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Summary: Learn an overview of the playing pieces in the game of chess in this free instructional video on playing chess.
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Ken Portnoy Ken holds a Ph.D. from New York University and has been an avid chess player for forty years. He is a rated player and has played and won several chess tourna... read more
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Questions & AnswersHi! My name is Ken and I am here to talk to you about playing chess. The first thing is to look here at the chess board. Pieces here in the front are the Pawns. They go all across the board. In the back we have the Rook, we have the knight, the Bishop, the Queen, the King. On the other side we have another Bishop, another Knight and another Rook. On the back side of the board we have the same pieces. All the pieces in the front are the Pawns; in the back the Rook, the Knight, the Bishop, the Queen, the King, the Bishop, the Knight and the Rook. The object of the game is to capture the other King and in the next segment I am going to talk about the movement of the pieces, strategies, opening moves and things of this sort. You will notice that the Queen is always on a color and in this case, either white or red or this Queen is always on her color which is black and that is how you set the pieces up when you are doing this piece.
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The info is good but he's chewing while he's talking and it's extremely annoying.