What is your favourite chess piece?

[espeon and umbreon]

Hmm... Queen I guess. I always try to use Queen to kill the opponents' piece!

 

[Eliana]

Queen, Knight, or Rook. I've been playing for a while ^^

 

[jynx]

Technically it's "General", not King... and "Elephant" not Bishop... the rest keep the relative meaning though...
I love the Cannon, or "Pao". Really useful, I usually use it as part of my opening move.

Oh yeah! That's the world. But in national chess, they call it king.

No, that "象" does not stand for elephant. Although this character normally stands for elephant, in chess, it stands more like "臣"。
(if you don't know Chinese, that position is something like Bishop in the west, but unrelated to religions.)

Just like "車". Normally it means "car". But in chess, its is the "Charriot" and functions similarly to "rook" in National Chess.

 

[Kelsey]

My favorite chess piece is the knight. Why? It looks like a horse!!!! =D

~Kelsey

 

[jynx]

I love horses too ^^

But I sometimes find tricky using knight in National Chess...

 

[Lizzie]

I like the knight, he's a very useful peice, the only one who can go over peices i think ^_^

 

[jynx]

I like the knight, he's a very useful peice, the only one who can go over peices i think ^_^

In national chess, it is :D

 

[Composer of Requiems]

Oh yeah! That's the world. But in national chess, they call it king.

No, that "象" does not stand for elephant. Although this character normally stands for elephant, in chess, it stands more like "臣"。
(if you don't know Chinese, that position is something like Bishop in the west, but unrelated to religions.)

Just like "車". Normally it means "car". But in chess, its is the "Charriot" and functions similarly to "rook" in National Chess.

Um, I am Chinese living in a Chinese dominant country =\
臣 is more like... official, I don't think it is related to religion actually... In fact, I think it is a totally different pronounciation (dang the number of words that look similiar ^^ I usually don't do well in spelling tests)


The horseman in Chinese Chess isn't a jumping over L shape, it's actually one step forward, then a diagonal, so you can jump over if it has an empty space two squares in front.
I hope that made sense ^^

 

[Lizzie]

really? i never knew that, that's really cool-and confuseing, i learned it the L way XD

 

[jynx]

Um, I am Chinese living in a Chinese dominant country =\
臣 is more like... official, I don't think it is related to religion actually... In fact, I think it is a totally different pronounciation (dang the number of words that look similiar ^^ I usually don't do well in spelling tests)

Well, that thing I said was a conclusion of Hong Kong Chess Club and UK Chess Club.
And is widely published in the UK.

The horseman in Chinese Chess isn't a jumping over L shape, it's actually one step forward, then a diagonal, so you can jump over if it has an empty space two squares in front.
I hope that made sense ^^

Which IS actually L shape! :D
The difference is, 馬 cannot jump over pieces, but "knight" can. :D

 

[Composer of Requiems]

Well, that thing I said was a conclusion of Hong Kong Chess Club and UK Chess Club.
And is widely published in the UK.



Which IS actually L shape! :D
The difference is, 馬 cannot jump over pieces, but "knight" can. :D

Um, it can jump over. The diagonal is a direct diagonal, not one forward and one sideways.

The xiang... I'm quite sure it's elephant because the origin of the game was from India, where elephants were used in battle... here we treat it as an elephant. ^^

 

[jynx]

Um, it can jump over. The diagonal is a direct diagonal, not one forward and one sideways.

Oh does it? My parents won't let me do so.

The xiang... I'm quite sure it's elephant because the origin of the game was from India, where elephants were used in battle... here we treat it as an elephant. ^^

India...possibly...
hey, but wait... 楚河 漢界 <---That's really really ancient Chinese. Don't think India was discovered at that time.

I think 楚河漢界 is about the time of 曹操 (correct me if I'm wrong)

 

[*Chikorita*]

My favorite is the rook, though I like the Knight alot too. ^^ I haven't played Chess for a long time. XD

 

[Geometric-sama]

I like the knight, because it moves in a cool "L" shape. Plus the rook 'cause it's worth a nice round 5 points XD

 

[AdamHays]

I like the queen,she can take you anywhere you need.

 

[Dragonfree]

The Knight. It's a horse and it's the most unique one.

 

[Kylie-chan]

Um, it can jump over. The diagonal is a direct diagonal, not one forward and one sideways.

The xiang... I'm quite sure it's elephant because the origin of the game was from India, where elephants were used in battle... here we treat it as an elephant. ^^

Well, the knight is the only one that can jump over far as I know... but the kids' chess club that holds tourneys doesn't let me use all the adult rules I know... -_- fair enough for the other kids, but...

 

[Composer of Requiems]

Oh does it? My parents won't let me do so.


India...possibly...
hey, but wait... 楚河 漢界 <---That's really really ancient Chinese. Don't think India was discovered at that time.

I think 楚河漢界 is about the time of 曹操 (correct me if I'm wrong)

Aww... it's supposed to jump only at that point. Like...

The horse moves from A to B.
X is a random piece, E is an empty spot.

XB
E
A <- allowed

EB
X
A <- Not allowed


Here we see it as an elephant. That's why it can't cross the "river" in the center... do you play by that rule? And there's this rule of "pinning the elephant's legs" where the space between must be clear or it cannot move the diagonal.

 

[Kylie-chan]

But that's turning chess into some roleplay game like my brother and I do it for fun...

*head spins*

 

[jynx]

Aww... it's supposed to jump only at that point. Like...

The horse moves from A to B.
X is a random piece, E is an empty spot.

XB
E
A <- allowed

EB
X
A <- Not allowed


Here we see it as an elephant. That's why it can't cross the "river" in the center... do you play by that rule? And there's this rule of "pinning the elephant's legs" where the space between must be clear or it cannot move the diagonal.

What what? What are all these X B E A?