the board! The very first time it was moved it could be moved in any direction up to 2 spaces, but for every move after that it could only move diagonally 1 space at a time! It wasn’t until the late 1400’s that the Queen was increased to it’s current powerful status as a piece that can move any direction as many spaces as it likes. Modern day chess has the Bishop moving diagonally as many spaces as it likes. However to start with, a Bishop could only move up to 2 spaces at a time. This changed again in the 1800’s to it’s current form where a Pawn, when reaching the other side of the board, can be promoted to any piece, even one that has not been captured (essentially allowing a player to have multiple Queens on the board).īishops have always been able to move diagonally. In the 1700’s, it was ruled that a Pawn could only be promoted to a piece that had already been captured (essentially putting a fallen piece piece back on the board in the Pawn’s place). In the late 1400’s, when the Queen became a much more powerful piece, players were given the option of promoting their Pawns to any other piece. It wasn’t until the middle ages that it was decided to allow Pawns to be promoted to other pieces if they made it all the way across the board, but they could only turn into a Queen (which, at that time, was the weakest piece in the game). Originally, Pawns did not promote when they reached the 8th rank, there merely could not move any more during the game. When it became apparent that a player could use this rule to avoid capture (by moving the Pawn 2 spaces instead of 1 space in which it might get captured by a Pawn on the 5th rank), the rule for En Passant was added.

One of the things done to accomplish this was to allow the Pawn the option of moving up to 2 spaces on it’s first turn and therefore adding variety to the game (would the pawn move just one space or 2) and new strategies.

Around the 1500’s, it was decided that the game of chess needed to be sped up and made more exciting.

Originally, Pawns could only move forward one space at a time on every turn.

CHESS PIECES NAMES CHANGED HOW TO

Some of these changes include how various pieces move, the appearance of the chess board, and how to win a chess game. This is a great question on the history of chess, and so rather than writing a mini-blog to answer that question alone, I thought I’d go over several rules of chess that have changed over the centuries. Intermezzoīut if German is too hard for you (or if you're eating delicious pizza), you can also go with the Italian version of 'in-between move.' When you find one of these moves, roll up your sleeves, sit up on your chair, and proudly scream, 'intermezzo!' But don't actually do it if you're in a tournament, or you risk getting kicked out.Josh from New Jersey asked me “Why is it that Pawns are allowed to move 2 spaces in the beginning?” Zwischenzug actually translates to something like the English term 'in-between move,' despite Google thinking this has something to do with trains. But not as cool as the famous ' zugzwang immortal game' played by GM Aron Nimzowitsch, which you should definitely check out. On the bright side, the word has some rhythm and sounds cool. Zugzwang means 'compulsion to move,' and it's not only hard to pronounce but also to spot during a game. Now, we arrive at the German chess terms that are harder to pronounce (at least for Portuguese speakers like me). Cuter than a fianchetto? You be the judge. Maybe Italians are just used to cute little places like Burano, so they decided to be cute with their chess terms, too. Fianchettoĭid you know that fianchetto is actually the diminutive of an Italian word? We're talking about 'fianco' which translates to 'flank.' It makes a lot of sense when you think about it: you call it a 'fianchetto' ('little flank') when you develop your bishop on one of the flanks instead of the center. This French term means 'in passing,' and it describes the magical act of capturing a pawn with another pawn by landing behind it. I'm forced to start with en passant (see what I did there?). Here are the most common chess terms that English borrowed from other languages and what they mean in English: En Passant No more, I say! Or 'não mais,' even, if I were to speak Portuguese. Now, weirdly enough, it's also the case that sometimes we know chess terms in other languages without knowing what they literally mean.

Chess pieces names changed