center chessboard definition

Rules of Chess


Overview
Chessboard
Chess Pieces
Pawn moves
  En passant
  Pawn promotion
Bishop moves
Knight moves
Rook moves
Queen moves
King moves
  Castling
Drawn games
  Stalemate
  50 move rule
  Insufficient material
  Perpetual check
  Threefold repetition
  Mutual agreement
Tournament rules
  Chess clocks
  Touch move
  Recording chess moves
  Chess etiquette

 

 

learn what is the center of a chessboard


The "center" refers to the squares e4, d4, e5 and d5. These squares have particular importance in chess strategy. The surrounding ring of squares shown by the lighter shade of red are centrally-positioned and usually see a lot of action.