Woohoo!! We made it! I enjoyed this challenge. I didn’t realize it would be this much fun or this hard. At first I was skeptical about being able to complete it. Then…
The Peace Child
The Queen is the most powerful of the chess pieces. She combines both the movements of the bishop and the rook: she can move across any straight line or diagonal on the…
Wanderer
The knight moves in the peculiar L-shaped manner – two squares forward and one step sideways at once. So a knight in the centre of the board can move to eight potential…
The Balm of Gilead
The rook or castle, sits in the corner of the board at the start of the game. Materially equal to five pawns, the rook can move in a straight line in any…
Chosen
The bishop moves only on the same colour of squares it begun the game on. A white bishop will therefore move diagonally both backward and forward in as long a straight line…
Stolen
The pawn never moves backwards on the board. Always one step directly forward, except when it is capturing another piece, in which case it advances to the forward diagonal square, removing the…
Let’s Play
I started playing chess before I was 9. My dad taught me the basics and I always found it fascinating. I’m not as good as I should be though. I always play…
Time Out
I can’t resist noting how so many gossip blog posts this week have been threatening to overshadow mine. Imma sit back today and let them all marinate in your minds while I…