Say for example, in Chess, when a King or Knight , to take a favorite pieces of mine (actually the only ones i like), were to move onto another pieces spot. I don't know what word would describe this in Chess. It'd be nice if I did, because my board game needs a word for it.
What is it called when a piece takes over another pieces spot
Mon, 03/19/2012 - 06:17
Mon, 03/19/2012 - 07:13
#1
'takes' or 'captures'
In Chess you could say "Knight takes bishop" (this is a fairly common way to say it in Chess), or to write it in a proper sentence you could also say "the knight captures the bishop", or "the bishop was captured by the knight."
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kos
Mon, 03/19/2012 - 09:14
#2
displacement
I think Settlers of Catan refers to a stronger knight kicking out a weaker knight as displacement.
Mon, 03/19/2012 - 09:51
#3
Capture.
Capture.
Mon, 03/19/2012 - 17:41
#4
If the active piece causes
If the active piece causes the piece in the target spaceto be claimed as a "trophy", I'd call that capturing.
If the active piece pushes the piece in the targeted space, causing it to move to another space, I'd call that displacing.
If the active piece causes the piece in the targeted space to leave the board, but without adding it to a restricted area, I'd call that replacing.
If both pieces stay in the targeted space, I'd call that sharing or co-locating. I might use the term "occupy" in certain situations.
I hope this helps.
thanks, capturing was the right word.
So now it read the following
C. Attacking and Capturing Pieces
In The Royal Flush, you attack by capturing pieces. This is done by either moving onto the space, or by jumping, which can be done consecutively. After doing either, take the enemy piece off the space (note this does not apply to friendlies jumping over friendlies)