{"id":388,"date":"2022-06-07T19:36:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessily.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2022-06-11T20:59:35","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T18:59:35","slug":"how-does-the-king-move-in-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessily.com\/questions\/how-does-the-king-move-in-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does The King Move in Chess?"},"content":{"rendered":"
The king is by far the most valuable piece in chess; lose your king<\/a> and you’ll lose the game! Reason enough to learn the king’s movement by heart. So let’s dive right into how the king moves (and also attacks!) in chess.<\/p>\n The movement of the king is fairly straight-forward to remember.<\/p>\n The king can move one square in any horizontal, vertical, or diagonal direction in a given turn. <\/strong>Here you can see how the king could move on an empty chess board:<\/p>\nThe King Moves One Square in Every Direction<\/h1>\n