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The King!

The vulnerable ruler of all the pieces, The King!

The King is by definition is the soul of chess, without him the pieces would have no power! So therfore if he is captured, the side that captured the king would win. However, the King cannot be captured, that would be what is called an illegal move! Instead, the King must be trapped, where he is in a state of almost being captured, but cannot escape anywhere else.
On top of this, the King is even more vulnerable as he has a very limited mobility, so it is up to his fellow pieces to aid him to victory! (or to a draw).

The King as mentioned before has quite a limited mobility, in which he is only able to move one square in each way as shown below:

Unlike the other pieces, the King expectedly is a special piece, in which there are three unique states
it can be in when he is attacked:

• Check: When a piece threatens the king, which can be responded to by moving the king away,
  blocking the check, or capturing the piece if possible. or taking the piece if possible:


then,

• Checkmate: When a piece threatens the king AND the King cannot escape as other pieces, are guarding his escape squares, the check cannot be blocked and the piece cannot be captured because it's guarded:


and finally,

• Stalemate: When the king is trapped BUT is not being threatened AND there are no other possible moves:

If you want to learn more about the King, watch this video by chess.com!

How to Move the [King] AND the goal

Or click on the link below!

Chess Terms-King

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