Chess piece images:

There are total 32 chess pieces in the game, 16 are white and 16 black. Each player has 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights and 8 pawns. All the pieces have different abilities and movement options. Starting from the most important piece Ð the king, following shows how each piece looks and what is its importance in the game. This article describes the chess piece images in standard Staunton chess sets whereas there are many other styles as well that are non-standard and also known as fairy pieces.

King: It is the most valuable piece in the game and the main objective of the game is to save the king. All the other pieces are dedicated to achieve this goal. King has a king-like crown symbol distinguishing it from other pieces.

Queen: It is the most dominant and influential piece of the game. It can move in any direction (vertical, horizontal, backwards, ahead or diagonal) and looks like a queenÕs crown.

Bishops: Each player has two bishops and one is placed between knight and king and the other between knight and queen. As far as the looks of this chess piece is concerned it has a deep groove which symbolizes a bishop's headdress (used by the priests on occasions).

Knights: It looks like horseÕs head and called knight or horse generally. It lies beside bishops.

Rook: Rook was previously known as castle, tower or rector and this chess piece images are also the same as their name i.e. castle like. Each player has two rooks placed just after knights.

Pawns: 8 in number with each player pawns are the smallest and weakest chess piece on the chess board. They are the peasants and are placed on the second row of the chess board.

All of the chess pieces once placed correctly on the chess board the players can start the game and using their ultimate strategy and moves, plan towards winning the game. One must be proactive and a pre-planner deciding their move after considering its consequences. They must also foresee how the opponent will react to their move so as to decide a better strategy.