[bksvol-discuss] Re: chess book sample
- From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 07:00:18 -0400
Hi Jamie,
Looks good to me. You are taking on a huge job. Thanks for doing this. Maybe we
can play online or in email some time.
Hay. Come to think of it, does anyone know if there are blind players who play
chess on AIM or in some other way online? What’s the name of that audio
conferencing service people use sometimes?
Thanks.
Jim
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This is page 6 and page 7 from the chess book I am working on. Is this adequate
for the pictures?
6
HOW THE PIECES MOVE
The Bishop
Each player has two Bishops. The one that starts next to the King is called the
King's Bishop and the one that starts next to the Queen is the Queen's Bishop.
Bishops move diagonally across the board in any direction. They can move any
number of spaces in each turn, but they cannot jump over other pieces.
This picture shows how the Bishop can move.
[Picture with a white bishop at d2 and green arrows showing that the bishop can
move backwards (diagonally) to c1 or e1, or forwards (diagonally) to c3, b4, a5
or e3, f4, g5 or h6. There is also a red (black) bishop at d6 with green arrows
showing it can move backwards to c7 or b8, or to e7 or f8, or forwards to c5,
b4 or a3, or to e5, f4, g3 or h2.]
Puzzle: Can the White Bishop capture any of the pieces on this board?* (Answer
page 60)
[Picture: white bishop on d4. White knight on c5. Black knight on b2. Black
pawn on b6. Black rook on g6. Black bishop on g3.]
If there is a piece of its own colour in the way, the Bishop has to stop and
can go no further along that diagonal.
If there is an enemy piece in the way, like the Knight shown here, the Bishop
can capture it.
7
HOW THE PIECES MOVE
The Knight
Each player has two Knights: a King's Knight and a Queen's Knight. The Knight
is the only chess piece which can jump over other pieces. It can jump over
pieces of its own colour, or over enemy pieces.
The Knight can move in any direction, forwards, backwards or to either side,
but it always has to move three squares at a time.
Wherever the Knight moves it must go two squares in one direction and then one
square to the side, as shown above. It can make this move in any direction, as
shown here.
[Picture: Black knight on e5, moving two squares to e7 and then either one
square to d7 or one square to f7; moving two squares to c5 and then one square
to c6 or to c4; moving two squares to e3 and then one square to d3 or one
square to f3; or moving two squares to g5 and then one square to g6 or one
square to g4.]
Since the knight can jump over other pieces, it can move at the beginning of
the game before the pawns in front of it move.
If the Knight lands on the square of an enemy piece, that piece is captured and
removed from the board.
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Jamie in Michigan
Currently Reading: Dead Time by Eleanor Taylor Bland
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