I'm new to western chess and am still learning the rules and how the pieces perform.
What is generally considered the best chess piece?
I'm new to western chess and am still learning the rules and how the pieces perform.
What is generally considered the best chess piece?
The queen has the most squares available to land on, I recommend you get well acquainted with the rules of the game in the official FIDE Handbook
This question is subjective as the "best" piece depends on many factors such as how active a piece is.
The most important piece is your King
.
In most cases, the Queen
is the most powerful.
As an example, a knight
might be more powerful than a Queen
, possibly in a position where you are going to promote your pawn, promoting to a Queen
might end in stalemate, whereas, promoting to a Knight
, would end in checkmate.
I urge you to do a search on Chess Rules
or something similar like Beginner Chess
and you'll find countless material.