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chess piece
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piece deployed on a chessboard and moved during the game
A chess piece is one of the objects you move around on a chessboard when playing chess. Each type of piece has different movement rules, and the goal is to use them strategically to checkmate your opponent's king.
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- Subclass of
- chess equipment
- Sport
- chess
- Image
- Jaipur chess set.jpg
- Has use
- chess
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- Commons category
- Chess pieces
- topic's main category
- Category:Chess pieces
- used by
- chess
- Commons gallery
- Chess pieces
- topic has template
- Template:Chess piece
- Stack Exchange tag
- chess.stackexchange.com/tags/pieces
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Encyclopedic overview
Polish Węgiel pieces Original Staunton chess pieces Left to right: pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, king
A chess piece, or chessman, is a game piece that is placed on a chessboard to play the game of chess. It can be either white or black, and it can be one of six types: king, queen, rook, bishop, knight, or pawn.
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