The Queen, Rook and Bishop

 The Queen, Rook and Bishop all have intertwined movements.


Who is the Rook?

The third most valuable piece in the game. The rook (aka 'Elephant', 'Fort') mostly remains inactive for most of the early parts of the game, while the Queen, Rook, Knight and Pawns do most of the heavy-lifting. It is used to get the king to safety by castling. 

It is usually recommended to not play too many moves with the rook early on. 










The Rook can move straight or down the file, or sides ways both ways along the row it is currently on to a maximum of 7 squares in a direction, because it hits the end of the board after that


The rook has a piece value of 5 points.

Who is the Bishop?

The Bishop, with its relatively lower piece value, and terrific agility and range throughout the game, is one of the most fun pieces to play with because it isn't too bad even if it gets exchanged . 


The Queen combined with the Bishop can make for a very deadly combo when used properly.







The Bishop moves diagonally in all four directions in a straight line for a maximum of 7 squares in a direction, per move.



The bishop's ability along with the shape of the chessboard, gives bishop a unique drawback, or advantage depending on the way you look at it- of the two bishops that white has, one bishop can move in only one color of square,
Hence, this means, white and black both have a light square bishop and a dark square bishop- a bishop that can move only in the light squares and one that can only move in the dark squares.

The bishop has a piece value of 3 according to general consensus but Fischer (generally regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time) regarded Bishops being worth slightly more, at 3.5 points.

Who is the Queen?
The Queen is the most powerful piece on the board and the most versatile, teaming well with knights, rooks, bishops, kings, and even pawns. 


It has the combined abilities of the rook and the bishop, so it can move through files, ranks and diagonals up to a maximum of 7 squares in a single direction per move.


The Queen has a piece value of 9 points.

Hence:
-Rooks move sideways, and up and down.
-Bishops move diagonally in all directions
-Queens do all of that


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