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King
Queen
Rook
Bishop
Knight
Pawn
The King
The king can move one space in any direction unless moving into/or threw a check(excluding castling where the king move two spaces towards a rook and the rook takes the opposite side of the king
The queen can move as far as it wants in any direction.
The rook can move as far as it likes on either the ranks or files.
The bishop can move as far as it likes on it's color at a diangle.
The knight move in an "L"shape consisting of 2 squares then 1.
The pawn moves forward one square with the option of moving up two on it's first move. It captures to the side.
If advanced to the final rank it advances to a piece of your choice (excluding the King and pawn).
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