What is King (chess)?
{{multiple image |total_width=280 |caption_align=center |image1=Chess piece - White king.jpg |caption1=White king |width1=1000 |height1=1722 |image2=Chess piece - Black king.JPG |caption2=Black king |width2=1860 |height2=3148 }} {{Table chess pieces}} The '''king''' is the most valuable [[chess piece]] in a [[game]] of [[chess]]. It can move [[left]], [[Position|right]], [[up]], [[down]] or [[diagonal]]ly. It can only move one [[square]] at a time. When recording chess games, king is shortened to K. The object of the game is to [[checkmate]] (capture the king). If a player's king is attacked by an opponent's piece, it is called [[Check (chess)|check]]. The player with the attacked king ''must'' move so that the king is no longer in check. If the king cannot do this, it is in checkmate, and that side loses the game. == Castling == With a [[rook (chess)|rook]], the king may make a special move called '[[castling]]'. This is when the king moves two squares toward one of its rooks and then the rook is placed on the other side of the king. Castling [[wikt:consists|consists]] of moving the king two squares on its first rank toward either one of the first rooks, then moving the rook onto the square over which the king crossed. Castling is only allowed when the king nor the castling rook has moved already, when no squares between them are [[wikt:occupied|occupied]], when the king is not in check, and when the king will not move across or end its movement on a square that puts the king in check. == Check and Checkmate == If a player's move places the opponent's king under attack, that king is ''in [[check (chess)|check]]'', and the player in check is made to stop the attack. There are three possible ways to remove the king from check: * Moving the king to an [[adjacent]] non-[[threat]]ened square * Blocking the check with another piece between the king in check and the attacking piece in order to break the line of threat (not possible when the attacking piece is a [[knight (chess)|knight]], or when in [[double