PE 8 2018 3rd Reviewer
PE 8 2018 3rd Reviewer
board games.
Cards
A board game for two players, each beginning with 16 pieces of six kinds that are moved
according to individual rules.
Chess
A move of the king and rook of the same color along the players first row.
Castling
Is the result of a move that places the opposing king under an immediate threat of capture by
one or sometimes two of the opponent’s pieces.
Check
Any word played that uses all seven letters on the rack earning a bonus of 50 points.
Bingo
The act of playing a word on the board that stops the opponent from making a potentially
large score.
Blocking
Is a special ability of a pawn wherein if it reaches that last row of the other side of the
board, it can become any other chess piece except the king.
Promotion
Is a situation in which one player’s king is threatened with capture having no move to avoid
that threat, thus, ending the game.
Checkmate
It is the most important chess piece but also considered one of the weakest. It moves only one
square in any direction.
King
It may move to any square as far as it wants but only forward, backward, and to the sides.
Rook
It is the most powerful piece. It moves in any one straight direction -forward, backward,
sideways, or diagonal.
Queen