Chess piece names
Stockfish 16.1 ยท runs in your browserPlay Kd2. White's king moves one square diagonally, from e1 to d2.
Play on the board, or use Type a move below it.
Play a move by typing it, like e4, Nf3 or e7e8q, then press Enter.
The game is a draw.
Best move
The game is a draw.
The six chess piece types are king, queen, rook, bishop, knight and pawn. Each player starts with one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights and eight pawns. Select an example to see each type move.
Try the moves
Choose an example, play the suggested move, then reset to compare another legal move.
Chess terms
Check is an attack on the king; checkmate leaves no legal reply. A capture removes an opposing piece. Files are columns, ranks are rows, and a diagonal runs corner to corner.
Rules and examples
The board positions are original teaching examples. Rule references and further practice are linked below.
Rules: FIDE Laws of Chess, effective 1 January 2023. https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012023
Rule replay: python-chess 1.11.2 (GPL-3.0-or-later). The shared browser engine retains its Stockfish GPL-3.0 notice. No engine score is claimed by these demonstrations.
Read the rulesA move on the board
7k/8/8/8/8/8/8/4K3 w - - 0 1
7k/8/8/8/8/8/3K4/8 b - - 1 1
- Kd2White's king moves one square diagonally, from e1 to d2.
White's king moves one square diagonally, from e1 to d2.
Original teaching example replayed with python-chess 1.11.2, 2026-10-18.
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