{"id":1085,"date":"2021-04-26T22:52:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T22:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2021-04-26T22:52:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T22:52:14","slug":"every-diagonal-piece-in-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/every-diagonal-piece-in-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Diagonal Piece and Move in Chess (Simplified)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What makes chess such a fantastic game is the abilities and equal limitations of the range of pieces you have at your disposal to go to war with your opponent on the chess board. Some can move diagonally, another only diagonally, whilst another can only move on the diagonal in certain circumstances. This post is going to cover all diagonal possibilities of pieces on a chess board<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 individual chess pieces have the ability to move in a diagonal direction on the chessboard. The Bishop, The Queen, and the King. Each has diagonal reach to varying degrees whilst the final piece of the quartet, the pawn can move diagonally only when capturing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, you can capture all the information about the diagonal movement of these four pieces in this article which goes diagonally deep into explaining the full range of diagonal possibilities of the quartet answering common questions about diagonally moving chess pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Table of Diagonal Movement Chess Pieces<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Piece<\/th>Diagonal Range<\/th>Value<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Bishop<\/td>Full<\/td>3pts<\/td><\/tr>
Queen<\/td>Full<\/td>9pts<\/td><\/tr>
King<\/td>One Square<\/td>n\/a<\/td><\/tr>
Pawn<\/td>One Square (Capture Only)<\/td>1pt<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There are loosely attached points value for pieces in chess<\/a>. They are not used for scoring, but rather a value score for consideration in your advanced chess strategies<\/a>. Rooks are worth 5pts whilst Knight are the same 3pts as bishops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All standard diagonally moving pieces in chess are interestingly arranged in a row of four on the first rank of the board – Bishop – Queen – King – Bishop<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. The bishop is the piece that ONLY moves diagonally in chess<\/h2>\n\n\n\n