Getting to Know the Pieces | Part 1

Now let's get to know the chess pieces. This is the king. This is the queen, the rook, the bishop, the knight, and the pawn.

Now let's learn the values of all the pieces. The pawn is the weakest piece in the chess board. It's also known as "the unit of value" in chess. So the strengths of the other pieces are measured by the number of pawns that they're worth. The knight is worth around three pawns.

The bishop is also worth around three pawns. We'll talk more about this later. The knight and the bishop are both worth around three pawns, but they move very, very differently. In some positions, knights are stronger. In other positions, bishops are stronger; and you'll learn about these nuances in a little bit.

For now, knight, three pawns; bishop, three pawns. The rook is a powerful piece. It's worth five pawns. The queen is the most powerful piece on the chess board. It's worth nine pawns. 

The king doesn’t really have a value that can be measured with pawns, because the king, though not so powerful, cannot be lost. The aim of the game is to capture the enemy king. So your king has infinite value, although not that much power.