{"id":1388,"date":"2021-05-25T10:02:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T10:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2021-06-16T21:34:25","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T21:34:25","slug":"why-do-chess-players-put-kings-in-the-middle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessquestions.com\/why-do-chess-players-put-kings-in-the-middle\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings in The Middle Meaning: During or After a Game is Different"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The King begins the game on the back rank, centrally positioned next to the queen. There are a host of reasons why a king may be put in the middle of the board, and the question itself could mean different things. So let’s take a look at the reason why kings are put in the middle squares in chess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chess players may put the kings in the middle either during the game as part of their strategy, leave them central by not castling<\/a>, or once a game has completed the Kings are placed on the relevant colored squares in the center of the board to indicate the winner of the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So to clarify the intention of your question are you asking….<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two very different questions and plainly two very different answers. I will look at post-game first, which is a shorter answer than that of the second possible question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of a tournament chess match, both Kings are positioned in the middle of the board to indicate the winning side, White or Black. The placement of the kings in the middle on Light or Dark Squares indicate a White or Black winner, or one light square, one dark square if the event ended in a draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\nChess Players put Kings in the Middle to Indicate the Winner of the Match<\/h2>\n\n\n\n